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Tire shops in Okaloosa County, FL

How Okaloosa County, FL compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #583 of 1,530 scored counties
#15 of 50 scored counties in Florida

Listings
39
23 chain locations (59%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$79.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $935 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,810
+4.6% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Okaloosa County comes to about $79.8M a year: $935 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per shop, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Okaloosa County has 39 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 59% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 4.6 for every 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Okaloosa County in 2023. That is one for every 7,765 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Okaloosa County grew 4.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Okaloosa County has a Groundwork market score of 58 (upper middle): #583 of 1,530 scored counties and #15 of 50 scored counties in Florida.

How Okaloosa County compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Okaloosa County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkaloosa CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.64.33.8
Spending per listing$2M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment7,7655,6736,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$935$835$958
Median household income$81,998$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5838

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
12 → 11
Employees, 2023
72
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3923 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Okaloosa County, 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 Okaloosa County

Population, 2025 estimate
221,810+4.6% since 2020
Households
85,411
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
930 sq. mi.
People per square mile
233
Median household income
$81,998+29.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,934
Median home value
$351,200
Jobs located here
91,084
Daytime population
224,037Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Florida

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The highest-scoring counties in Florida for tire shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Okaloosa County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Johns County, FL86262.2$4.3M+25.0%#30 of 1,530
2Walton County, FL8572.0$4.7M+22.9%#41 of 1,530
3Santa Rosa County, FL84172.3$4.4M+11.7%#51 of 1,530
4Collier County, FL74392.4$3.6M+10.6%#181 of 1,530
5Flagler County, FL74132.5$3.5M+21.0%#183 of 1,530
6Sumter County, FL69152.1$3.4M+21.1%#306 of 1,530
7Nassau County, FL68174.3$2.3M+17.4%#338 of 1,530
8Citrus County, FL66152.1$3.9M+11.1%#364 of 1,530
9Sarasota County, FL62753.5$2.4M+10.0%#477 of 1,530
10Pasco County, FL61913.9$2.2M+19.1%#502 of 1,530
15Okaloosa County, FL58394.6$2M+4.6%#583 of 1,530

Other business types in Okaloosa County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Okaloosa County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 39 tire shops in Okaloosa County. 23 of them (59%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Okaloosa County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $79.8M a year, or $935 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 39 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 85,411 households in Okaloosa County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Okaloosa County, FL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Okaloosa County has 4.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Okaloosa County would have about 32, against 39 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,765 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Okaloosa County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okaloosa County at 221,810 people in 2025, up 4.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 85,411 households. The median household income in Okaloosa County is $81,998 a year, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Okaloosa County scores 58 for tire shops (upper middle), #583 of 1,530 scored counties.

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