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Tire shops in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area

How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #110 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
511
209 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
226
−3.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.8B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $994 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
37% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.9
24% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
4,390,913
+0.1% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area spend about $1.8B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $994 per household, 4% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 37% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 511 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 209 are chain locations, or 41%, against 39% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 226 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019. That is one for every 7,827 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $730K have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #110 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan.

How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro 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.

Tire shops in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureDetroit-Warren-Dearborn metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.93.03.8
Spending per listing$3.4M$3.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment7,8277,6056,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.4%+2.3%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.1%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$994$1,022$958
Median household income$76,664$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score6363

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
226−3.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
2,147
Annual payroll, 2023
$116.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
511209 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
702The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$730K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
4,390,913+0.1% since 2020
Households
1,768,816
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
3,893 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,124
Median household income
$76,664+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,167
Median home value
$249,700
Jobs located here
1,848,019
Daytime population
4,411,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Michigan

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for tire shops, numbered among those based in Michigan, with the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Monroe, MI82132.1$5.4M+0.7%#8 of 386
2Midland, MI8082.3$4.8M+0.3%#15 of 386
3Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI751393.2$3.5M+2.8%#32 of 386
4Traverse City, MI74182.8$4M+2.2%#37 of 386
5Ann Arbor, MI72291.9$5.3M−0.4%#49 of 386
6Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI68223.2$3.1M+1.8%#83 of 386
7Lansing-East Lansing, MI64512.6$3.8M+1.4%#104 of 386
8Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI635112.9$3.4M+0.1%#110 of 386
9Jackson, MI62172.7$3.8M−0.4%#117 of 386
10Niles, MI62213.3$3M−1.3%#119 of 386

Other business types in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 511 tire shops in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. 209 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 226 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 3.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.8B a year, or $994 per household. That is 4% above the U.S. average (an index of 104, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 511 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 1,768,816 households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 2.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 37% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area would have about 702, against 511 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,827 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area at 4,390,913 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,768,816 households. The median household income in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is $76,664 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% 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. The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area scores 63 for tire shops (upper middle), #110 of 386 scored metro areas.

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