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Tire shops in Illinois

Markets across Illinois ranked by the Groundwork market score for tire shops, with competitor counts and household spending for each.

Listings: 1,561; 654 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments: 599; +1.2% since 2019
Household spending a year: $4.9B; On vehicle maintenance and repairs
Listings per 10k households: 3.1; 18% below the U.S.
Spending per listing: $3.1M; 26% above the U.S.
Rank among states: #20 of 51; Market score 59 · Upper middle

A site report maps the tire shops on map listings around any address in Illinois by name and distance, and the spending within reach.

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What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 1,561 tire shops in Illinois. Chain locations make up 42% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Households in Illinois spend about $4.9B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $975 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. Spread across 1,561 tire shops, that is $3.1M per shop, 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.

Official counts show 599 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Illinois in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019. That is one for every 8,408 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Across the U.S., the count fell 0.4% over the same years. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $4.2M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Illinois.

Among the 50 states and DC, Illinois ranks #20 for tire shops, with a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle). Of the 12 scored metro areas in or partly in Illinois, the Peoria metro area scores highest (66). Of the 15 scored small-town markets in or partly in Illinois, the Ottawa area scores highest (76).

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Numbered by Groundwork market score among the markets based in Illinois, highest first; the U.S. rank compares each market with every other of its kind. A metro area that crosses a state line is listed in each state it reaches, and numbered only in the state its page is under. How the score works.

Metro areas

Metro areas reaching Illinois, ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Peoria, IL	66	45	2.9	$3.5M	−1.3%	#95 of 386
2Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	62	1,080	3.0	$3.2M	0.0%	#118 of 386
3Springfield, IL	58	28	3.1	$3.2M	−1.2%	#148 of 386
St. Louis, MO-IL	58	413	3.6	$2.9M	−0.2%	#150 of 386
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	55	55	3.4	$3M	−0.9%	#173 of 386
4Champaign-Urbana, IL	55	30	3.1	$3M	+1.5%	#174 of 386
5Bloomington, IL	51	29	4.1	$2.5M	+0.1%	#202 of 386
6Kankakee, IL	51	21	5.1	$2.1M	−1.7%	#204 of 386
7Rockford, IL	47	54	4.0	$2.5M	−0.3%	#227 of 386
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	42	17	4.4	$2.4M	+1.7%	#248 of 386
8Decatur, IL	32	18	4.1	$2.2M	−4.3%	#301 of 386
Paducah, KY-IL	22	19	4.6	$2M	−1.2%	#353 of 386

Small-town markets

Small-town markets reaching Illinois, ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Ottawa, IL	76	15	2.4	$4.4M	−1.6%	#43 of 431
2Rochelle, IL	73	5	2.4	$4.6M	−0.7%	#61 of 431
3Sterling, IL	69	6	2.6	$4M	−2.6%	#86 of 431
4Marion-Herrin, IL	67	11	3.8	$2.7M	+0.2%	#102 of 431
5Charleston-Mattoon, IL	59	7	3.4	$2.7M	−1.0%	#152 of 431
6Galesburg, IL	58	5	2.4	$4M	−4.1%	#155 of 431
7Quincy, IL-MO	56	15	4.8	$2.1M	−2.0%	#171 of 431
Burlington, IA-IL	54	8	4.0	$2.7M	−2.5%	#184 of 431
8Pontiac, IL	51	6	4.1	$2.6M	−2.1%	#209 of 431
9Mount Vernon, IL	49	7	4.7	$2.3M	−2.3%	#225 of 431
10Danville, IL	48	12	4.0	$2.3M	−3.7%	#230 of 431
11Jacksonville, IL	47	7	4.6	$2.3M	−3.1%	#235 of 431
12Centralia, IL	42	7	4.5	$2.2M	−3.4%	#279 of 431
13Carbondale, IL	42	11	4.8	$1.9M	−1.5%	#282 of 431
14Effingham, IL	37	14	7.7	$1.5M	−0.9%	#321 of 431
Freeport, IL	Not scored	2	1.0	$9.3M	−3.0%
Dixon, IL	Not scored	4	3.0	$3.6M	−3.4%
Taylorville, IL	Not scored	4	2.9	$3.5M	−1.5%
Canton, IL	Not scored	3	2.2	$4.9M	−2.0%
Lincoln, IL	Not scored	4	3.6	$2.9M	−2.5%
Macomb, IL	Not scored	2	1.7	$5.4M	−4.5%

Counties

Counties in Illinois, ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
1Grundy County, IL	86	5	2.4	$5M	+2.9%	#27 of 1,530
2McHenry County, IL	83	42	3.6	$3.5M	+2.5%	#64 of 1,530
3Kendall County, IL	83	18	4.0	$3.3M	+9.9%	#65 of 1,530
4Lake County, IL	82	73	2.8	$4.2M	+0.8%	#77 of 1,530
5Boone County, IL	75	6	3.1	$3.9M	+0.4%	#165 of 1,530
6Clinton County, IL	74	5	3.4	$3.6M	+0.6%	#182 of 1,530
7Tazewell County, IL	71	17	3.1	$3.4M	−0.9%	#244 of 1,530
8Ogle County, IL	70	5	2.4	$4.6M	−0.7%	#259 of 1,530
9LaSalle County, IL	70	13	2.9	$3.7M	−1.5%	#266 of 1,530
10DuPage County, IL	69	104	3.0	$3.8M	+0.3%	#298 of 1,530
11Will County, IL	69	114	4.7	$2.7M	+2.2%	#313 of 1,530
12Kane County, IL	66	81	4.4	$2.8M	+1.8%	#377 of 1,530
13Whiteside County, IL	65	6	2.6	$4M	−2.6%	#389 of 1,530
14DeKalb County, IL	63	13	3.3	$3.1M	+1.5%	#441 of 1,530
15Madison County, IL	62	45	4.1	$2.6M	−1.0%	#473 of 1,530
16Peoria County, IL	61	24	3.1	$3.1M	−1.6%	#489 of 1,530
17Sangamon County, IL	60	28	3.3	$3M	−1.0%	#512 of 1,530
18Macoupin County, IL	60	7	4.0	$2.9M	−2.6%	#514 of 1,530
19Williamson County, IL	60	11	3.8	$2.7M	+0.2%	#523 of 1,530
20Champaign County, IL	57	26	3.0	$2.9M	+1.8%	#596 of 1,530
21McLean County, IL	57	29	4.1	$2.5M	+0.1%	#609 of 1,530
22Cook County, IL	56	520	2.5	$3.2M	−1.3%	#622 of 1,530
23Rock Island County, IL	55	24	3.9	$2.5M	−1.7%	#646 of 1,530
24Kankakee County, IL	55	21	5.1	$2.1M	−1.7%	#654 of 1,530
25St. Clair County, IL	54	36	3.6	$2.9M	−2.5%	#664 of 1,530

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Counties in Illinois, ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score, continued
Market	Score	Listings	Per 10k households	Spending per listing	Population growth	U.S. rank
26Knox County, IL	53	5	2.4	$4M	−4.1%	#689 of 1,530
27Coles County, IL	52	7	3.4	$2.7M	−1.0%	#721 of 1,530
28Winnebago County, IL	47	48	4.1	$2.3M	−0.4%	#846 of 1,530
29Livingston County, IL	46	6	4.1	$2.6M	−2.1%	#871 of 1,530
30Jefferson County, IL	46	7	4.7	$2.3M	−2.3%	#876 of 1,530
31Adams County, IL	45	12	4.3	$2.4M	−2.1%	#904 of 1,530
32Montgomery County, IL	45	6	5.3	$2M	−0.6%	#907 of 1,530
33Franklin County, IL	44	7	4.3	$2.4M	−2.1%	#924 of 1,530
34Vermilion County, IL	41	12	4.0	$2.3M	−3.7%	#997 of 1,530
35Macon County, IL	39	18	4.1	$2.2M	−4.3%	#1,040 of 1,530
36Morgan County, IL	38	7	5.4	$2M	−2.9%	#1,075 of 1,530
37Marion County, IL	36	7	4.5	$2.2M	−3.4%	#1,112 of 1,530
38Jackson County, IL	36	11	4.8	$1.9M	−1.5%	#1,118 of 1,530
39Fayette County, IL	35	5	6.4	$1.7M	−3.2%	#1,145 of 1,530
40Wayne County, IL	35	5	7.3	$1.5M	−1.6%	#1,150 of 1,530
41Saline County, IL	34	5	5.0	$2M	−4.1%	#1,161 of 1,530
42Iroquois County, IL	32	8	7.0	$1.6M	−3.0%	#1,202 of 1,530
43Effingham County, IL	31	12	8.6	$1.4M	−0.5%	#1,232 of 1,530
Henry County, IL	Not scored	4	2.0	$5.6M	−2.2%
Stephenson County, IL	Not scored	2	1.0	$9.3M	−3.0%
Woodford County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.8%
Monroe County, IL	Not scored	2	1.4	$8.7M	−0.3%
Lee County, IL	Not scored	4	3.0	$3.6M	−3.4%
Christian County, IL	Not scored	4	2.9	$3.5M	−1.5%
Fulton County, IL	Not scored	3	2.2	$4.9M	−2.0%
Bureau County, IL	Not scored	2	1.4	$7.5M	−2.1%
Randolph County, IL	Not scored	3	2.5	$4.4M	−0.6%
Logan County, IL	Not scored	4	3.6	$2.9M	−2.5%
McDonough County, IL	Not scored	2	1.7	$5.4M	−4.5%
Jo Daviess County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.2%
Jersey County, IL	Not scored	1	1.3	$9.6M	−1.5%
Shelby County, IL	Not scored	3	3.4	$3.5M	−1.6%
Perry County, IL	Not scored	3	3.8	$2.9M	−3.5%
Douglas County, IL	Not scored	2	2.6	$4.3M	+0.5%
Crawford County, IL	Not scored	2	2.7	$4.3M	+0.1%
Hancock County, IL	Not scored	2	2.6	$4.3M	−4.4%
Union County, IL	Not scored	2	2.9	$3.4M	−3.7%
Bond County, IL	Not scored	2	3.3	$3.3M	+0.6%
Piatt County, IL	Not scored	1	1.4	$8.9M	+0.6%
Edgar County, IL	Not scored	3	4.0	$2.5M	−2.9%
Warren County, IL	Not scored	2	2.9	$3.4M	−3.6%
Richland County, IL	Not scored	2	3.1	$3.3M	−3.7%
Carroll County, IL	Not scored	1	1.5	$6.7M	−1.7%
Mercer County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.6%
De Witt County, IL	Not scored	2	3.0	$3.6M	−2.1%
Clark County, IL	Not scored	3	4.6	$2.5M	−2.2%
Lawrence County, IL	Not scored	1	1.8	$5.6M	−9.7%
Pike County, IL	Not scored	2	3.4	$3.2M	−2.8%
Moultrie County, IL	Not scored	2	3.4	$3M	−0.8%
Massac County, IL	Not scored	3	5.5	$1.9M	−4.5%
Washington County, IL	Not scored	3	5.2	$2.4M	−1.2%
White County, IL	Not scored	3	5.3	$2M	−4.0%
Ford County, IL	Not scored	3	5.1	$2.1M	−2.2%
Johnson County, IL	Not scored	1	2.4	$4.7M	+0.4%
Clay County, IL	Not scored	3	5.6	$2M	−3.6%
Cass County, IL	Not scored	3	5.9	$1.9M	−4.0%
Mason County, IL	Not scored	1	1.7	$6.3M	−4.9%
Menard County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.3%
Greene County, IL	Not scored	1	2.2	$5.2M	−5.1%
Marshall County, IL	Not scored	4	7.9	$1.5M	−2.0%
Wabash County, IL	Not scored	1	2.1	$4.7M	−3.6%
Cumberland County, IL	Not scored	2	4.8	$2.4M	−2.1%
Jasper County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.4%
Hamilton County, IL	Not scored	1	3.0	$3.8M	−1.7%
Schuyler County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−3.0%
Brown County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	+2.7%
Henderson County, IL	Not scored	1	3.7	$3.1M	−5.6%
Edwards County, IL	Not scored	2	7.5	$1.5M	−5.0%
Putnam County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−0.1%
Stark County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−1.2%
Pulaski County, IL	Not scored	1	5.2	$1.7M	−6.9%
Scott County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−4.0%
Alexander County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−11.6%
Gallatin County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−6.4%
Calhoun County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.2%
Pope County, IL	Not scored	0	0.0	n/a	−2.2%
Hardin County, IL	Not scored	1	6.5	$1.6M	−1.8%

Markets with fewer than 5 tire shops on map listings, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored; they’re listed last in each table.

Questions

How many tire shops are in Illinois?

Illinois has 1,561 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 654 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 599 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 1.2% from 2019.

How much do households in Illinois spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4.9B a year, or $975 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,561 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 5,036,449 households in Illinois and national spending patterns by income.

How does Illinois compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Illinois has 3.1 tire shops per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 26% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Illinois would have about 1,961, against 1,561 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,408 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 1.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

Which market in Illinois has the highest market score for tire shops?

Among 12 scored metro areas in or partly in Illinois, the Peoria metro area scores highest, at 66 (upper middle). Among 15 scored small-town markets in or partly in Illinois, the Ottawa area scores highest, at 76 (high). Among 43 scored counties in Illinois, Grundy County scores highest, at 86 (high). Scores compare each market with others of its kind across the U.S.

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. Illinois scores 59 for tire shops (upper middle), #20 of the 50 states and DC.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Illinois. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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