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Tire shops in the Alpena, MI area
How the Alpena, MI area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $920 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 59% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,853
- −0.1% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Alpena area spend about $12M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $920 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 59% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
The Alpena area has 3 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in the Alpena area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Alpena area declined 0.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 tire shops on map listings, the Alpena area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Alpena area compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Alpena area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $3.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,605 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.3% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $920 | $1,022 | $958 |
| Median household income | $53,950 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 63 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 the Alpena area, 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 the Alpena area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,853−0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 13,019
- Median age
- 47.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 572 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $53,950+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,418
- Median home value
- $153,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,363
- Daytime population
- 29,194Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Michigan for tire shops, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Alpena area marked.
Top small-town markets in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Holland, MI | 89 | 11 | 2.4 | $5M | +2.1% | #4 of 431 |
| Marinette, WI-MI | 78 | 9 | 3.1 | $3.5M | +0.3% | #29 of 431 |
| 2Marquette, MI | 77 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +2.3% | #37 of 431 |
| 3Owosso, MI | 75 | 8 | 2.8 | $3.9M | −0.4% | #51 of 431 |
| 4Sturgis, MI | 73 | 5 | 2.1 | $5M | +0.1% | #60 of 431 |
| 5Houghton, MI | 69 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +1.8% | #88 of 431 |
| 6Cadillac, MI | 66 | 9 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +2.0% | #109 of 431 |
| 7Hillsdale, MI | 64 | 7 | 3.9 | $2.8M | 0.0% | #120 of 431 |
| 8Coldwater, MI | 61 | 8 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +2.5% | #141 of 431 |
| 9Adrian, MI | 53 | 20 | 5.1 | $2.1M | −1.6% | #196 of 431 |
| Alpena, MI | Not scored | 3 | 2.3 | $4M | −0.1% |
Other business types in the Alpena area
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 the Alpena, MI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 tire shops in the Alpena area. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in the Alpena area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Alpena, MI area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12M a year, or $920 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 13,019 households in the Alpena area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Alpena, MI area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Alpena area has 2.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $4M, 59% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Alpena area would have about 5, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is the Alpena, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Alpena area at 28,853 people in 2025, down 0.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 13,019 households. The median household income in the Alpena area is $53,950 a year, 33% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. The Alpena area has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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