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Tire shops in Oconee County, SC
How Oconee 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 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #221 of 1,530 scored counties
#2 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina
- Listings
- 8
- 1 chain location (13%)
- Official establishments
- 6
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $981 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.2M
- 69% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.3
- 39% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 83,775
- +6.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $981 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Oconee County spend about $33.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $4.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 69% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
Oconee County has 8 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (13%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Oconee County classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 5,753 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Oconee County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Oconee County is 72 (upper middle), #221 of 1,530 scored counties and #2 of 36 scored counties in South Carolina. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Oconee 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.
| Measure | Oconee County | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.2M | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,753 | 5,501 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $981 | $907 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,388 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 6
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 81 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 Oconee 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 Oconee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 83,775+6.3% since 2020
- Households
- 34,515
- Median age
- 45.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 627 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 128
- Median household income
- $62,388+27.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,233
- Median home value
- $237,100
- Jobs located here
- 24,938
- Daytime population
- 73,699Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Berkeley County, SC | 81 | 27 | 2.9 | $3.3M | +18.7% | #94 of 1,530 |
| 2Oconee County, SC | 72 | 8 | 2.3 | $4.2M | +6.3% | #221 of 1,530 |
| 3Laurens County, SC | 70 | 9 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +6.2% | #282 of 1,530 |
| 4Charleston County, SC | 64 | 56 | 3.1 | $2.8M | +6.4% | #419 of 1,530 |
| 5Pickens County, SC | 64 | 24 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +5.7% | #431 of 1,530 |
| 6Beaufort County, SC | 62 | 32 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +8.9% | #478 of 1,530 |
| 7York County, SC | 61 | 57 | 5.0 | $2M | +8.1% | #504 of 1,530 |
| 8Kershaw County, SC | 59 | 10 | 3.7 | $2.7M | +11.6% | #545 of 1,530 |
| 9Dorchester County, SC | 57 | 25 | 4.0 | $2.4M | +10.1% | #611 of 1,530 |
| 10Aiken County, SC | 57 | 31 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +7.3% | #616 of 1,530 |
Other business types in Oconee County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in Oconee County, SC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 tire shops in Oconee County. One of them (13%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in Oconee County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $33.9M a year, or $981 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $4.2M 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 34,515 households in Oconee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Oconee County, SC compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Oconee County has 2.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 39% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $4.2M, 69% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Oconee County would have about 14, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,753 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is Oconee County, SC growing?
Population estimates put Oconee County at 83,775 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 34,515 households. The median household income in Oconee County is $62,388 a year, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.0% 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. Oconee County scores 72 for tire shops (upper middle), #221 of 1,530 scored counties.
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