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Tire shops in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for tire shops in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 28 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #325 of 386 scored metro areas
#13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
84
27 chain locations (32%)
Official establishments
27
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$140.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $833 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.0
32% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
451,191
+1.1% 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

For tire shops, the Corpus Christi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 28 (lower middle): #325 of 386 scored metro areas and #13 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Corpus Christi metro area spend about $140.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $833 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

The Corpus Christi metro area has 84 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 27 of them (32%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Corpus Christi metro area was 27 in 2023. That is one for every 6,258 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Corpus Christi metro area grew 1.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Corpus Christi metro area 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 Corpus Christi, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureCorpus Christi metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.05.33.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment6,2586,0306,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$833$918$958
Median household income$67,453$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score2841

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
27
Employees, 2023
308
Annual payroll, 2023
$14.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8427 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
56The 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 Corpus Christi 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 Corpus Christi metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
451,191+1.1% since 2020
Households
168,972
Median age
38.4
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,785 sq. mi.
People per square mile
251
Median household income
$67,453
Average household income
$90,916
Median home value
$210,400
Jobs located here
180,865
Daytime population
440,499Residents 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 metro areas in Texas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Corpus Christi metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX723223.3$2.8M+14.0%#55 of 386
2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX564194.3$2.1M+9.5%#170 of 386
3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX551,2514.3$2.2M+10.6%#183 of 386
4Sherman-Denison, TX50305.4$1.8M+12.8%#211 of 386
5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX481,4775.5$1.7M+10.3%#223 of 386
6College Station-Bryan, TX47373.5$2.5M+6.9%#226 of 386
7Midland, TX42314.5$2.1M+9.8%#251 of 386
8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX39825.9$1.4M+3.0%#272 of 386
9Killeen-Temple, TX38945.3$1.7M+7.2%#276 of 386
10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX312107.8$1.1M+5.6%#316 of 386
13Corpus Christi, TX28845.0$1.7M+1.1%#325 of 386

Other business types in the Corpus Christi metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 tire shops in the Corpus Christi metro area. 27 of them (32%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 27 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Corpus Christi, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $140.7M a year, or $833 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 168,972 households in the Corpus Christi metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Corpus Christi, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Corpus Christi metro area has 5.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $1.7M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Corpus Christi metro area would have about 56, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,258 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Corpus Christi, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Corpus Christi metro area at 451,191 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 168,972 households. The median household income in the Corpus Christi metro area is $67,453 a year, 16% 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 Corpus Christi metro area scores 28 for tire shops (lower middle), #325 of 386 scored metro areas.

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