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Tire shops in Polk County, TN
How Polk County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,117 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 17% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.4
- 42% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,592
- +5.9% since 2020
See the tire shops around any address in Polk County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 tire shops in Polk County. That comes to 5.4 for every 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Polk County comes to about $8.3M a year: $1,117 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per shop, 17% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in Polk County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Polk County grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 tire shops on map listings, Polk County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Polk County compares
The same measures for Tennessee 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 | Polk County | Tennessee | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,087 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.0% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.9% | +5.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,117 | $944 | $958 |
| Median household income | $62,522 | $69,595 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Polk 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 Polk County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,592+5.9% since 2020
- Households
- 7,424
- Median age
- 45.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 84%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 435 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 41
- Median household income
- $62,522+44.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,888
- Median home value
- $169,900
- Jobs located here
- 2,324
- Daytime population
- 13,260Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Polk County?
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Top counties in Tennessee
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Williamson County, TN | 85 | 14 | 1.5 | $7.5M | +9.0% | #37 of 1,530 |
| 2Maury County, TN | 85 | 9 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +16.0% | #42 of 1,530 |
| 3Fayette County, TN | 84 | 5 | 2.9 | $3.8M | +7.7% | #56 of 1,530 |
| 4Loudon County, TN | 82 | 6 | 2.5 | $4.4M | +15.6% | #74 of 1,530 |
| 5Hawkins County, TN | 78 | 5 | 2.1 | $4.6M | +5.0% | #122 of 1,530 |
| 6Robertson County, TN | 76 | 11 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +9.9% | #156 of 1,530 |
| 7Roane County, TN | 73 | 8 | 3.5 | $2.9M | +7.0% | #215 of 1,530 |
| 8Jefferson County, TN | 72 | 6 | 2.8 | $3.7M | +9.3% | #225 of 1,530 |
| 9Putnam County, TN | 72 | 11 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +8.1% | #231 of 1,530 |
| 10Blount County, TN | 72 | 22 | 4.0 | $2.6M | +6.0% | #234 of 1,530 |
| Polk County, TN | Not scored | 4 | 5.4 | $2.1M | +5.9% |
Other business types in Polk 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 Polk County, TN?
There are 4 tire shops on map listings in Polk County as of September 2026. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Polk County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Polk County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.3M a year, or $1,117 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 7,424 households in Polk County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Polk County, TN compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
Polk County has 5.4 tire shops per 10,000 households, 42% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Polk County would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Polk County, TN growing?
Population estimates put Polk County at 18,592 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,424 households. Median household income in Polk County is $62,522, 23% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 44.4%, 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. Polk County has no market score for tire shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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