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Tire shops in Darke County, OH

How Darke County, OH compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
1 chain location (25%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$24.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,148 a household
Spending per listing
$6.1M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.9
50% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
51,520
−0.7% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 tire shops in Darke County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Darke County comes to about $24.4M a year: $1,148 per household, 20% above the U.S. average. That is about $6.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2.4 times 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Darke County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 5,324 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Darke County declined 0.7%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 tire shops on map listings, Darke County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Darke County compares

The same measures for Ohio 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.

Tire shops in Darke County, OH compared with Ohio and the U.S.
MeasureDarke CountyOhioU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.93.83.8
Spending per listing$6.1M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,3246,3656,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−5.9%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.7%+0.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,148$1,033$958
Median household income$64,486$71,389$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored49

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
10
Annual payroll, 2023
$579K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
41 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The 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 Darke 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 Darke County

Population, 2025 estimate
51,520−0.7% since 2020
Households
21,297
Median age
41.9
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
598 sq. mi.
People per square mile
86
Median household income
$64,486+15.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,884
Median home value
$173,200
Jobs located here
17,845
Daytime population
43,574Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Ohio

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The highest-scoring counties in Ohio for tire shops, numbered among those based in Ohio, with Darke County marked.

Top counties in Ohio

Counties in Ohio ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Delaware County, OH91273.3$3.9M+12.5%#12 of 1,530
2Clermont County, OH89212.5$4.8M+3.9%#18 of 1,530
3Warren County, OH86252.7$4.7M+5.7%#28 of 1,530
4Licking County, OH86213.1$3.8M+3.8%#33 of 1,530
5Miami County, OH85143.1$3.7M+3.4%#47 of 1,530
6Greene County, OH81202.9$3.9M+3.7%#90 of 1,530
7Fairfield County, OH80203.3$3.7M+6.5%#99 of 1,530
8Morrow County, OH7964.5$3M+3.7%#118 of 1,530
9Brown County, OH7863.5$3.7M+1.6%#126 of 1,530
10Portage County, OH75213.2$3.4M+1.0%#168 of 1,530
Darke County, OHNot scored41.9$6.1M−0.7%

Other business types in Darke County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many tire shops are in Darke County, OH?

Darke County has 4 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in Darke County, OH spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $24.4M a year, or $1,148 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $6.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 21,297 households in Darke County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Darke County, OH compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Darke County has 1.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $6.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Darke County would have about 10, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,324 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Darke County, OH growing?

Population estimates put Darke County at 51,520 people in 2025, down 0.7% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 21,297 households. Median household income in Darke County is $64,486, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 15.9%, 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. Darke County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for tire shops · All 56 business types in Darke County

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