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Tire shops in Baltimore city, MD
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in Baltimore city, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 38 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,077 of 1,530 scored counties
#19 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 75
- 22 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 25
- −13.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $136.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $533 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 569,997
- −2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 75 tire shops in Baltimore city. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Baltimore city comes to about $136.3M a year: $533 per household, 44% below the U.S. average. Spread across 75 tire shops, that is $1.8M per shop, 27% 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.
Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Baltimore city in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019. That is one for every 10,227 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $438K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Baltimore city.
Population estimates show Baltimore city declined 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Baltimore city scores 38 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #1,077 of 1,530 scored counties and #19 of 19 scored counties in Maryland.
How Baltimore city compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Baltimore city | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,227 | 8,176 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −13.8% | −6.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $533 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,177 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 38 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 25−13.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 159
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $6.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7522 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $438K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Baltimore city, 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 Baltimore city
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 569,997−2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 255,668
- Median age
- 37.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 48%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.1
- Land area
- 81 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 7,082
- Median household income
- $62,177+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,312
- Median home value
- $229,600
- Jobs located here
- 344,611
- Daytime population
- 667,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Calvert County, MD | 82 | 9 | 2.7 | $4.6M | +1.7% | #73 of 1,530 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 80 | 22 | 1.8 | $5.7M | +1.9% | #95 of 1,530 |
| 3Frederick County, MD | 80 | 32 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +11.0% | #101 of 1,530 |
| 4Cecil County, MD | 74 | 10 | 2.5 | $4.1M | +3.2% | #176 of 1,530 |
| 5Montgomery County, MD | 73 | 72 | 1.8 | $4.9M | +1.3% | #200 of 1,530 |
| 6Anne Arundel County, MD | 73 | 67 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #209 of 1,530 |
| 7Wicomico County, MD | 68 | 11 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +3.2% | #324 of 1,530 |
| 8Queen Anne’s County, MD | 67 | 11 | 5.5 | $2.1M | +8.8% | #359 of 1,530 |
| 9Carroll County, MD | 64 | 26 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +2.2% | #420 of 1,530 |
| 10Harford County, MD | 61 | 38 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +2.0% | #494 of 1,530 |
| 19Baltimore city, MD | 38 | 75 | 2.9 | $1.8M | −2.3% | #1,077 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Baltimore city
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many tire shops are in Baltimore city, MD?
There are 75 tire shops on map listings in Baltimore city as of September 2026. 22 of them (29%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 25 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 13.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Baltimore city, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $136.3M a year, or $533 per household. That is 44% below the U.S. average (an index of 56, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 75 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 255,668 households in Baltimore city and national spending patterns by income.
How does Baltimore city, MD compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Baltimore city has 2.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Baltimore city would have about 54, against 75 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,227 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 13.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Baltimore city, MD growing?
Population estimates put Baltimore city at 569,997 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 255,668 households. Median household income in Baltimore city is $62,177, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. Baltimore city scores 38 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,077 of 1,530 scored counties.
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