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Tire shops in Cherokee County, GA
How Cherokee County, GA 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #430 of 1,530 scored counties
#8 of 75 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 49
- 25 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $108.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,071 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 11% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 299,273
- +11.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 49 tire shops in Cherokee County. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,071 per household (12% above the U.S. average), households in Cherokee County spend about $108.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 49 tire shops, that is $2.2M per shop, 11% below 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 18 businesses with payroll in Cherokee County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 5,640 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $40K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Cherokee County.
Population estimates put the population change in Cherokee County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Cherokee County scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #430 of 1,530 scored counties and #8 of 75 scored counties in Georgia.
How Cherokee County 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.
| Measure | Cherokee County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,640 | 5,389 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.6% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,071 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $108,115 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 184
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $9.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4925 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $40K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 299,273+11.6% since 2020
- Households
- 101,514
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 421 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 668
- Median household income
- $108,115+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,625
- Median home value
- $435,100
- Jobs located here
- 78,270
- Daytime population
- 228,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Effingham County, GA | 86 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +14.1% | #31 of 1,530 |
| 2Bryan County, GA | 82 | 6 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +15.6% | #84 of 1,530 |
| 3Walton County, GA | 74 | 15 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +16.0% | #195 of 1,530 |
| 4Forsyth County, GA | 72 | 36 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +11.8% | #233 of 1,530 |
| 5Barrow County, GA | 71 | 11 | 3.6 | $3M | +18.7% | #251 of 1,530 |
| 6Paulding County, GA | 68 | 27 | 4.5 | $2.4M | +12.7% | #335 of 1,530 |
| 7Jackson County, GA | 66 | 17 | 6.0 | $1.9M | +29.3% | #384 of 1,530 |
| 8Cherokee County, GA | 64 | 49 | 4.8 | $2.2M | +11.6% | #430 of 1,530 |
| 9Lee County, GA | 63 | 5 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #446 of 1,530 |
| 10Newton County, GA | 63 | 24 | 5.8 | $1.7M | +11.2% | #460 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Cherokee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Cherokee County, GA?
There are 49 tire shops on map listings in Cherokee County as of September 2026. 25 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Cherokee County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $108.7M a year, or $1,071 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 49 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 101,514 households in Cherokee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Cherokee County, GA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Cherokee County has 4.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 11% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Cherokee County would have about 43, against 49 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,640 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Cherokee County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Cherokee County at 299,273 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,514 households. Median household income in Cherokee County is $108,115, 34% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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. Cherokee County scores 64 for tire shops (upper middle), #430 of 1,530 scored counties.
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