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Tire shops in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area
The tire shops in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 61 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #131 of 386 scored metro areas
#2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 220
- 113 chain locations (51%)
- Official establishments
- 90
- +8.5% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $557.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $970 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,595,720
- +12.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 220 tire shops in the Raleigh-Cary metro area. Chain locations make up 51% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 3.8 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $970 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area spend about $557.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 220 tire shops, that is $2.5M per shop, in line with 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Raleigh-Cary metro area was 90 in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019. That is one for every 6,381 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Raleigh-Cary metro area grew 12.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For tire shops, the Raleigh-Cary metro area has a Groundwork market score of 61 (upper middle): #131 of 386 scored metro areas and #2 of 15 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Raleigh-Cary metro area 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 | Raleigh-Cary metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,381 | 5,274 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +8.5% | −1.7% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $970 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $100,103 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 61 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 90+8.5% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 886
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $48.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 220113 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 223The 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 Raleigh-Cary metro 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 Raleigh-Cary metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,595,720+12.6% since 2020
- Households
- 574,295
- Median age
- 38.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 2,119 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 702
- Median household income
- $100,103+32.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,869
- Median home value
- $418,400
- Jobs located here
- 759,538
- Daytime population
- 1,525,914Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for tire shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Raleigh-Cary metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | 81 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #12 of 386 |
| 2Raleigh-Cary, NC | 61 | 220 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +12.6% | #131 of 386 |
| 3Wilmington, NC | 56 | 80 | 4.0 | $2.3M | +15.9% | #166 of 386 |
| 4Winston-Salem, NC | 49 | 121 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +5.3% | #217 of 386 |
| 5Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 49 | 501 | 4.7 | $2M | +10.1% | #219 of 386 |
| 6Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 48 | 91 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +7.5% | #220 of 386 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 45 | 251 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +0.9% | #234 of 386 |
| 7Greenville, NC | 43 | 33 | 4.4 | $1.9M | +5.4% | #245 of 386 |
| 8Greensboro-High Point, NC | 43 | 158 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +4.1% | #247 of 386 |
| 9Rocky Mount, NC | 35 | 28 | 4.8 | $2M | +2.8% | #292 of 386 |
Other business types in the Raleigh-Cary metro area
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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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area?
There are 220 tire shops on map listings in the Raleigh-Cary metro area as of September 2026. 113 of them (51%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 8.5% from 2019.
How much do households in the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $557.1M a year, or $970 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 220 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 574,295 households in the Raleigh-Cary metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Raleigh-Cary metro area has 3.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.5M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Raleigh-Cary metro area would have about 223, against 220 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,381 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.5% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Raleigh-Cary, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Raleigh-Cary metro area at 1,595,720 people in 2025, up 12.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 574,295 households. Median household income in the Raleigh-Cary metro area is $100,103, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.0%, 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. The Raleigh-Cary metro area scores 61 for tire shops (upper middle), #131 of 386 scored metro areas.
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