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Tire shops in the Natchitoches, LA area

How the Natchitoches, LA area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #403 of 431 scored small-town markets
#4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$11.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $803 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
36,089
−3.5% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

The Natchitoches area scores 19 (low) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #403 of 431 scored small-town markets and #4 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $803 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in the Natchitoches area spend about $11.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.5M per shop, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 8 tire shops on map listings in the Natchitoches area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Natchitoches area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,627 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Natchitoches area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Natchitoches area compares

The same measures for Louisiana 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.

Tire shops in Natchitoches, LA area compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureNatchitoches areaLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.13.8
Spending per listing$1.5M$1.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,6274,1496,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.2%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.5%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$803$802$958
Median household income$46,292$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score193

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches area

Population, 2025 estimate
36,089−3.5% since 2020
Households
14,508
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
61%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,253 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$46,292+62.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$68,591
Median home value
$171,300
Jobs located here
14,086
Daytime population
35,751Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Louisiana for tire shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Natchitoches area marked.

Top small-town markets in Louisiana

Small-town markets in Louisiana ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1DeRidder, LA4275.1$1.8M+0.2%#283 of 431
2Bogalusa, LA3584.5$1.7M−0.9%#334 of 431
Natchez, MS-LA23104.8$1.6M−0.9%#379 of 431
3Ruston, LA23116.0$1.3M+0.1%#381 of 431
4Natchitoches, LA1985.5$1.5M−3.5%#403 of 431
5Opelousas, LA14175.3$1.4M−1.9%#415 of 431
6New Iberia, LA6186.7$1.2M−4.6%#428 of 431
7Morgan City, LA5147.6$1M−5.3%#430 of 431
8Minden, LA3117.7$995K−5.2%#431 of 431

Other business types in the Natchitoches area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Natchitoches, LA area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 tire shops in the Natchitoches area. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. 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 the Natchitoches, LA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.6M a year, or $803 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 14,508 households in the Natchitoches area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Natchitoches, LA area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Natchitoches area has 5.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Natchitoches area would have about 5, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,627 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Natchitoches, LA area growing?

Population estimates put the Natchitoches area at 36,089 people in 2025, down 3.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,508 households. The median household income in the Natchitoches area is $46,292 a year, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 62.1% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Natchitoches area scores 19 for tire shops (low), #403 of 431 scored small-town markets.

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