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Tire shops in Laurens County, SC

How Laurens County, SC 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #282 of 1,530 scored counties
#3 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $932 a household
Spending per listing
$2.8M
12% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
71,848
+6.2% 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

At $932 per household (3% below the U.S. average), households in Laurens County spend about $25.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Laurens County has 9 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Laurens County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 8,986 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $207K has gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Laurens County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Laurens County grew 6.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Laurens County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #282 of 1,530 scored counties and #3 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Laurens County compares

The same measures for South Carolina 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 Laurens County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureLaurens CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.73.8
Spending per listing$2.8M$1.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment8,9865,5016,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$932$907$958
Median household income$57,623$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market score7040

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 3
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$798K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$207K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Laurens 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 Laurens County

Population, 2025 estimate
71,848+6.2% since 2020
Households
26,959
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
713 sq. mi.
People per square mile
96
Median household income
$57,623+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,325
Median home value
$170,600
Jobs located here
19,268
Daytime population
55,316Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for tire shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Laurens County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Berkeley County, SC81272.9$3.3M+18.7%#94 of 1,530
2Oconee County, SC7282.3$4.2M+6.3%#221 of 1,530
3Laurens County, SC7093.3$2.8M+6.2%#282 of 1,530
4Charleston County, SC64563.1$2.8M+6.4%#419 of 1,530
5Pickens County, SC64244.6$2.1M+5.7%#431 of 1,530
6Beaufort County, SC62323.9$2.3M+8.9%#478 of 1,530
7York County, SC61575.0$2M+8.1%#504 of 1,530
8Kershaw County, SC59103.7$2.7M+11.6%#545 of 1,530
9Dorchester County, SC57254.0$2.4M+10.1%#611 of 1,530
10Aiken County, SC57314.4$2.2M+7.3%#616 of 1,530

Other business types in Laurens County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Laurens County, SC?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 tire shops in Laurens County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. 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 Laurens County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $25.1M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 26,959 households in Laurens County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Laurens County, SC compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Laurens County has 3.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.8M, 12% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Laurens County would have about 10, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,986 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is Laurens County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Laurens County at 71,848 people in 2025, up 6.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,959 households. The median household income in Laurens County is $57,623 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Laurens County scores 70 for tire shops (upper middle), #282 of 1,530 scored counties.

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