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Tire shops in Wicomico County, MD
How Wicomico County, MD compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #324 of 1,530 scored counties
#7 of 19 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 11
- 6 chain locations (55%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $947 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.7
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 106,899
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
At $947 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Wicomico County spend about $38.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $3.5M per shop, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
There are 11 tire shops on map listings in Wicomico County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 55% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 2.7 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Wicomico County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 6,745 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $35K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Wicomico County.
Population estimates show Wicomico County grew 3.2% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Wicomico County scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #324 of 1,530 scored counties and #7 of 19 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Wicomico 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 | Wicomico County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,745 | 8,176 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −6.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $947 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,210 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 62
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 116 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $35K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Wicomico 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 Wicomico County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 106,899+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 40,470
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 374 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 280
- Median household income
- $76,210+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,023
- Median home value
- $254,700
- Jobs located here
- 43,883
- Daytime population
- 101,796Residents 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 |
Other business types in Wicomico County
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 Wicomico County, MD?
As of September 2026, map listings count 11 tire shops in Wicomico County. 6 of them (55%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Wicomico County, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.3M a year, or $947 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 40,470 households in Wicomico County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wicomico County, MD compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Wicomico County has 2.7 tire shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.5M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Wicomico County would have about 15, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,745 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Wicomico County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Wicomico County at 106,899 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 40,470 households. The median household income in Wicomico County is $76,210 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.8% 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. Wicomico County scores 68 for tire shops (upper middle), #324 of 1,530 scored counties.
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