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Tire shops in Duplin County, NC
The tire shops in Duplin County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #711 of 1,530 scored counties
#23 of 71 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 51,571
- +6.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Duplin County spend about $20M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $961 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 10 tire shops, that is $2M per shop, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Duplin County has 10 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in Duplin County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Duplin County grew 6.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Duplin County is 53 (upper middle), #711 of 1,530 scored counties and #23 of 71 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Duplin County compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Duplin County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,274 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $961 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $55,148 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 100 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 Duplin 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 Duplin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 51,571+6.0% since 2020
- Households
- 20,787
- Median age
- 41.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 815 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 61
- Median household income
- $55,148+32.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,758
- Median home value
- $137,400
- Jobs located here
- 19,158
- Daytime population
- 47,172Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brunswick County, NC | 84 | 16 | 2.3 | $4.1M | +26.5% | #53 of 1,530 |
| 2Lincoln County, NC | 83 | 13 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +13.2% | #66 of 1,530 |
| 3Moore County, NC | 82 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #79 of 1,530 |
| 4Chatham County, NC | 70 | 11 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +11.0% | #275 of 1,530 |
| 5Union County, NC | 69 | 35 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +11.7% | #310 of 1,530 |
| 6Franklin County, NC | 69 | 12 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +18.8% | #317 of 1,530 |
| 7Wake County, NC | 66 | 165 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +11.2% | #381 of 1,530 |
| 8Cabarrus County, NC | 63 | 35 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +9.9% | #450 of 1,530 |
| 9Johnston County, NC | 63 | 43 | 5.0 | $2.1M | +17.9% | #457 of 1,530 |
| 10Pender County, NC | 60 | 12 | 4.7 | $2.2M | +19.0% | #531 of 1,530 |
| 23Duplin County, NC | 53 | 10 | 4.8 | $2M | +6.0% | #711 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Duplin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Duplin County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 tire shops in Duplin County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Duplin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Duplin County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20M a year, or $961 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 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 20,787 households in Duplin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Duplin County, NC compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Duplin County has 4.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Duplin County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Duplin County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Duplin County at 51,571 people in 2025, up 6.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,787 households. The median household income in Duplin County is $55,148 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.1% 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. Duplin County scores 53 for tire shops (upper middle), #711 of 1,530 scored counties.
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