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Tire shops in Erie County, NY
How Erie County, NY 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #906 of 1,530 scored counties
#28 of 53 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 134
- 77 chain locations (57%)
- Official establishments
- 49
- −10.9% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $308.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $753 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 946,741
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 134 tire shops in Erie County. Chain locations make up 57% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.3, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $753 per household (21% below the U.S. average), households in Erie County spend about $308.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 134 tire shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 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 49 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Erie County in 2023, down 10.9% from 2019. That is one for every 8,361 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $4.5M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Erie County.
Population estimates show Erie County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. For tire shops, Erie County has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #906 of 1,530 scored counties and #28 of 53 scored counties in New York.
How Erie County compares
The same measures for New York 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 | Erie County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,361 | 10,397 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −10.9% | −1.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $753 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,839 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 55 → 49−10.9% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 396
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $19M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 13477 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 123The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $4.5M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Erie 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 Erie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 946,741−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 409,665
- Median age
- 41.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 1,043 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 912
- Median household income
- $72,839+25.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,750
- Median home value
- $233,800
- Jobs located here
- 478,475
- Daytime population
- 994,716Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saratoga County, NY | 75 | 21 | 2.1 | $4.4M | +2.3% | #162 of 1,530 |
| 2Putnam County, NY | 71 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +1.4% | #240 of 1,530 |
| 3Rockland County, NY | 71 | 29 | 2.8 | $3.3M | +5.9% | #247 of 1,530 |
| 4Westchester County, NY | 69 | 50 | 1.3 | $6M | +1.4% | #289 of 1,530 |
| 5Richmond County, NY | 67 | 26 | 1.5 | $4.9M | +1.3% | #341 of 1,530 |
| 6Wayne County, NY | 66 | 8 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +0.1% | #362 of 1,530 |
| 7Oswego County, NY | 64 | 12 | 2.5 | $3.3M | +1.0% | #414 of 1,530 |
| 8Nassau County, NY | 64 | 141 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +0.6% | #415 of 1,530 |
| 9New York County, NY | 63 | 12 | 0.2 | $17.5M | −1.3% | #434 of 1,530 |
| 10Clinton County, NY | 62 | 5 | 1.5 | $5.4M | −2.0% | #461 of 1,530 |
| 28Erie County, NY | 45 | 134 | 3.3 | $2.3M | −0.6% | #906 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Erie 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
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Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Erie County, NY?
Erie County has 134 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 77 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 49 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 10.9% from 2019.
How much do households in Erie County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $308.5M a year, or $753 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 134 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 409,665 households in Erie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Erie County, NY compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Erie County has 3.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 13% below 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, Erie County would have about 123, against 134 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,361 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 10.9% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Erie County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Erie County at 946,741 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 409,665 households. Median household income in Erie County is $72,839, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.3%, 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. Erie County scores 45 for tire shops (lower middle), #906 of 1,530 scored counties.
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