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Tire shops in Barren County, KY
How Barren County, KY 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 31 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,234 of 1,530 scored counties
#27 of 39 scored counties in Kentucky
- Listings
- 12
- 1 chain location (8%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $887 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 47% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.7
- 76% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 45,641
- +2.6% since 2020
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What this means
For tire shops, Barren County has a Groundwork market score of 31 (lower middle): #1,234 of 1,530 scored counties and #27 of 39 scored counties in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 tire shops in Barren County. One of them (8%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 6.7 per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $887 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in Barren County spend about $16M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.3M per shop, 47% below 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Barren County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 4,504 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates show Barren County grew 2.6% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Barren County compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Barren County | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,504 | 6,172 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.7% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.6% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $887 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $50,628 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 31 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 121 chain location
- 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 Barren 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 Barren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 45,641+2.6% since 2020
- Households
- 18,017
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 487 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 92
- Median household income
- $50,628+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,460
- Median home value
- $178,000
- Jobs located here
- 15,309
- Daytime population
- 41,898Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenton County, KY | 72 | 16 | 2.4 | $3.8M | +3.9% | #223 of 1,530 |
| 2Bullitt County, KY | 65 | 13 | 4.1 | $2.5M | +5.0% | #407 of 1,530 |
| 3Nelson County, KY | 64 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.2M | +4.8% | #416 of 1,530 |
| 4Madison County, KY | 63 | 13 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +9.4% | #445 of 1,530 |
| 5Shelby County, KY | 58 | 7 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +6.2% | #566 of 1,530 |
| 6Warren County, KY | 58 | 23 | 4.1 | $2.1M | +10.6% | #581 of 1,530 |
| 7Boone County, KY | 57 | 21 | 4.1 | $2.4M | +6.5% | #610 of 1,530 |
| 8Campbell County, KY | 54 | 13 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.5% | #670 of 1,530 |
| 9Daviess County, KY | 54 | 16 | 3.8 | $2.3M | +1.5% | #681 of 1,530 |
| 10Scott County, KY | 52 | 10 | 4.4 | $2.3M | +8.2% | #728 of 1,530 |
| 27Barren County, KY | 31 | 12 | 6.7 | $1.3M | +2.6% | #1,234 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Barren 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 Barren County, KY?
There are 12 tire shops on map listings in Barren County as of September 2026. One of them (8%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Barren County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $16M a year, or $887 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,017 households in Barren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barren County, KY compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Barren County has 6.7 tire shops per 10,000 households, 76% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 47% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Barren County would have about 6, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,504 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Barren County, KY growing?
Population estimates put Barren County at 45,641 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,017 households. Median household income in Barren County is $50,628, 37% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.1%, 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. Barren County scores 31 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,234 of 1,530 scored counties.
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