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Tire shops in Wabash County, IN
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in Wabash County, IN, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #665 of 1,530 scored counties
#36 of 44 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 5
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $14.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,138 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 15% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.9
- 3% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,713
- −0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wabash County spend about $14.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,138 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. Spread across 5 tire shops, that is $2.9M per shop, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
There are 5 tire shops on map listings in Wabash County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Wabash County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 4,225 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Wabash County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For tire shops, Wabash County has a Groundwork market score of 54 (upper middle): #665 of 1,530 scored counties and #36 of 44 scored counties in Indiana.
How Wabash 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 | Wabash County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,225 | 7,055 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.6% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.7% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,138 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,806 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 68 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 50 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Wabash 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 Wabash County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,713−0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 12,674
- Median age
- 44.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 413 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 75
- Median household income
- $66,806+23.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,614
- Median home value
- $157,200
- Jobs located here
- 11,902
- Daytime population
- 29,095Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 36Wabash County, IN | 54 | 5 | 3.9 | $2.9M | −0.7% | #665 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Wabash 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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Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Wabash County, IN?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 tire shops in Wabash County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Wabash County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $14.4M a year, or $1,138 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 12,674 households in Wabash County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wabash County, IN compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Wabash County has 3.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Wabash County would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,225 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Wabash County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Wabash County at 30,713 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,674 households. The median household income in Wabash County is $66,806 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.1% 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. Wabash County scores 54 for tire shops (upper middle), #665 of 1,530 scored counties.
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