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Tire shops in Dauphin County, PA
How Dauphin County, PA compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #704 of 1,530 scored counties
#19 of 54 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 45
- 22 chain locations (49%)
- Official establishments
- 15
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $102.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $846 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 9% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 293,351
- +2.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Dauphin County comes to about $102.6M a year: $846 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 45 tire shops, that is $2.3M per shop, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Dauphin County has 45 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 49% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Dauphin County was 15 in 2023. That is one for every 8,091 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Dauphin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Dauphin County scores 53 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #704 of 1,530 scored counties and #19 of 54 scored counties in Pennsylvania.
How Dauphin County compares
The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 | Dauphin County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,091 | 7,536 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −0.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.3% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $846 | $837 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,242 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 15
- Employees, 2023
- 127
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 4522 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 41The 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 Dauphin 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 Dauphin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 293,351+2.3% since 2020
- Households
- 121,358
- Median age
- 39.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 525 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 552
- Median household income
- $76,242+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $101,388
- Median home value
- $236,400
- Jobs located here
- 201,933
- Daytime population
- 355,122Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Adams County, PA | 79 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.6M | +3.6% | #102 of 1,530 |
| 2Pike County, PA | 74 | 7 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +7.2% | #188 of 1,530 |
| 3Chester County, PA | 72 | 60 | 2.9 | $3.5M | +4.2% | #227 of 1,530 |
| 4York County, PA | 70 | 62 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #280 of 1,530 |
| 5Northampton County, PA | 69 | 41 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +3.7% | #311 of 1,530 |
| 6Franklin County, PA | 66 | 21 | 3.3 | $3M | +3.0% | #370 of 1,530 |
| 7Berks County, PA | 66 | 53 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #374 of 1,530 |
| 8Bucks County, PA | 66 | 90 | 3.6 | $2.8M | +0.3% | #375 of 1,530 |
| 9Montgomery County, PA | 65 | 120 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #404 of 1,530 |
| 10Lebanon County, PA | 63 | 14 | 2.5 | $3.7M | +2.2% | #436 of 1,530 |
| 19Dauphin County, PA | 53 | 45 | 3.7 | $2.3M | +2.3% | #704 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Dauphin County
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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Clothing and laundry
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Questions
How many tire shops are in Dauphin County, PA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 45 tire shops in Dauphin County. 22 of them (49%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Dauphin County, PA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $102.6M a year, or $846 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 45 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 121,358 households in Dauphin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dauphin County, PA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Dauphin County has 3.7 tire shops per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.3M, 9% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Dauphin County would have about 41, against 45 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,091 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Dauphin County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Dauphin County at 293,351 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 121,358 households. The median household income in Dauphin County is $76,242 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% 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. Dauphin County scores 53 for tire shops (upper middle), #704 of 1,530 scored counties.
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