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Tire shops in Franklin County, MO

How Franklin County, MO 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #184 of 1,530 scored counties
#9 of 48 scored counties in Missouri

Listings
15
3 chain locations (20%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$50.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,182 a household
Spending per listing
$3.4M
35% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.5
8% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
108,090
+3.1% 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 Franklin County spend about $50.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,182 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Franklin County has 15 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 20%, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 6,148 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $697K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Franklin County.

Population estimates show Franklin County grew 3.1% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Franklin County is 74 (upper middle), #184 of 1,530 scored counties and #9 of 48 scored counties in Missouri. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Franklin County compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Franklin County, MO compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureFranklin CountyMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.54.33.8
Spending per listing$3.4M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,1485,2806,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.7%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,182$1,058$958
Median household income$73,165$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score7440

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 7
Employees, 2023
61
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
153 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$697K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Franklin 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 Franklin County

Population, 2025 estimate
108,090+3.1% since 2020
Households
43,036
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
923 sq. mi.
People per square mile
115
Median household income
$73,165+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,432
Median home value
$227,600
Jobs located here
38,594
Daytime population
91,932Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Missouri

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The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for tire shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Franklin County marked.

Top counties in Missouri

Counties in Missouri ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Platte County, MO9151.1$10.3M+6.7%#7 of 1,530
2Warren County, MO8953.6$3.6M+9.2%#21 of 1,530
3St. Charles County, MO83543.3$3.6M+4.9%#62 of 1,530
4Christian County, MO83154.3$2.8M+8.3%#68 of 1,530
5Lincoln County, MO8283.5$3.6M+11.4%#78 of 1,530
6Jefferson County, MO77313.5$3.4M+2.7%#138 of 1,530
7Lawrence County, MO7753.4$3.3M+3.7%#140 of 1,530
8Clay County, MO77353.4$3.2M+4.3%#141 of 1,530
9Franklin County, MO74153.5$3.4M+3.1%#184 of 1,530
10Johnson County, MO7394.3$2.7M+4.9%#216 of 1,530

Other business types in Franklin County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Franklin County, MO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 tire shops in Franklin County. 3 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Franklin County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $50.9M a year, or $1,182 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 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 43,036 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Franklin County, MO compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Franklin County has 3.5 tire shops per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.4M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Franklin County would have about 20, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,148 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Franklin County, MO growing?

Population estimates put Franklin County at 108,090 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,036 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $73,165 a year, 9% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.9% 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. Franklin County scores 74 for tire shops (upper middle), #184 of 1,530 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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