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Tire shops in the Lancaster, PA metro area

How the Lancaster, PA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #157 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
71
29 chain locations (41%)
Official establishments
26
+4.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$193.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $910 a household
Spending per listing
$2.7M
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
563,159
+1.9% 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

Households in the Lancaster metro area spend about $193.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $910 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 71 tire shops, that is $2.7M per shop, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

The Lancaster metro area has 71 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 41% of them, against 39% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Lancaster metro area was 26 in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019. That is one for every 8,183 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lancaster metro area grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Lancaster metro area scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #157 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.

How the Lancaster metro area 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.

Tire shops in Lancaster, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureLancaster metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.33.43.8
Spending per listing$2.7M$2.5M$2.5M
Households per official establishment8,1837,5366,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+4.0%−0.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$910$837$958
Median household income$86,959$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score5735

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
26+4.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
208
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7129 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
77The 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 Lancaster 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 Lancaster metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
563,159+1.9% since 2020
Households
212,748
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
944 sq. mi.
People per square mile
591
Median household income
$86,959+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,346
Median home value
$301,100
Jobs located here
258,003
Daytime population
553,680Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for tire shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Lancaster metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gettysburg, PA7751.2$8.6M+3.6%#21 of 386
2York-Hanover, PA67623.4$2.8M+3.6%#93 of 386
3Reading, PA62533.2$2.8M+2.7%#121 of 386
4Chambersburg, PA61213.3$3M+3.0%#126 of 386
5State College, PA59111.9$4.4M−0.4%#138 of 386
6Lebanon, PA58142.5$3.7M+2.2%#145 of 386
7Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ581273.7$2.4M+3.0%#153 of 386
8Lancaster, PA57713.3$2.7M+1.9%#157 of 386
9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD557082.9$2.9M+1.4%#176 of 386
10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA53853.5$2.6M+4.2%#188 of 386

Other business types in the Lancaster metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Lancaster, PA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 tire shops in the Lancaster metro area. 29 of them (41%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 26 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 4.0% from 2019.

How much do households in the Lancaster, PA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $193.7M a year, or $910 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.7M 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 212,748 households in the Lancaster metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Lancaster, PA metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Lancaster metro area has 3.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.7M, 9% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Lancaster metro area would have about 77, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,183 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 4.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is the Lancaster, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lancaster metro area at 563,159 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 212,748 households. The median household income in the Lancaster metro area is $86,959 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. The Lancaster metro area scores 57 for tire shops (upper middle), #157 of 386 scored metro areas.

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