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Tire shops in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 51 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #208 of 431 scored small-town markets
#10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Michigan
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $13.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $960 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.7M
- 8% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.6
- 5% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,081
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 tire shops in the Sault Ste. Marie area. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.6, 5% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Sault Ste. Marie area comes to about $13.5M a year: $960 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 5 tire shops, that is $2.7M per shop, 8% above 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Sault Ste. Marie area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $881K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Sault Ste. Marie area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Sault Ste. Marie area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For tire shops, the Sault Ste. Marie area has a Groundwork market score of 51 (upper middle): #208 of 431 scored small-town markets and #10 of 13 scored small-town markets based in Michigan.
How the Sault Ste. Marie 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 | Sault Ste. Marie area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.7M | $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 | −1.9% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $960 | $1,022 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,217 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 51 | 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
- 51 chain location
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $881K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,081−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 14,080
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,559 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $62,217+33.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $76,569
- Median home value
- $161,900
- Jobs located here
- 11,286
- Daytime population
- 35,358Residents 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 Sault Ste. Marie 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 |
| 10Sault Ste. Marie, MI | 51 | 5 | 3.6 | $2.7M | −1.9% | #208 of 431 |
Other business types in the Sault Ste. Marie 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 Sault Ste. Marie, MI area?
There are 5 tire shops on map listings in the Sault Ste. Marie area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in the Sault Ste. Marie area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $13.5M a year, or $960 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 14,080 households in the Sault Ste. Marie area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Sault Ste. Marie area has 3.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 5% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 8% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending.
How fast is the Sault Ste. Marie, MI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sault Ste. Marie area at 36,081 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 14,080 households. Median household income in the Sault Ste. Marie area is $62,217, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.8%, 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 Sault Ste. Marie area scores 51 for tire shops (upper middle), #208 of 431 scored small-town markets.
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