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Tire shops in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area
How the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #90 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 25 scored metro areas based in California
- Listings
- 407
- 144 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 217
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.8B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,042 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- 78% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,630,041
- −2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 407 tire shops in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area. Chain locations make up 35% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 2.3, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area comes to about $1.8B a year: $1,042 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 78% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.
Official counts show 217 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 8,037 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 8 SBA-backed loans worth $9.3M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For tire shops, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #90 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 25 scored metro areas based in California. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area compares
The same measures for California and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the tire shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,037 | 5,878 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +1.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.4% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,042 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $136,027 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 67 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 2170.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,824
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $100.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 407144 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 726The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 8
- Amount
- $9.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,630,041−2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 1,744,070
- Median age
- 41.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 55%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 2,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,881
- Median household income
- $136,027+28.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $194,370
- Median home value
- $1,140,700
- Jobs located here
- 2,497,939
- Daytime population
- 4,885,603Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every California market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in California for tire shops, numbered among those based in California, with the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area marked.
Top metro areas in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 73 | 191 | 2.8 | $4.3M | −0.6% | #40 of 386 |
| 2Napa, CA | 69 | 13 | 2.6 | $4.6M | −3.3% | #67 of 386 |
| 3Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA | 68 | 27 | 2.8 | $4.4M | −4.7% | #77 of 386 |
| 4San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 67 | 407 | 2.3 | $4.5M | −2.4% | #90 of 386 |
| 5Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 65 | 86 | 3.1 | $4.1M | −1.5% | #99 of 386 |
| 6San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | 65 | 34 | 3.1 | $3.9M | 0.0% | #100 of 386 |
| 7Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 61 | 59 | 3.1 | $3.8M | −0.4% | #122 of 386 |
| 8Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 61 | 310 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #125 of 386 |
| 9San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 60 | 395 | 3.4 | $3.3M | −0.6% | #133 of 386 |
| 10Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 58 | 47 | 3.1 | $3.7M | −1.4% | #146 of 386 |
Other business types in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
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Health care
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Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area?
There are 407 tire shops on map listings in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area as of September 2026. 144 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 217 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $1.8B a year, or $1,042 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 407 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $4.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,744,070 households in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area has 2.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $4.5M, 78% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area would have about 726, against 407 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,037 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area at 4,630,041 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,744,070 households. Median household income in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area is $136,027, 68% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.3%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont metro area scores 67 for tire shops (upper middle), #90 of 386 scored metro areas.
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