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Tire shops in the Tahlequah, OK area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in the Tahlequah, OK area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #205 of 431 scored small-town markets
#4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
10
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $884 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
34% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.3
39% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
49,196
+4.5% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Tahlequah area comes to about $16.5M a year: $884 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 10 tire shops, that is $1.7M per shop, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 10 tire shops on map listings in the Tahlequah area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 5.3 per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in the Tahlequah area classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 6,233 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Tahlequah area from 2020 to 2025 at +4.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in the Tahlequah area is 52 (upper middle), #205 of 431 scored small-town markets and #4 of 14 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma.

How the Tahlequah area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Tahlequah, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureTahlequah areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.34.93.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,2335,3696,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−0.7%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.5%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$884$911$958
Median household income$53,218$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score5234

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$409K
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
7The 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 Tahlequah 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 Tahlequah area

Population, 2025 estimate
49,196+4.5% since 2020
Households
18,698
Median age
38.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
749 sq. mi.
People per square mile
64
Median household income
$53,218+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,290
Median home value
$168,500
Jobs located here
13,276
Daytime population
42,397Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Oklahoma

Every Oklahoma market ranked →

The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for tire shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Tahlequah area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Duncan, OK7252.8$3.3M+3.4%#64 of 431
2Stillwater, OK68103.1$2.8M+2.8%#96 of 431
3Shawnee, OK67114.1$2.3M+3.5%#104 of 431
4Tahlequah, OK52105.3$1.7M+4.5%#205 of 431
5Ada, OK5064.0$2.2M+1.2%#215 of 431
6Ardmore, OK48115.8$1.6M+1.8%#233 of 431
7Durant, OK37137.1$1.2M+10.9%#324 of 431
8Bartlesville, OK36157.2$1.3M+2.7%#330 of 431
9Weatherford, OK30106.6$1.4M−0.7%#357 of 431
10Muskogee, OK28135.1$1.7M+0.7%#363 of 431

Other business types in the Tahlequah area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Tahlequah, OK area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 10 tire shops in the Tahlequah area. None of them are chain locations. 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 the Tahlequah, OK area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.5M a year, or $884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 18,698 households in the Tahlequah area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tahlequah, OK area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Tahlequah area has 5.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Tahlequah area would have about 7, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,233 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Tahlequah, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Tahlequah area at 49,196 people in 2025, up 4.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,698 households. The median household income in the Tahlequah area is $53,218 a year, 34% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Tahlequah area scores 52 for tire shops (upper middle), #205 of 431 scored small-town markets.

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