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Tire shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

The tire shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 26 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #337 of 386 scored metro areas
#10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
32
10 chain locations (31%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$41.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $879 a household
Spending per listing
$1.3M
48% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
79% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
118,524
+4.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is 26 (lower middle), #337 of 386 scored metro areas and #10 of 14 scored metro areas based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $41.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $879 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 32 tire shops, that is $1.3M per shop, 48% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 32 tire shops on map listings in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.8, 79% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 4,721 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick-St. Simons metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.85.53.8
Spending per listing$1.3M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,7215,3896,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.6%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$879$923$958
Median household income$66,623$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score2634

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
77
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
3210 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The 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 the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
118,524+4.4% since 2020
Households
47,209
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,637
Median home value
$242,500
Jobs located here
42,696
Daytime population
112,115Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for tire shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Chattanooga, TN-GA60974.2$2.3M+5.3%#137 of 386
1Savannah, GA48794.9$1.8M+8.1%#222 of 386
2Hinesville, GA44124.0$2.2M+12.6%#238 of 386
3Warner Robins, GA44364.8$2M+8.2%#239 of 386
4Gainesville, GA44456.1$1.7M+11.4%#241 of 386
5Athens-Clarke County, GA43435.0$1.9M+3.9%#244 of 386
6Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA411,2525.4$1.7M+5.9%#260 of 386
7Rome, GA39205.4$1.6M+2.8%#271 of 386
8Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC361215.2$1.8M+4.7%#286 of 386
9Dalton, GA31417.9$1.2M+3.5%#315 of 386
10Brunswick-St. Simons, GA26326.8$1.3M+4.4%#337 of 386

Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 32 tire shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. 10 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $41.5M a year, or $879 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 32 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 6.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 48% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 17, against 32 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,721 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area scores 26 for tire shops (lower middle), #337 of 386 scored metro areas.

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