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Tire shops in Union County, IL

How Union County, IL compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,000 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
16,656
−3.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 tire shops in Union County. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Union County comes to about $6.9M a year: $1,000 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which tire shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Union County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Union County declined 3.7% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 tire shops on map listings, Union County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Union 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.

Tire shops in Union County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureUnion CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.93.13.8
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,4086,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.2%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.7%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,000$975$958
Median household income$55,728$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored59

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Union 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 Union County

Population, 2025 estimate
16,656−3.7% since 2020
Households
6,868
Median age
43.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
413 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$55,728+10.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,826
Median home value
$131,700
Jobs located here
5,222
Daytime population
15,422Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Illinois

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The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for tire shops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Union County marked.

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Grundy County, IL8652.4$5M+2.9%#27 of 1,530
2McHenry County, IL83423.6$3.5M+2.5%#64 of 1,530
3Kendall County, IL83184.0$3.3M+9.9%#65 of 1,530
4Lake County, IL82732.8$4.2M+0.8%#77 of 1,530
5Boone County, IL7563.1$3.9M+0.4%#165 of 1,530
6Clinton County, IL7453.4$3.6M+0.6%#182 of 1,530
7Tazewell County, IL71173.1$3.4M−0.9%#244 of 1,530
8Ogle County, IL7052.4$4.6M−0.7%#259 of 1,530
9LaSalle County, IL70132.9$3.7M−1.5%#266 of 1,530
10DuPage County, IL691043.0$3.8M+0.3%#298 of 1,530
Union County, ILNot scored22.9$3.4M−3.7%

Other business types in Union County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Union County, IL?

There are 2 tire shops on map listings in Union County as of September 2026. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Union County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Union County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.9M a year, or $1,000 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 6,868 households in Union County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Union County, IL compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Union County has 2 tire shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Union County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Union County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Union County at 16,656 people in 2025, down 3.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,868 households. Median household income in Union County is $55,728, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 10.1%, 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. Union County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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