Auto · Metro area · South Carolina
Tire shops in the Sumter, SC metro area
How the Sumter, SC 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 14 out of 100: Low
Ranked #375 of 386 scored metro areas
#8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 25
- 9 chain locations (36%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $35.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $858 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.4M
- 44% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.1
- 61% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 105,067
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Sumter metro area scores 14 (low) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #375 of 386 scored metro areas and #8 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 25 tire shops in the Sumter metro area. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.1, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $858 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Sumter metro area spend about $35.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 44% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Sumter metro area classed as tire dealers. That is one for every 4,108 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Sumter metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Sumter metro area 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 | Sumter metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.4M | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,108 | 5,501 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $858 | $907 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,693 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 14 | 40 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 10
- Employees, 2023
- 95
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 259 chain locations
- 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 the Sumter 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 Sumter metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 105,067−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 41,083
- Median age
- 38.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 665 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 157
- Median household income
- $56,693
- Average household income
- $74,835
- Median home value
- $165,300
- Jobs located here
- 37,301
- Daytime population
- 101,774Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for tire shops, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Sumter metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 68 | 108 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +10.7% | #86 of 386 |
| 2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 56 | 38 | 4.0 | $2.2M | +12.0% | #167 of 386 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 49 | 501 | 4.7 | $2M | +10.1% | #219 of 386 |
| 3Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 42 | 204 | 5.3 | $1.8M | +9.0% | #255 of 386 |
| 4Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 41 | 66 | 4.2 | $2M | +20.9% | #256 of 386 |
| 5Columbia, SC | 36 | 171 | 5.0 | $1.8M | +6.0% | #285 of 386 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 36 | 121 | 5.2 | $1.8M | +4.7% | #286 of 386 |
| 6Spartanburg, SC | 36 | 82 | 5.7 | $1.6M | +14.3% | #287 of 386 |
| 7Florence, SC | 17 | 45 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +0.9% | #368 of 386 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 14 | 25 | 6.1 | $1.4M | −0.3% | #375 of 386 |
Other business types in the Sumter metro area
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 the Sumter, SC metro area?
There are 25 tire shops on map listings in the Sumter metro area as of September 2026. 9 of them (36%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.
How much do households in the Sumter, SC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $35.3M a year, or $858 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 25 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.4M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 41,083 households in the Sumter metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sumter, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Sumter metro area has 6.1 tire shops per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Sumter metro area would have about 14, against 25 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,108 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.
How fast is the Sumter, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Sumter metro area at 105,067 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,083 households. Median household income in the Sumter metro area is $56,693, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Sumter metro area scores 14 for tire shops (low), #375 of 386 scored metro areas.
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