Independent wholesalers make up 80% of the U.S. consumer tire wholesale distribution channel, according to MTD's 2026 Facts Issue.
Independents continued to dominate the United States consumer tire wholesale channel in 2025, with 80% share of the market.
"Other channels, including tire company-owned and miscellaneous distributors, managed to maintain their respective shares during 2025," writes MTD Editor Mike Manges in MTD's 2026 Facts Issue, available here.
MTD's 2026 Facts Issue , in its in-depth look at channel distribution, also examines consumer tire retail market share, percent of independent tire dealers by number of outlets, number of warehouse clubs that sell tires in the U.S., other top tire retailers and more.
Mike Manges is Modern Tire Dealer’s editor. A 28-year tire industry veteran, he is a three-time International Automotive Media Association Award winner, holds a Gold Award from the Association of Automotive Publication Editors and was named a finalist for the prestigious Jesse H. Neal Award, the Pulitzer Prize of business-to-business media, in 2024. He also was named Endeavor Business Media's Editor of the Year in 2024. Mike has traveled the world in pursuit of stories that will help independent tire dealers move their businesses forward. Before rejoining MTD in 2019, he held corporate communications positions at two Fortune 500 companies and served as MTD’s senior editor from 2000 to 2010.
