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Tire shops in Will County, IL

How Will 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #313 of 1,530 scored counties
#11 of 43 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
114
64 chain locations (56%)
Official establishments
39
+5.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$306.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,255 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
7% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.7
24% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
712,253
+2.2% 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

At $1,255 per household (31% above the U.S. average), households in Will County spend about $306.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Will County has 114 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 56% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.7, 24% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Will County in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019. That is one for every 6,263 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Will County grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Will County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #313 of 1,530 scored counties and #11 of 43 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Will 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 Will County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureWill CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.73.13.8
Spending per listing$2.7M$3.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,2638,4086,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+5.4%+1.2%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,255$975$958
Median household income$109,984$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score6959

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
37 → 39+5.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
459
Annual payroll, 2023
$26.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11464 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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Will 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 Will County

Population, 2025 estimate
712,253+2.2% since 2020
Households
244,273
Median age
39.7
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
836 sq. mi.
People per square mile
839
Median household income
$109,984+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,183
Median home value
$319,600
Jobs located here
272,349
Daytime population
615,002Residents 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 Will 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
11Will County, IL691144.7$2.7M+2.2%#313 of 1,530

Other business types in Will County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Will County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 114 tire shops in Will County. 64 of them (56%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 39 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 5.4% from 2019.

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

About $306.7M a year, or $1,255 per household. That is 31% above the U.S. average (an index of 131, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 114 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 244,273 households in Will County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Will County has 4.7 tire shops per 10,000 households, 24% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 7% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Will County would have about 123, against 114 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,263 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 5.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Will County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Will County at 712,253 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 244,273 households. The median household income in Will County is $109,984 a year, 36% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.5% 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. Will County scores 69 for tire shops (upper middle), #313 of 1,530 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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