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Tire shops in the Ames, IA metro area
The tire shops in the Ames, IA metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #120 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $55.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,116 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 128,090
- +2.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 19 tire shops in the Ames metro area. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Ames metro area comes to about $55.6M a year: $1,116 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per shop, 17% 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 the Ames metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 6,230 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Ames metro area grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, the Ames metro area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #120 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 8 scored metro areas based in Iowa.
How the Ames metro area compares
The same measures for Iowa 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 | Ames metro area | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,230 | 5,139 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,116 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $73,127 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 57
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The 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 the Ames metro area, 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 the Ames metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 128,090+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 49,840
- Median age
- 35.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,143 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 111
- Median household income
- $73,127+24.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,543
- Median home value
- $246,300
- Jobs located here
- 57,558
- Daytime population
- 130,790Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Iowa market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Iowa for tire shops, numbered among those based in Iowa (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Ames metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 75 | 16 | 2.9 | $4M | +1.0% | #31 of 386 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 73 | 133 | 3.4 | $3.2M | +4.2% | #46 of 386 |
| 2Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 70 | 110 | 3.7 | $3M | +6.7% | #63 of 386 |
| 3Ames, IA | 62 | 19 | 3.8 | $2.9M | +2.2% | #120 of 386 |
| 4Iowa City, IA | 60 | 25 | 3.5 | $3M | +4.1% | #134 of 386 |
| 5Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 59 | 23 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +0.5% | #141 of 386 |
| 6Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 55 | 55 | 3.4 | $3M | −0.9% | #173 of 386 |
| 7Cedar Rapids, IA | 55 | 45 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +1.0% | #177 of 386 |
| 8Dubuque, IA | 55 | 17 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #178 of 386 |
Other business types in the Ames metro area
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 the Ames, IA metro area?
The Ames metro area has 19 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in the Ames, IA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $55.6M a year, or $1,116 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 49,840 households in the Ames metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Ames, IA metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Ames metro area has 3.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Ames metro area would have about 22, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,230 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is the Ames, IA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Ames metro area at 128,090 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 49,840 households. Median household income in the Ames metro area is $73,127, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.8%, 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. The Ames metro area scores 62 for tire shops (upper middle), #120 of 386 scored metro areas.
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