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Tire shops in Dawson County, GA
The tire shops in Dawson County, GA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #742 of 1,530 scored counties
#25 of 75 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 11
- 6 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,118 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 53% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.5
- 2.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,365
- +30.7% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Dawson County
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Dawson County comes to about $12.9M a year: $1,118 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.2M per shop, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Dawson County has 11 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 9.5 for every 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Dawson County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dawson County grew 30.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Dawson County has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #742 of 1,530 scored counties and #25 of 75 scored counties in Georgia.
How Dawson 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 | Dawson County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.5 | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,389 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.6% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +30.7% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,118 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $92,991 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Dawson 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 Dawson County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,365+30.7% since 2020
- Households
- 11,573
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 211 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 143
- Median household income
- $92,991+40.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $116,762
- Median home value
- $406,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,727
- Daytime population
- 25,801Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Dawson County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the tire shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for tire shops, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Dawson County marked.
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 |
| 25Dawson County, GA | 52 | 11 | 9.5 | $1.2M | +30.7% | #742 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Dawson 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 Dawson County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 tire shops in Dawson County. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Dawson County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dawson County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.9M a year, or $1,118 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 11,573 households in Dawson County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dawson County, GA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Dawson County has 9.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 2.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.2M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Dawson County would have about 5, against 11 on map listings.
How fast is Dawson County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Dawson County at 35,365 people in 2025, up 30.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,573 households. The median household income in Dawson County is $92,991 a year, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.3% 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. Dawson County scores 52 for tire shops (upper middle), #742 of 1,530 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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