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Tire shops in Swain County, NC
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in Swain County, NC, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $5.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $917 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 27% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 14,024
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $917 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in Swain County spend about $5.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Swain County has 3 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 5.0 per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Swain County in 2023. That is one for every 2,004 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Swain County declined 0.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 tire shops on map listings, Swain County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Swain 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 | Swain County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,004 | 5,274 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −1.7% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $917 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,349 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 22
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $710K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Swain 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 Swain County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,024−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,013
- Median age
- 41.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 528 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 27
- Median household income
- $52,349+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $74,062
- Median home value
- $207,000
- Jobs located here
- 6,242
- Daytime population
- 14,755Residents 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 |
| Swain County, NC | Not scored | 3 | 5.0 | $1.8M | −0.6% |
Other business types in Swain 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 Swain County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 tire shops in Swain County. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Swain County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.5M a year, or $917 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 6,013 households in Swain County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Swain County, NC compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Swain County has 5.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Swain County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,004 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Swain County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Swain County at 14,024 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,013 households. The median household income in Swain County is $52,349 a year, 35% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.2% 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. Swain County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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