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Tire shops in Scotts Bluff County, NE
How Scotts Bluff County, NE 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 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,330 of 1,530 scored counties
#14 of 14 scored counties in Nebraska
- Listings
- 13
- 6 chain locations (46%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $16.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,105 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 49% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 8.6
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,586
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For tire shops, Scotts Bluff County has a Groundwork market score of 25 (lower middle): #1,330 of 1,530 scored counties and #14 of 14 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $1,105 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in Scotts Bluff County spend about $16.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Scotts Bluff County has 13 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 8.6 per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Scotts Bluff County was 6 in 2023. That is one for every 2,513 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Scotts Bluff County from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Scotts Bluff County compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Scotts Bluff County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 8.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,513 | 4,806 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,105 | $1,146 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,614 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 48 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 45
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 136 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Scotts Bluff 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 Scotts Bluff County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,586−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 15,078
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 740 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $63,614+27.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,943
- Median home value
- $168,500
- Jobs located here
- 16,332
- Daytime population
- 35,840Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 89 | 25 | 3.4 | $3.6M | +9.0% | #20 of 1,530 |
| 2Dodge County, NE | 79 | 5 | 3.3 | $3.6M | +2.6% | #114 of 1,530 |
| 3Douglas County, NE | 73 | 81 | 3.4 | $3M | +3.6% | #213 of 1,530 |
| 4Buffalo County, NE | 71 | 8 | 4.0 | $3M | +1.9% | #252 of 1,530 |
| 5Lancaster County, NE | 60 | 52 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +3.4% | #521 of 1,530 |
| 6Adams County, NE | 59 | 5 | 3.8 | $3.1M | −0.3% | #536 of 1,530 |
| 7Platte County, NE | 56 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +3.9% | #630 of 1,530 |
| 8Lincoln County, NE | 50 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.9M | −3.6% | #774 of 1,530 |
| 9Saline County, NE | 50 | 5 | 9.7 | $1.5M | +1.9% | #791 of 1,530 |
| 10Hall County, NE | 46 | 16 | 6.5 | $1.7M | +1.4% | #891 of 1,530 |
| 14Scotts Bluff County, NE | 25 | 13 | 8.6 | $1.3M | −1.3% | #1,330 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Scotts Bluff County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Scotts Bluff County, NE?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 tire shops in Scotts Bluff County. 6 of them (46%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Scotts Bluff County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $16.7M a year, or $1,105 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 15,078 households in Scotts Bluff County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Scotts Bluff County, NE compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Scotts Bluff County has 8.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.3M, 49% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Scotts Bluff County would have about 7, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,513 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Scotts Bluff County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Scotts Bluff County at 35,586 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,078 households. The median household income in Scotts Bluff County is $63,614 a year, 21% 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. Scotts Bluff County scores 25 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,330 of 1,530 scored counties.
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