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Tire shops in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area

How the Joplin, MO-KS 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #232 of 386 scored metro areas
#6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
41
15 chain locations (37%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,087 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
16% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.2
37% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
208,796
+3.9% 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

At $1,087 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Joplin metro area spend about $86.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 41 tire shops, that is $2.1M per shop, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 41 tire shops on map listings in the Joplin metro area as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 37% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Joplin metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,677 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $392K have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Joplin metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Joplin metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the Joplin metro area is 46 (lower middle), #232 of 386 scored metro areas and #6 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.

How the Joplin metro area 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 Joplin, MO-KS metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureJoplin metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.24.33.8
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,6775,2806,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−1.7%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.9%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,087$1,058$958
Median household income$61,901$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4640

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
17
Employees, 2023
133
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4115 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$392K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Joplin 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 Joplin metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
208,796+3.9% since 2020
Households
79,505
Median age
38.9
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,851 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$61,901
Average household income
$80,895
Median home value
$165,500
Jobs located here
85,555
Daytime population
203,238Residents 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 metro areas in Missouri for tire shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Joplin metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kansas City, MO-KS682993.3$3.3M+3.4%#81 of 386
2Columbia, MO68364.2$2.6M+3.9%#88 of 386
3St. Louis, MO-IL584133.6$2.9M−0.2%#150 of 386
4Jefferson City, MO51264.4$2.6M+2.2%#201 of 386
5Springfield, MO49914.6$2.3M+5.1%#215 of 386
6Joplin, MO-KS46415.2$2.1M+3.9%#232 of 386
7Cape Girardeau, MO-IL42174.4$2.4M+1.7%#248 of 386
8St. Joseph, MO-KS39245.1$2.1M−2.0%#268 of 386

Other business types in the Joplin metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 41 tire shops in the Joplin metro area. 15 of them (37%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Joplin, MO-KS metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $86.5M a year, or $1,087 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 79,505 households in the Joplin metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Joplin, MO-KS metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Joplin metro area has 5.2 tire shops per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 16% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Joplin metro area would have about 35, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,677 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Joplin, MO-KS metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Joplin metro area at 208,796 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 79,505 households. The median household income in the Joplin metro area is $61,901 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Joplin metro area scores 46 for tire shops (lower middle), #232 of 386 scored metro areas.

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