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Tire shops in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area

How the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #82 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado

Listings
422
233 chain locations (55%)
Official establishments
193
+3.8% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.3B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,091 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
26% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,092,037
+4.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 422 tire shops in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area. Of those, 233 are chain locations, or 55%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $1,091 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area spend about $1.3B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $3.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 26% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 193 businesses with payroll in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area classed as tire dealers, up 3.8% from 2019. That is one for every 6,330 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.6M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #82 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 7 scored metro areas based in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area compares

The same measures for Colorado 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.

Tire shops in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDenver-Aurora-Centennial metro areaColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.53.73.8
Spending per listing$3.2M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,3306,2326,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+3.8%−1.3%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,091$1,112$958
Median household income$105,762$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market score6868

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
193+3.8% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,008
Annual payroll, 2023
$119.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
422233 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
532The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
3,092,037+4.1% since 2020
Households
1,221,636
Median age
38.7
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
8,345 sq. mi.
People per square mile
360
Median household income
$105,762+32.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$140,691
Median home value
$603,800
Jobs located here
1,626,278
Daytime population
3,090,925Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Colorado

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Colorado for tire shops, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in Colorado ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Greeley, CO83473.8$3.3M+14.2%#6 of 386
2Fort Collins-Loveland, CO82422.7$4.2M+4.8%#10 of 386
3Grand Junction, CO73203.0$3.6M+4.4%#44 of 386
4Boulder, CO69352.6$4.2M−0.7%#68 of 386
5Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO684223.5$3.2M+4.1%#82 of 386
6Colorado Springs, CO571434.7$2.4M+3.1%#159 of 386
7Pueblo, CO37355.1$2M+0.6%#277 of 386

Other business types in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area?

There are 422 tire shops on map listings in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area as of September 2026. 233 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 193 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 3.8% from 2019.

How much do households in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.3B a year, or $1,091 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 422 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,221,636 households in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area has 3.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.2M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area would have about 532, against 422 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,330 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 3.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area at 3,092,037 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,221,636 households. Median household income in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area is $105,762, 31% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.8%, 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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial metro area scores 68 for tire shops (upper middle), #82 of 386 scored metro areas.

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