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Tire shops in the Springfield, MO metro area
How the Springfield, MO 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #215 of 386 scored metro areas
#5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri
- Listings
- 91
- 36 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- 45
- +13.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $209.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,053 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.6
- 21% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 500,694
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 91 tire shops in the Springfield metro area. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.6 per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Springfield metro area comes to about $209.5M a year: $1,053 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 8% below 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.
Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Springfield metro area in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019. That is one for every 4,420 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Springfield metro area grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the Springfield metro area is 49 (lower middle), #215 of 386 scored metro areas and #5 of 8 scored metro areas based in Missouri.
How the Springfield 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.
| Measure | Springfield metro area | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,420 | 5,280 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.2% | −1.7% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,053 | $1,058 | $958 |
| Median household income | $65,071 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 45+13.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 348
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $14.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 84The 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 Springfield 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 Springfield metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 500,694+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 198,884
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 3,007 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $65,071+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $87,400
- Median home value
- $230,700
- Jobs located here
- 224,104
- Daytime population
- 505,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kansas City, MO-KS | 68 | 299 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +3.4% | #81 of 386 |
| 2Columbia, MO | 68 | 36 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +3.9% | #88 of 386 |
| 3St. Louis, MO-IL | 58 | 413 | 3.6 | $2.9M | −0.2% | #150 of 386 |
| 4Jefferson City, MO | 51 | 26 | 4.4 | $2.6M | +2.2% | #201 of 386 |
| 5Springfield, MO | 49 | 91 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +5.1% | #215 of 386 |
| 6Joplin, MO-KS | 46 | 41 | 5.2 | $2.1M | +3.9% | #232 of 386 |
| 7Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 42 | 17 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +1.7% | #248 of 386 |
| 8St. Joseph, MO-KS | 39 | 24 | 5.1 | $2.1M | −2.0% | #268 of 386 |
Other business types in the Springfield metro 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 Springfield, MO metro area?
There are 91 tire shops on map listings in the Springfield metro area as of September 2026. 36 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 45 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 13.2% from 2019.
How much do households in the Springfield, MO metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $209.5M a year, or $1,053 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 91 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 198,884 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Springfield, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Springfield metro area has 4.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 84, against 91 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,420 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.2% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Springfield, MO metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 500,694 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 198,884 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $65,071, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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 Springfield metro area scores 49 for tire shops (lower middle), #215 of 386 scored metro areas.
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