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Tire shops in Fort Bend County, TX

The tire shops in Fort Bend County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 86 out of 100: High

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

Listings
83
40 chain locations (48%)
Official establishments
32
−3.0% since 2019
Household spending a year
$311.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,064 a household
Spending per listing
$3.8M
50% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
975,191
+17.4% 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, Fort Bend County has a Groundwork market score of 86 (high): #34 of 1,530 scored counties and #3 of 129 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for tire shops.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fort Bend County comes to about $311.5M a year: $1,064 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 50% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

Fort Bend County has 83 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. 40 of them (48%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 32 businesses with payroll in Fort Bend County classed as tire dealers, down 3.0% from 2019. That is one for every 9,147 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $720K have gone to businesses classed as tire dealers in Fort Bend County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Fort Bend County grew 17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureFort Bend CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.85.33.8
Spending per listing$3.8M$1.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment9,1476,0306,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023−3.0%+2.1%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025+17.4%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,064$918$958
Median household income$114,041$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score8641

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
33 → 32−3.0% over the period
Employees, 2023
345
Annual payroll, 2023
$19.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8340 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
124The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$720K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as tire dealers in Fort Bend 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 Fort Bend County

Population, 2025 estimate
975,191+17.4% since 2020
Households
292,713
Median age
38.0
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
862 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,037
Median household income
$114,041+16.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$145,132
Median home value
$374,500
Jobs located here
248,090
Daytime population
729,530Residents 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 Fort Bend 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

Other business types in Fort Bend County

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in Fort Bend County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 83 tire shops in Fort Bend County. 40 of them (48%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 32 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023, down 3.0% from 2019.

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

About $311.5M a year, or $1,064 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 83 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $3.8M 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 292,713 households in Fort Bend County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fort Bend County has 2.8 tire shops per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $3.8M, 50% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, Fort Bend County would have about 124, against 83 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,147 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. The official count fell 3.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −0.4% for the U.S.

How fast is Fort Bend County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Fort Bend County at 975,191 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 292,713 households. The median household income in Fort Bend County is $114,041 a year, 41% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Fort Bend County scores 86 for tire shops (high), #34 of 1,530 scored counties.

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