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Tire shops in Austin County, TX

How Austin County, TX 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 55 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #660 of 1,530 scored counties
#34 of 129 scored counties in Texas

Listings
8
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$12.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,061 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
33,625
+11.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 tire shops in Austin County. None of them are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Austin County comes to about $12.9M a year: $1,061 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 tire shops, that is $1.6M per shop, 36% 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 Austin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Austin County from 2020 to 2025 at +11.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for tire shops in Austin County is 55 (upper middle), #660 of 1,530 scored counties and #34 of 129 scored counties in Texas.

How Austin County compares

The same measures for Texas 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 Austin County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureAustin CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.65.33.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,0306,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.6%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,061$918$958
Median household income$75,789$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5541

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
80 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Austin 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 Austin County

Population, 2025 estimate
33,625+11.6% since 2020
Households
12,128
Median age
43.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
647 sq. mi.
People per square mile
48
Median household income
$75,789+14.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$97,163
Median home value
$296,900
Jobs located here
9,751
Daytime population
24,003Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across Texas

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The highest-scoring counties in Texas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Austin County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Rockwall County, TX91112.7$4.3M+28.9%#11 of 1,530
2Comal County, TX86182.5$4.2M+27.9%#32 of 1,530
3Fort Bend County, TX86832.8$3.8M+17.4%#34 of 1,530
4Hays County, TX85262.6$3.8M+24.8%#46 of 1,530
5Collin County, TX791243.0$3.3M+20.6%#115 of 1,530
6Denton County, TX791143.2$3.2M+16.9%#116 of 1,530
7Williamson County, TX78763.0$3.2M+22.3%#127 of 1,530
8Wise County, TX75124.8$2.4M+21.5%#171 of 1,530
9Parker County, TX74193.4$3.3M+23.5%#187 of 1,530
10Guadalupe County, TX74253.8$2.7M+15.8%#194 of 1,530
34Austin County, TX5586.6$1.6M+11.6%#660 of 1,530

Other business types in Austin County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Austin County, TX?

Austin County has 8 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in Austin County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Austin County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.9M a year, or $1,061 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,128 households in Austin County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Austin County, TX compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

Austin County has 6.6 tire shops per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.6M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, Austin County would have about 5, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Austin County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Austin County at 33,625 people in 2025, up 11.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,128 households. Median household income in Austin County is $75,789, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.5%, 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. Austin County scores 55 for tire shops (upper middle), #660 of 1,530 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Austin County. It maps the tire shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for tire shops · All 56 business types in Austin County

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