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Tire shops in Lake County, IL
How Lake County, IL 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 82 out of 100: High
Ranked #77 of 1,530 scored counties
#4 of 43 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 73
- 45 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 19
- −17.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $307.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,189 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 68% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.8
- 26% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 719,339
- +0.8% since 2020
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What this means
For tire shops, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 82 (high): #77 of 1,530 scored counties and #4 of 43 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for tire shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 73 tire shops in Lake County. Chain locations make up 62% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lake County comes to about $307.3M a year: $1,189 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.2M per shop, 68% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Lake County was 19 in 2023, down 17.4% from 2019. That is one for every 13,603 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Lake County. Population estimates put the population change in Lake County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Lake County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,603 | 8,408 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −17.4% | +1.2% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,189 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $110,416 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 82 | 59 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 23 → 19−17.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 224
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7345 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Lake 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 Lake County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 719,339+0.8% since 2020
- Households
- 258,455
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 444 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,610
- Median household income
- $110,416+23.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $155,726
- Median home value
- $345,700
- Jobs located here
- 328,525
- Daytime population
- 712,545Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for tire shops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Lake County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| 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 |
Other business types in Lake County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Lake County, IL?
There are 73 tire shops on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 45 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 17.4% from 2019.
How much do households in Lake County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $307.3M a year, or $1,189 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 73 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 258,455 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Lake County has 2.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Lake County would have about 123, against 73 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,603 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 17.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 719,339 people in 2025, up 0.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 258,455 households. Median household income in Lake County is $110,416, 37% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.5%, 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. Lake County scores 82 for tire shops (high), #77 of 1,530 scored counties.
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