K&M Tire, Zurcher Tire Announce Strategic Merger

Zurcher Tire Inc.’s wholesale division, which includes 12 distribution centers throughout five states, will soon be part of K&M Tire Inc.

The announcement was made this morning during the second day of K&M Tire’s 2026 customer meeting in Overland, Kan.

The deal, which finalizes on Feb. 1, will give Delphos, Ohio-based K&M Tire 52 warehouses nationwide.

Zurcher Tire’s distribution centers are located in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa – where K&M Tire already has locations - plus Missouri, a new state for K&M Tire.

Zurcher Tire, which was founded in 1948 by Paul Zurcher, is based in Monroe, Ind.

Zurcher Tire’s retail and commercial center in Monroe merged into Best-One Tire Group’s Legacy Best-One organization this past September.

“We’re looking forward to adding Zurcher Tire’s 340 hardworking, knowledgeable, customer-focused employees to the K&M Tire team,” Cheryl Gossard, president of K&M Tire, told MTD.

"What’s interesting about this merger is that neither company needed  to do it,” said Mark Zurcher, co-CEO of Zurcher Tire and Best-One Tire Group, along with his brother, Larry Zurcher.

"Both companies are strong and have had good years," he told MTD. "They’re thriving companies. We view this as taking two strong companies and making one stronger company. It’s going to be even more efficient and it’s going to be better able to service the customer.

"I’m still going to be involved with Best-One as co-CEO with Larry, but we have complete confidence in K&M Tire to take over distribution and lead the wholesale division. K&M has a market presence that’s second to none. It’s an efficient, well-run company. We’re excited about what K&M can do.”

K&M Tire and Zurcher Tire “have worked so closely together for so many years,” said Gossard. “The Zurcher family has been a partner of K&M since 1977,” when Paul Zurcher met K&M Tire CEO Ken Langhals. (Both Zurcher and Langhals are past MTD Tire Dealer of the Year Award recipients.)

"We’re really excited about the additional opportunities this can bring – both for our customers and our employees.”

The deal has been in the works for several years, according to Gossard. “It’s been five or six years since the idea was floated around the table. We continued to discuss it and finally a little over a year ago, we said, ‘Now’s the time.’”

The merger made sense for Zurcher Tire for many reasons, Lindsey Beer, chief strategy officer, Best-One Tire, told MTD. Within Best-One, “we’re very focused right now on consolidating with existing partners, so this is a continuation of that.”

Both K&M Tire and Zurcher Tire/Best-One Tire Group “are owned by a group of families," she said.

“We would not have done this if our values were inconsistent” with K&M Tire’s values, said Mark. “We have the same core values. It’s important everyone knows this.”

“Combining our organizations is another step forward to becoming the industry’s leading, most trusted provider of tires and service in all of our geographic markets,” said Gossard.