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Tire shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area
The tire shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 55 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #183 of 386 scored metro areas
#3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 1,251
- 432 chain locations (35%)
- Official establishments
- 452
- −3.6% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $2.7B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $950 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 8,477,157
- +10.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 1,251 tire shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area. Of those, 432 are chain locations, or 35%, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 4.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area comes to about $2.7B a year: $950 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 1,251 tire shops, that is $2.2M per shop, 12% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area was 452 in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019. That is one for every 6,398 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.1M have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area grew 10.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 55 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for tire shops, ranking #183 of 386 scored metro areas and #3 of 26 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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.
| Measure | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,398 | 6,030 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −3.6% | +2.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.6% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $950 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $90,275 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 55 | 41 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 452−3.6% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 4,014
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $217.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,251432 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,098The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $5.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 8,477,157+10.6% since 2020
- Households
- 2,891,725
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 60%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 8,676 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 920
- Median household income
- $90,275+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $124,389
- Median home value
- $359,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,175,571
- Daytime population
- 8,229,586Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 72 | 322 | 3.3 | $2.8M | +14.0% | #55 of 386 |
| 2San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 56 | 419 | 4.3 | $2.1M | +9.5% | #170 of 386 |
| 3Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 55 | 1,251 | 4.3 | $2.2M | +10.6% | #183 of 386 |
| 4Sherman-Denison, TX | 50 | 30 | 5.4 | $1.8M | +12.8% | #211 of 386 |
| 5Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 48 | 1,477 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +10.3% | #223 of 386 |
| 6College Station-Bryan, TX | 47 | 37 | 3.5 | $2.5M | +6.9% | #226 of 386 |
| 7Midland, TX | 42 | 31 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +9.8% | #251 of 386 |
| 8Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 39 | 82 | 5.9 | $1.4M | +3.0% | #272 of 386 |
| 9Killeen-Temple, TX | 38 | 94 | 5.3 | $1.7M | +7.2% | #276 of 386 |
| 10McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 31 | 210 | 7.8 | $1.1M | +5.6% | #316 of 386 |
Other business types in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Funeral services
Questions
How many tire shops are in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area?
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has 1,251 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 432 of them (35%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 452 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 3.6% from 2019.
How much do households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $2.7B a year, or $950 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 99, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,251 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 2,891,725 households in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area has 4.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2.2M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area would have about 1,098, against 1,251 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,398 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.6% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.
How fast is the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area at 8,477,157 people in 2025, up 10.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,891,725 households. Median household income in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area is $90,275, 12% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.5%, 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. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area scores 55 for tire shops (upper middle), #183 of 386 scored metro areas.
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