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Tire shops in Emmet County, IA
How Emmet County, IA compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,108 a household
- Spending per listing
- $450K
- 82% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 24.6
- 6.5 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,107
- −2.5% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Emmet County
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What this means
Households in Emmet County spend about $4.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,108 per household, 16% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 tire shops, that is $450K per shop, 82% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
There are 10 tire shops on map listings in Emmet County as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 40%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 24.6 for every 10,000 households, 6.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Emmet County in 2023. That is one for every 1,354 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Emmet County declined 2.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How Emmet County 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 | Emmet County | Iowa | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 24.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $450K | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,354 | 5,139 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.4% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.5% | +1.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,108 | $1,134 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,730 | $75,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 18
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $831K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 104 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Emmet 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 Emmet County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,107−2.5% since 2020
- Households
- 4,063
- Median age
- 42.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $63,730
- Average household income
- $77,279
- Median home value
- $114,100
- Jobs located here
- 3,241
- Daytime population
- 8,094Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Iowa
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Dallas County, IA | 91 | 8 | 1.9 | $6.4M | +17.8% | #8 of 1,530 |
| 2Black Hawk County, IA | 71 | 16 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.4% | #241 of 1,530 |
| 3Woodbury County, IA | 70 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +0.7% | #271 of 1,530 |
| 4Johnson County, IA | 70 | 20 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +4.6% | #273 of 1,530 |
| 5Story County, IA | 69 | 14 | 3.6 | $3M | +2.7% | #309 of 1,530 |
| 6Polk County, IA | 66 | 80 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +4.8% | #378 of 1,530 |
| 7Boone County, IA | 66 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #379 of 1,530 |
| 8Sioux County, IA | 63 | 8 | 6.3 | $2.1M | +2.5% | #456 of 1,530 |
| 9Clinton County, IA | 61 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.7M | −0.9% | #485 of 1,530 |
| 10Dubuque County, IA | 61 | 17 | 4.1 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #495 of 1,530 |
| Emmet County, IA | Not scored | 10 | 24.6 | $450K | −2.5% |
Other business types in Emmet County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Emmet County, IA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 tire shops in Emmet County. 4 of them (40%) 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 Emmet County, IA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M a year, or $1,108 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $450K 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 4,063 households in Emmet County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Emmet County, IA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Emmet County has 24.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 6.5 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $450K, 82% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Emmet County would have about 2, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,354 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Emmet County, IA growing?
Population estimates put Emmet County at 9,107 people in 2025, down 2.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,063 households. The median household income in Emmet County is $63,730 a year, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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