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Tire shops in Kent County, MD
The tire shops in Kent County, MD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $906 a household
- Spending per listing
- $7.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 19,565
- +2.3% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Kent County
The site report maps the tire shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Kent County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Kent County comes to about $7.7M a year: $906 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Kent County has 1 tire shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Kent County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Kent County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 tire shop on map listings, Kent County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Kent County 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 | Kent County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $7.7M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,176 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $906 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,147 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Kent 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 Kent County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,565+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 8,493
- Median age
- 47.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 277 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 70
- Median household income
- $80,147+36.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $106,060
- Median home value
- $330,900
- Jobs located here
- 7,746
- Daytime population
- 19,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Kent County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the tire shops on map listings by name and distance.
Or open the report at the center of Kent County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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Every Maryland market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for tire shops, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Kent County marked.
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 |
| Kent County, MD | Not scored | 1 | 1.2 | $7.7M | +2.3% |
Other business types in Kent 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 Kent County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 tire shop in Kent County. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Kent County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kent County, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.7M a year, or $906 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 tire shop on map listings, it comes to $7.7M 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 8,493 households in Kent County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kent County, MD compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Kent County has 1 tire shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Kent County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Kent County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Kent County at 19,565 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,493 households. The median household income in Kent County is $80,147 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.8% 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. 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. Kent County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Kent County. 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.
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