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Tire shops in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area
How the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 20 out of 100: Low
Ranked #359 of 386 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana
- Listings
- 164
- 55 chain locations (34%)
- Official establishments
- 63
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $290.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $729 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 970,849
- −3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is 20 (low), #359 of 386 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
As of September 2026, map listings count 164 tire shops in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area. Chain locations make up 34% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 4.1 for every 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area spend about $290.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $729 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.8M per shop, 29% 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 63 businesses with payroll in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area classed as tire dealers, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 6,326 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the New Orleans-Metairie metro 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.
| Measure | New Orleans-Metairie metro area | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,326 | 4,149 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +8.2% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.4% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $729 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,655 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 20 | 3 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 630.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 414
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $21.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 16455 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 116The 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 New Orleans-Metairie 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 970,849−3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 398,564
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 2,359 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 416
- Median household income
- $62,655
- Average household income
- $91,916
- Median home value
- $260,200
- Jobs located here
- 463,433
- Daytime population
- 1,032,273Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 43 | 53 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +5.3% | #246 of 386 |
| 2Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 25 | 33 | 4.1 | $2M | −3.5% | #338 of 386 |
| 3Hammond, LA | 24 | 32 | 6.2 | $1.4M | +5.8% | #347 of 386 |
| 4New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 20 | 164 | 4.1 | $1.8M | −3.4% | #359 of 386 |
| 5Baton Rouge, LA | 19 | 177 | 5.3 | $1.6M | +2.1% | #364 of 386 |
| 6Lafayette, LA | 18 | 93 | 5.7 | $1.4M | +3.8% | #367 of 386 |
| 7Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 6 | 88 | 5.6 | $1.4M | −2.3% | #383 of 386 |
| 8Lake Charles, LA | 6 | 58 | 6.3 | $1.4M | −3.8% | #384 of 386 |
| 9Monroe, LA | 5 | 55 | 6.3 | $1.2M | −1.9% | #385 of 386 |
| 10Alexandria, LA | 4 | 33 | 5.9 | $1.4M | −2.5% | #386 of 386 |
Other business types in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area
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
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Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 164 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 55 of them (34%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 63 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $290.6M a year, or $729 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 164 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 398,564 households in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The New Orleans-Metairie metro area has 4.1 tire shops per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area would have about 116, against 164 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,326 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the New Orleans-Metairie metro area at 970,849 people in 2025, down 3.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 398,564 households. Median household income in the New Orleans-Metairie metro area is $62,655, 22% 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 New Orleans-Metairie metro area scores 20 for tire shops (low), #359 of 386 scored metro areas.
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