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Tire shops in the Gallup, NM area

How the Gallup, NM area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 27 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #368 of 431 scored small-town markets
#8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$20.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $940 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.6
47% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
68,119
−6.1% 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

The Gallup area scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #368 of 431 scored small-town markets and #8 of 8 scored small-town markets based in New Mexico. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

At $940 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Gallup area spend about $20.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 12 tire shops, that is $1.7M per shop, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

The Gallup area has 12 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (33%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in the Gallup area classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 3,559 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Gallup area from 2020 to 2025 at −6.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Gallup area compares

The same measures for New Mexico 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 Gallup, NM area compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureGallup areaNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.64.13.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,5595,4736,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−6.1%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$940$1,033$958
Median household income$47,668$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market score2737

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
65
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Gallup 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 Gallup area

Population, 2025 estimate
68,119−6.1% since 2020
Households
21,353
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
5,451 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$47,668+40.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$62,961
Median home value
$78,700
Jobs located here
19,649
Daytime population
70,240Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in New Mexico for tire shops, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with the Gallup area marked.

Top small-town markets in New Mexico

Small-town markets in New Mexico ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Alamogordo, NM7083.3$3.1M+3.7%#78 of 431
2Carlsbad-Artesia, NM61104.2$2.6M+0.3%#139 of 431
3Roswell, NM50104.2$2.5M−2.7%#214 of 431
4Ruidoso, NM4355.0$2.2M−2.3%#271 of 431
5Hobbs, NM38208.1$1.4M+0.2%#311 of 431
6Deming, NM3555.4$1.8M−0.2%#333 of 431
7Clovis, NM33166.1$1.6M−3.3%#341 of 431
8Gallup, NM27125.6$1.7M−6.1%#368 of 431

Other business types in the Gallup area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Gallup, NM area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 tire shops in the Gallup area. 4 of them (33%) 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 the Gallup, NM area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $20.1M a year, or $940 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 21,353 households in the Gallup area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Gallup, NM area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Gallup area has 5.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Gallup area would have about 8, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,559 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Gallup, NM area growing?

Population estimates put the Gallup area at 68,119 people in 2025, down 6.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,353 households. The median household income in the Gallup area is $47,668 a year, 41% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 40.9% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Gallup area scores 27 for tire shops (lower middle), #368 of 431 scored small-town markets.

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