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Tire shops in Schenectady County, NY
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in Schenectady County, NY, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #819 of 1,530 scored counties
#22 of 53 scored counties in New York
- Listings
- 20
- 14 chain locations (70%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $51M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $762 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- 2% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 162,581
- +3.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $762 per household (20% below the U.S. average), households in Schenectady County spend about $51M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.5M per shop, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Schenectady County has 20 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 70% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Schenectady County in 2023. That is one for every 5,575 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Schenectady County grew 3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Schenectady County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #819 of 1,530 scored counties and #22 of 53 scored counties in New York.
How Schenectady 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 | Schenectady County | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,575 | 10,397 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $762 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $79,623 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2014 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Schenectady 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 Schenectady County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 162,581+3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 66,902
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 205 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 784
- Median household income
- $79,623+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,936
- Median home value
- $235,700
- Jobs located here
- 59,344
- Daytime population
- 143,291Residents 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 |
| 22Schenectady County, NY | 48 | 20 | 3.0 | $2.5M | +3.0% | #819 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Schenectady County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many tire shops are in Schenectady County, NY?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 tire shops in Schenectady County. 14 of them (70%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Schenectady County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $51M a year, or $762 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 66,902 households in Schenectady County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Schenectady County, NY compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Schenectady County has 3.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.5M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,575 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Schenectady County, NY growing?
Population estimates put Schenectady County at 162,581 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 66,902 households. The median household income in Schenectady County is $79,623 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.6% 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. Schenectady County scores 48 for tire shops (lower middle), #819 of 1,530 scored counties.
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