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Tire shops in St. Mary Parish, LA

The tire shops in St. Mary Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 5 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #1,524 of 1,530 scored counties
#35 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
14
2 chain locations (14%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$14.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $765 a household
Spending per listing
$1M
60% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.6
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,552
−5.3% 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 Groundwork market score for tire shops in St. Mary Parish is 5 (very low), #1,524 of 1,530 scored counties and #35 of 36 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 tire shops in St. Mary Parish. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 7.6 for every 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in St. Mary Parish comes to about $14.1M a year: $765 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That is about $1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 60% 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 7 businesses with payroll in St. Mary Parish classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 2,638 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates show St. Mary Parish declined 5.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How St. Mary Parish 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 St. Mary Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Mary ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.65.13.8
Spending per listing$1M$1.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,6384,1496,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.2%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$765$802$958
Median household income$52,576$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score53

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
52
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
142 chain locations
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 St. Mary Parish, 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 St. Mary Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
46,552−5.3% since 2020
Households
18,463
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
559 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$52,576+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,245
Median home value
$138,900
Jobs located here
20,344
Daytime population
47,916Residents 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 counties in Louisiana for tire shops, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Mary Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA60264.9$1.9M+8.5%#533 of 1,530
2Lafourche Parish, LA53102.6$3.2M−2.0%#691 of 1,530
3Orleans Parish, LA51312.0$3.1M−5.5%#745 of 1,530
4St. Tammany Parish, LA51535.0$1.8M+5.3%#764 of 1,530
5St. Martin Parish, LA4363.1$2.8M−1.0%#945 of 1,530
6St. Charles Parish, LA4173.8$2.5M−3.7%#994 of 1,530
7West Baton Rouge Parish, LA4054.6$1.8M+5.5%#1,024 of 1,530
8Vermilion Parish, LA3873.2$2.5M+1.3%#1,070 of 1,530
9Ascension Parish, LA38306.3$1.6M+6.4%#1,085 of 1,530
10Beauregard Parish, LA3475.1$1.8M+0.2%#1,167 of 1,530
35St. Mary Parish, LA5147.6$1M−5.3%#1,524 of 1,530

Other business types in St. Mary Parish

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in St. Mary Parish, LA?

There are 14 tire shops on map listings in St. Mary Parish as of September 2026. 2 of them (14%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in St. Mary Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $14.1M a year, or $765 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 18,463 households in St. Mary Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Mary Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

St. Mary Parish has 7.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, St. Mary Parish would have about 6, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,638 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Mary Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Mary Parish at 46,552 people in 2025, down 5.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,463 households. Median household income in St. Mary Parish is $52,576, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.9%, 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. St. Mary Parish scores 5 for tire shops (very low), #1,524 of 1,530 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in St. Mary Parish. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for tire shops · All 56 business types in St. Mary Parish

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