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Tire shops in Lake County, IN
How Lake County, IN 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #475 of 1,530 scored counties
#27 of 44 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 81
- 17 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 23
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $200.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,026 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 504,612
- +1.1% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Lake County
The site report maps the tire shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Lake County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 81 tire shops in Lake County. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in Lake County spend about $200.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,026 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, in line with 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 23 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Lake County in 2023. That is one for every 8,484 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Lake County grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Lake County has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #475 of 1,530 scored counties and #27 of 44 scored counties in Indiana.
How Lake County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,484 | 7,055 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.1% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,026 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,493 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18 → 23
- Employees, 2023
- 252
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $16M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8117 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 80The 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 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
- 504,612+1.1% since 2020
- Households
- 195,130
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 499 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,003
- Median household income
- $71,493+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $93,636
- Median home value
- $230,600
- Jobs located here
- 191,504
- Daytime population
- 472,818Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Lake 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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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Morgan County, IN | 86 | 10 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +4.4% | #35 of 1,530 |
| 2Boone County, IN | 85 | 8 | 2.8 | $4.4M | +13.5% | #43 of 1,530 |
| 3Hamilton County, IN | 84 | 39 | 2.8 | $4.3M | +10.9% | #52 of 1,530 |
| 4Bartholomew County, IN | 82 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +4.3% | #80 of 1,530 |
| 5Floyd County, IN | 81 | 7 | 2.2 | $5.1M | +2.0% | #87 of 1,530 |
| 6Hendricks County, IN | 77 | 19 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +10.2% | #135 of 1,530 |
| 7Johnson County, IN | 77 | 25 | 4.0 | $2.9M | +7.4% | #143 of 1,530 |
| 8LaPorte County, IN | 74 | 10 | 2.3 | $4.7M | −0.9% | #174 of 1,530 |
| 9DeKalb County, IN | 74 | 7 | 4.1 | $2.9M | +2.9% | #192 of 1,530 |
| 10Shelby County, IN | 73 | 5 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +1.8% | #205 of 1,530 |
| 27Lake County, IN | 62 | 81 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +1.1% | #475 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
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 Lake County, IN?
There are 81 tire shops on map listings in Lake County as of September 2026. 17 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 23 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Lake County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $200.1M a year, or $1,026 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 81 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 195,130 households in Lake County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lake County, IN compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Lake County has 4.2 tire shops per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Lake County would have about 80, against 81 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,484 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Lake County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Lake County at 504,612 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 195,130 households. Median household income in Lake County is $71,493, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.4%, 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 62 for tire shops (upper middle), #475 of 1,530 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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