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Tire shops in Grafton County, NH

How Grafton County, NH 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,115 of 1,530 scored counties
#9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire

Listings
17
11 chain locations (65%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$33.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $894 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
22% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
93,225
+2.2% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Grafton County comes to about $33.2M a year: $894 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 17 tire shops on map listings in Grafton County as of September 2026. 11 of them (65%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Grafton County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 3,711 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grafton County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, Grafton County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,115 of 1,530 scored counties and #9 of 10 scored counties in New Hampshire.

How Grafton County compares

The same measures for New Hampshire 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 Grafton County, NH compared with New Hampshire and the U.S.
MeasureGrafton CountyNew HampshireU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.64.13.8
Spending per listing$2M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7115,0076,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−4.3%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$894$974$958
Median household income$88,261$99,031$80,734
Groundwork market score3636

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
70
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1711 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The 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 Grafton 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 Grafton County

Population, 2025 estimate
93,225+2.2% since 2020
Households
37,107
Median age
45.4
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,709 sq. mi.
People per square mile
54
Median household income
$88,261+39.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$125,563
Median home value
$344,500
Jobs located here
53,397
Daytime population
103,226Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across New Hampshire

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The highest-scoring counties in New Hampshire for tire shops, numbered among those based in New Hampshire, with Grafton County marked.

Top counties in New Hampshire

Counties in New Hampshire ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merrimack County, NH71213.4$2.9M+2.6%#254 of 1,530
2Carroll County, NH6773.2$3M+5.0%#349 of 1,530
3Belknap County, NH6193.4$2.8M+2.1%#492 of 1,530
4Hillsborough County, NH54663.9$2.5M+2.5%#676 of 1,530
5Rockingham County, NH50594.6$2.3M+3.0%#781 of 1,530
6Strafford County, NH48234.4$2.1M+3.0%#826 of 1,530
7Cheshire County, NH42123.9$2.4M+2.3%#971 of 1,530
8Sullivan County, NH4274.2$2.2M+2.1%#975 of 1,530
9Grafton County, NH36174.6$2M+2.2%#1,115 of 1,530
10Coos County, NH3153.6$2.2M+0.4%#1,217 of 1,530

Other business types in Grafton County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Grafton County, NH?

As of September 2026, map listings count 17 tire shops in Grafton County. 11 of them (65%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Grafton County, NH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $33.2M a year, or $894 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 37,107 households in Grafton County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grafton County, NH compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Grafton County has 4.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 22% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Grafton County would have about 13, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,711 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Grafton County, NH growing?

Population estimates put Grafton County at 93,225 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 37,107 households. The median household income in Grafton County is $88,261 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 39.2% 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. Grafton County scores 36 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,115 of 1,530 scored counties.

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