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Tire shops in Luzerne County, PA
How Luzerne 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,288 of 1,530 scored counties
#47 of 54 scored counties in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 72
- 43 chain locations (60%)
- Official establishments
- 32
- +10.3% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $107.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $799 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 40% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.3
- 39% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 332,126
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Luzerne County is 27 (lower middle), #1,288 of 1,530 scored counties and #47 of 54 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
As of September 2026, map listings count 72 tire shops in Luzerne County. Of those, 43 are chain locations, or 60%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 5.3 for every 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $799 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Luzerne County spend about $107.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 40% below 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Luzerne County was 32 in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019. That is one for every 4,220 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $25K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Luzerne County. Population estimates put the population change in Luzerne County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Luzerne 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 | Luzerne County | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.3 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,220 | 7,536 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.3% | −0.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $799 | $837 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,691 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 29 → 32+10.3% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 250
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $13.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 7243 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 43The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $25K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Luzerne 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 Luzerne County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 332,126+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 135,055
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 890 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 368
- Median household income
- $63,691+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,455
- Median home value
- $174,100
- Jobs located here
- 146,183
- Daytime population
- 329,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for tire shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Luzerne County marked.
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 |
| 47Luzerne County, PA | 27 | 72 | 5.3 | $1.5M | +2.1% | #1,288 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Luzerne County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many tire shops are in Luzerne County, PA?
Luzerne County has 72 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 43 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, up 10.3% from 2019.
How much do households in Luzerne County, PA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $107.9M a year, or $799 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 72 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.5M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 135,055 households in Luzerne County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Luzerne County, PA compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Luzerne County has 5.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 39% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Luzerne County would have about 43, against 72 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,220 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.3% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is Luzerne County, PA growing?
Population estimates put Luzerne County at 332,126 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 135,055 households. Median household income in Luzerne County is $63,691, 21% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. Luzerne County scores 27 for tire shops (lower middle), #1,288 of 1,530 scored counties.
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