Auto · Small-town market · Texas
Tire shops in the Plainview, TX area
How the Plainview, TX area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 9 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #426 of 431 scored small-town markets
#35 of 36 scored small-town markets based in Texas
- Listings
- 16
- 1 chain location (6%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $879 a household
- Spending per listing
- $713K
- 72% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 12.3
- 3.2 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 36,700
- −3.0% since 2020
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What this means
For tire shops, the Plainview area has a Groundwork market score of 9 (very low): #426 of 431 scored small-town markets and #35 of 36 scored small-town markets based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $879 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Plainview area spend about $11.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $713K per shop, 72% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.
The Plainview area has 16 tire shops on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (6%) is a chain location, against 39% across the U.S. That is 12.3 per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for tire dealers in the Plainview area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in the Plainview area from 2020 to 2025 at −3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Plainview 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 | Plainview area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 12.3 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $713K | $1.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,030 | 6,381 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +2.1% | −0.4% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $879 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,707 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 9 | 41 |
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
- 161 chain location
- 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 the Plainview 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 Plainview area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 36,700−3.0% since 2020
- Households
- 12,976
- Median age
- 36.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 62%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,997 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $52,707
- Average household income
- $72,268
- Median home value
- $109,000
- Jobs located here
- 12,210
- Daytime population
- 32,764Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Texas market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Texas for tire shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Plainview area marked.
Top small-town markets in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Stephenville, TX | 73 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.3M | +2.8% | #62 of 431 |
| 2Sulphur Springs, TX | 66 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.3M | +6.1% | #108 of 431 |
| 3Kerrville, TX | 65 | 7 | 3.1 | $2.9M | +2.5% | #113 of 431 |
| 4Bonham, TX | 63 | 7 | 5.5 | $1.9M | +9.2% | #129 of 431 |
| 5Mineral Wells, TX | 60 | 5 | 4.5 | $2.1M | +8.2% | #147 of 431 |
| 6Granbury, TX | 60 | 14 | 5.5 | $1.8M | +13.6% | #148 of 431 |
| 7Fredericksburg, TX | 58 | 6 | 5.2 | $1.9M | +6.6% | #160 of 431 |
| 8Athens, TX | 56 | 22 | 6.6 | $1.4M | +7.5% | #174 of 431 |
| 9Brenham, TX | 55 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.3M | +7.0% | #178 of 431 |
| 10Corsicana, TX | 50 | 17 | 8.9 | $1.1M | +8.2% | #220 of 431 |
| 35Plainview, TX | 9 | 16 | 12.3 | $713K | −3.0% | #426 of 431 |
Other business types in the Plainview area
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 the Plainview, TX area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 tire shops in the Plainview area. One of them (6%) is a chain location. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. No official count is published for tire dealers in the Plainview area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Plainview, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.4M a year, or $879 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $713K 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 12,976 households in the Plainview area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Plainview, TX area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?
The Plainview area has 12.3 tire shops per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $713K, 72% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Plainview area would have about 5, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is the Plainview, TX area growing?
Population estimates put the Plainview area at 36,700 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,976 households. The median household income in the Plainview area is $52,707 a year, 35% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Plainview area scores 9 for tire shops (very low), #426 of 431 scored small-town markets.
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