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Tire shops in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area

How the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for tire shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #373 of 386 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia

Listings
15
6 chain locations (40%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$30.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $801 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
19% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
87,264
−2.3% 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 Parkersburg-Vienna metro area has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #373 of 386 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area spend about $30.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $801 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That is about $2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only tire shops.

There are 15 tire shops on map listings in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area as of September 2026. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations, against 39% across the U.S. That is 4.0 per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area was 11 in 2023. That is one for every 3,443 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area compares

The same measures for West Virginia 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 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compared with West Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureParkersburg-Vienna metro areaWest VirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.03.73.8
Spending per listing$2M$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,4435,8296,381
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−12.0%−0.4%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$801$833$958
Median household income$57,391$59,608$80,734
Groundwork market score1421

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
58
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
156 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The 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 Parkersburg-Vienna 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 Parkersburg-Vienna metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
87,264−2.3% since 2020
Households
37,877
Median age
43.8
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
599 sq. mi.
People per square mile
148
Median household income
$57,391+21.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,409
Median home value
$156,300
Jobs located here
38,056
Daytime population
89,217Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Tire shops across West Virginia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in West Virginia for tire shops, numbered among those based in West Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area marked.

Top metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in West Virginia ranked for tire shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV695962.5$3.6M+3.3%#72 of 386
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV68383.2$3M+7.1%#84 of 386
Winchester, VA-WV54295.2$2M+6.5%#187 of 386
1Morgantown, WV42213.7$2.3M+1.3%#249 of 386
2Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH33193.8$2.3M−3.6%#297 of 386
3Wheeling, WV-OH27213.6$2.4M−3.6%#328 of 386
4Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH23694.5$1.9M−2.6%#350 of 386
5Charleston, WV21323.7$2.1M−4.7%#356 of 386
6Beckley, WV21184.0$2M−4.3%#357 of 386
7Parkersburg-Vienna, WV14154.0$2M−2.3%#373 of 386

Other business types in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area

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

Questions

How many tire shops are in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 tire shops in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area. 6 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count tire shops and tire dealers. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as tire dealers in 2023.

How much do households in the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $30.3M a year, or $801 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 tire shops on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 37,877 households in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area compare with the U.S. for tire shops?

The Parkersburg-Vienna metro area has 4.0 tire shops per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per shop is $2M, 19% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of tire shops to household spending, the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area would have about 12, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,443 households, against one for every 6,381 across the U.S.

How fast is the Parkersburg-Vienna, WV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area at 87,264 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 37,877 households. The median household income in the Parkersburg-Vienna metro area is $57,391 a year, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.5% 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. The Parkersburg-Vienna metro area scores 14 for tire shops (low), #373 of 386 scored metro areas.

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