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Tire shops in Barnstable County, MA
How Barnstable County, MA 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 77 out of 100: High
Ranked #130 of 1,530 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts
- Listings
- 17
- 7 chain locations (41%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $99.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- 58% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 233,539
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Barnstable County scores 77 (high) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #130 of 1,530 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Massachusetts. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for tire shops.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 tire shops in Barnstable County. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $938 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Barnstable County spend about $99.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $5.8M per shop, 2.3 times 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Barnstable County was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 11,753 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Barnstable County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Barnstable County compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Barnstable County | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 2.2 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $3.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 11,753 | 9,441 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −3.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $938 | $841 | $958 |
| Median household income | $95,241 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 77 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 177 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 40The 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 Barnstable 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 Barnstable County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 233,539+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 105,777
- Median age
- 53.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 394 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 588
- Median household income
- $95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $134,349
- Median home value
- $629,000
- Jobs located here
- 87,424
- Daytime population
- 221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Barnstable County, MA | 77 | 17 | 1.6 | $5.8M | +2.4% | #130 of 1,530 |
| 2Plymouth County, MA | 76 | 52 | 2.6 | $3.9M | +3.5% | #153 of 1,530 |
| 3Worcester County, MA | 73 | 76 | 2.3 | $4M | +3.7% | #207 of 1,530 |
| 4Hampshire County, MA | 72 | 11 | 1.8 | $4.9M | +10.4% | #218 of 1,530 |
| 5Middlesex County, MA | 72 | 126 | 2.0 | $4.4M | +2.8% | #219 of 1,530 |
| 6Norfolk County, MA | 69 | 61 | 2.2 | $4.1M | +2.2% | #294 of 1,530 |
| 7Essex County, MA | 69 | 74 | 2.4 | $3.7M | +2.3% | #299 of 1,530 |
| 8Suffolk County, MA | 64 | 35 | 1.1 | $4.9M | +0.1% | #410 of 1,530 |
| 9Bristol County, MA | 58 | 76 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +2.9% | #569 of 1,530 |
| 10Franklin County, MA | 53 | 10 | 3.2 | $2.7M | −0.3% | #695 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Barnstable 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 Barnstable County, MA?
There are 17 tire shops on map listings in Barnstable County as of September 2026. 7 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Barnstable County, MA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $99.2M a year, or $938 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $5.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 105,777 households in Barnstable County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Barnstable County, MA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Barnstable County has 1.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 58% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $5.8M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Barnstable County would have about 40, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,753 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Barnstable County, MA growing?
Population estimates put Barnstable County at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. Median household income in Barnstable County is $95,241, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Barnstable County scores 77 for tire shops (high), #130 of 1,530 scored counties.
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