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Tire shops in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area
How the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #176 of 386 scored metro areas
#9 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania
- Listings
- 708
- 372 chain locations (53%)
- Official establishments
- 242
- −8.4% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $822 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 14% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.9
- 24% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 6,329,118
- +1.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 708 tire shops in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area. 372 of them (53%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 2.9 per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area comes to about $2B a year: $822 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. Spread across 708 tire shops, that is $2.9M per shop, 14% above 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 the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area was 242 in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 10,197 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $3.3M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #176 of 386 scored metro areas and #9 of 16 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania.
How the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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.
| Measure | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,197 | 7,536 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −8.4% | −0.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.4% | +0.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $822 | $837 | $958 |
| Median household income | $91,289 | $77,971 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 242−8.4% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,812
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $101.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 708372 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 811The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $3.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 6,329,118+1.4% since 2020
- Households
- 2,467,761
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 4,603 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,363
- Median household income
- $91,289+26.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $126,166
- Median home value
- $351,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,980,509
- Daytime population
- 6,255,075Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Pennsylvania market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Pennsylvania for tire shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Pennsylvania
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gettysburg, PA | 77 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.6M | +3.6% | #21 of 386 |
| 2York-Hanover, PA | 67 | 62 | 3.4 | $2.8M | +3.6% | #93 of 386 |
| 3Reading, PA | 62 | 53 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +2.7% | #121 of 386 |
| 4Chambersburg, PA | 61 | 21 | 3.3 | $3M | +3.0% | #126 of 386 |
| 5State College, PA | 59 | 11 | 1.9 | $4.4M | −0.4% | #138 of 386 |
| 6Lebanon, PA | 58 | 14 | 2.5 | $3.7M | +2.2% | #145 of 386 |
| 7Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 58 | 127 | 3.7 | $2.4M | +3.0% | #153 of 386 |
| 8Lancaster, PA | 57 | 71 | 3.3 | $2.7M | +1.9% | #157 of 386 |
| 9Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 55 | 708 | 2.9 | $2.9M | +1.4% | #176 of 386 |
| 10Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 53 | 85 | 3.5 | $2.6M | +4.2% | #188 of 386 |
Other business types in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area
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 the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area?
The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area has 708 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 372 of them (53%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 242 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 8.4% from 2019.
How much do households in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2B a year, or $822 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 708 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.9M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,467,761 households in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area has 2.9 tire shops per 10,000 households, 24% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.9M, 14% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area would have about 811, against 708 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,197 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area at 6,329,118 people in 2025, up 1.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,467,761 households. Median household income in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area is $91,289, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.2%, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metro area scores 55 for tire shops (upper middle), #176 of 386 scored metro areas.
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