ranking outlets vs. auto service (in $ millions) 1. Penske Auto Centers Inc. Troy, Mich. 1 635 retail Goodyear, Penske, Dunlop Jim Wheat, 30% 2. Morgan Tire & Auto Inc. Clearwater, Fla. 3 Total: 492 Bridgestone, Firestone, Larry C. Morgan, Dayton, Falken, General, Gillette, Road King, Yokohama, Goodyear, Michelin, Continental $573 3. Discount Tire Co. Inc. Scottsdale, Ariz. 2 450 retail Goodyear, Michelin, BFG, Fisk, Uniroyal, Dunlop, Pirelli, Kumho, Yokohama, Arizonian, Firestone, Continental, General, others Bruce T. Halle, chairman & 100% $1,6 4. Les Schwab Tires Prineville, Ore. 5 2 Toyo, Ohtsu, Multi-Mile, Hercules, Dean Phil Wick, $1,004 5. Tire Kingdom Inc. Riviera Beach, Fla. 6 1 retail Michelin, Continental, General, Toyo, Dunlop, Sigma, Pirelli Orland Wolford & $207 6. Performance Management Lafayette, La. 144 retail Winston, Goodyear, Dunlop, Mohawk, Hankook, Regul, Michelin, BFG Bryant Kountz, 75% 7. Merchant s Inc. Manassas, Va. 7 Total: 122 Michelin, Uniroyal, BFG, General, Kelly, Kumho, Medalist, Riken J. Michael Riggan, $250 8. Kal Tire Vernon, B.C. 8 Total: 115 Bridgestone, Firestone, Avon, Nokian, Kumho, Yokohama T.J. (Tom) Foord, 9. Heafner Tire Group Charlotte, N.C. 4 30 retail 67 wholesale Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Dick Johnson, Winston, Bridgestone, Firestone, & Goodyear, Pirelli, Kumho, others $1,100 10. Somerset Tire Service Inc. Bound Brook, N.J. 10 Total: 85 Goodyear, Toyo, Continental, Bill Caulin, Michelin, Bridgestone, Firestone, others $100 11. Big 10 Tire Stores Inc. Mobile, Ala. 12 74 retail Michelin, Kelly, Dunlop, Robert D. Kennemer, 12. Belle Tire Distributors Allen Park, Mich. 13 Total: 61 Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Goodyear, Kelly, Delta, others Don Barnes Jr., & COO 13. Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc. Batesville, Miss. Total: 56 Toyo, Multi-Mile, Road King, Falken, Gateway, Cambridge, Kumho, Sigma, Maxxis, Titan, Cordovan, Denman, Carlisle Robert (Bob) Dunlap, chairman & $4
14. Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. Potosi, Mo. 15 Total: 54 Goodyear, Kelly, Lee, Star, Toyo, Michelin, Yokohama Robert G. Purcell, 14. Town Fair Tire Centers Inc. East Haven, Conn. Total: 54 Kelly, Michelin, BFG, Pirelli, Neil Mellen, & 98%* 16. Peerless Tyre Co. Denver, Colo. 16 53 retail Peerless, Bridgestone, Firestone, Dean, Dunlop Sam Forbes, $94.7. Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. Rockland, Mass. 23 Total: 50 Goodyear, Dunlop, Sigma, Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Centennial Robert D. Sullivan, 18. Kauffman Tire Service College Park, Ga. 20 Total: 48 Toyo, Goodyear, Mastercraft, Sigma, Cordovan, Pirelli John Kauffman, $120 18. VIP Discount Auto Centers Lewiston, Maine 19 Total: 48 Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Ohtsu, Goodyear, Pirelli, Falken, Multi-Mile, General Thomas Auger Sr., & $78 20. Kost Tire/Muffler Binghamton, N.Y. 20. Pomp s Tire Service Green Bay, Wis. 20 22 45 retail Total: 45 Bridgestone, Dunlop, Firestone, Seiberling, Cordovan, Hankook, Sumitomo Kelly, Michelin, BFG, Cordovan, Mike and Erwin Kost, owners Jim Wochinske, 60% 75% 22. Rent-A-Tire Inc. Fort Worth, Texas retail Dayton, Toyo, National, Centennial Jim Kauffman, (rentto-own sales 90% of total) 23. Ben Tire Distributors Ltd. Toledo, Ill. Total: 42 Multi-Mile, Sigma, Cordovan, Burnham Neal, Hoosier, Goodyear, Telstar, Double chairman & Coin, Carlisle, Firestone, Michelin, BFG, Cooper, General, Hankook 58% $45.5 24. AKH Co Inc. City of Commerce, Calif. 11 40 retail Michelin, Dunlop, Pirelli, Kumho, Yokohama Ken Shahinian, $65 24. Plaza Tire Service Cape Girardeau, Mo. 24 Total: 40 Dayton, Bridgestone, Firestone, Centennial, Yokohama, Michelin, Continental, Prodigy Mark Rhodes, 26. Fountain Tire Corp. Edmonton, Alberta Total: 39 Goodyear, Dunlop, Monarch, Star, Toyo (OTR only) Brian Hesje, & $237 (Cdn.)
27. Everybody s Oil Corp. Anderson, Ind. Michelin, Uniroyal, BFG, Peerless, Goodyear, Kelly, Medalist Christopher Jones, & 100% $66 27. Kimmel Automotive Baltimore, Md. 25 Total: Cordovan, General, Toyo, BFG, Michelin, Goodyear, Dunlop, Yokohama James Hartman, 59% 27. Mavis Discount Tire Mount Kisco, N.Y. 26 Cooper, Firestone, General, Michelin, Pirelli, Dunlop Stephen and David Sorbaro, owners 27. Mountain View Tire & Service Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Goodyear, Cordovan Nicholas Mitsos, $46 31. Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers High Ridge, Mont. 27 Total: 37 Goodyear, Cooper, Cordovan, Dunlop, Pirelli, Fulda, Michelin Don Dobbs, 53% $65 31. Mr. Tire Inc. Baltimore, Md. Total: 37 Akuret, BFG, Continental, Delta, Goodyear, Hankook, Michelin, Pirelli, Uniroyal, Yokohama Fredric A. Tomarchio, 33. Raben Tire Co. Evansville, Ind. 35 Total: 33 Goodyear, Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Bridgestone Thomas Raben, 34. AM-PAC Tire Distributors Simi Valley, Calif. Total: 32 Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Dayton, Dennis Mangola, Bridgestone, Firestone, General, & American, Dunlop, Pirelli, Jupiter, Ohtsu, Hi-Life $240 35. Scher Tire Inc. Riverside, Calif. 33 31 retail Goodyear, Pirelli, others Bruce Scher, owner 36. Colony Tire Corp. Edenton, N.C. 37 Goodyear, Kelly, Mastercraft Charles Creighton, owner 36. Dunn Tire Corp. Cheektowaga, N.Y. 32 Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Kelly, Dunlop, Pirelli, General, Mastercraft, Bridgestone, Firestone Randall L. Clark, chairman 93% $35.5 36. S&S Firestone Inc. Lexington, Ky. 35 Bridgestone, Firestone, Michelin, Paul Swentzel, Mastercraft, Yokohama, General, Pirelli $140 39. Beverly Group Inc. Flamborough, Ontario Total: 29 Goodyear, Dunlop, Hercules Bill Farmer,
40. Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc. Erlanger, Ky. Total: Bridgestone, Firestone, Cooper, Michelin, Yokohama, Pirelli, Dunlop Bob Sumerel, $56 41. Vespia s Inc. East Brunswick, N.J. 41 Total: 27 Cooper, Pirelli, Dunlop, Kelly, Goodyear P.A. Vespia, $27 42. Conrad s Tire Service Inc. Cleveland, Ohio 25 retail Goodyear, Kelly, Monarch, Michelin, Firestone John Turk, 42. Tire Warehouse Central Inc Keene, N.H. 33 Total: 25 Continental, General, Goodyear, Michelin, BFG, Dean, Embassy, Nankang, Hoosier Robert A. Dabrowski, 90% $44 42. Wholesale Tire Co. Bayshore, N.Y. 45. Fletcher s Tire & Auto Service Phoenix, Ariz. 42 Total: 25 Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Pirelli, American, Hankook, Dayton, others Bridgestone, Hankook Robert Lico, Jerry Fletcher, $78 45. Grismer Tire Co. Dayton, Ohio Firestone, Michelin, BFG, Kelly, General, Continental, Nokian, Bridgestone, Dayton, Carlisle Charles Marshall II, 30% 45. Martino Tire Co. Miami, Fla. Goodyear, Cooper, Falken, Hallmark, Kumho Andy Martino, 45. Tire Discounters Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio Michelin, Goodyear, Kelly, Continental, Toyo Chip Wood, 45. Tire-Rama Inc. Billings, Mont. 24 retail Cooper, Pirelli, Goodyear, Titan, Michelin, Starfire, Kelly, Dunlop, Firestone Chuck Patrick, 62% $45 50. Appalachian Tire Products Charleston, W. Va. 48 23 retail Goodyear, Cordovan Walt Dial Jr., 55% 50. Bauer Built Inc. Durand, Wis. 50 Total: 23 Michelin, BFG, Bridgestone, Firestone, Gillette, Kumho, Hercules, Titan Jerry M. Bauer, $129 50. Jack Williams Tire Moosic, Pa. 48 Total: 23 American, Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Goodyear, others Bill Williams, & 60% $.5 KEY: = Not Ranked. = Not Available * Modern Tire Dealer estimate Number of outlets refers to independently owned retail, commercial and wholesale outlets, unless otherwise noted. The following dropped off the list this year: Team Tires Plus Ltd. in Burnsville, Minn. (bought by Morgan Tire & Auto Inc. as last year s list went to press); Treadco Inc. in Fort Smith, Ark. (Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. took control of stores last year and formed Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems LLC joint venture); Graham Automotive in Sioux Falls, S.D. (22 outlets); Kramer Tire in Norfolk, Va. (18 outlets); A to Z Tire & Batteries Inc. in Amarillo, Texas (21 outlets).
MTD s top 20 North American tire distribution networks Company/headquarters Tire brands Chief officer 2000 sales (in $millions) 1. American Car Care Centers Inc. Memphis, Tenn. 2000 Total outlets rank 1 1,001 affiliated Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, American, Continental, General, Guardian, Nankang Len Lewin, & COO 2. Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. Nashville, Tenn. 2 820 affiliated Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, Triumph, Road King, Seiberling, Gillette, Peerless John Lampe, chairman,, 3. Big O Tires Inc., div. of TBC Corp. Englewood, Colo. 3 482 franchises Big O, Dunlop, Michelin, BFG, Nankang John B. Adams, 4. MAST (Alliance Program) Greenville, S.C. 4 259 member Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal Feliciano Almeida, director, operations and programs 5. Tire Centers LLC/T3 Akron, Ohio 236 member Trivant, Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Continental, General Roy Bromfield, 6. AM-PAC Tire Distributors (Aspen Enterprises) Simi Valley, Calif. 6 220 franchises Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, American, Pirelli, Dunlop, Ohtsu, Jupiter, Hi-Life, General Dennis Mangola, $240 7. OK Tire Stores Inc. Langley, B.C. 5 215 franchises Bridgestone, Denman, Dunlop, Firestone, Kelly, Kumho, Marshal, Republic, Toyo, Nankang Don Blythe, $218 (Cdn.) 8. Bridgestone/Firestone Canada Inc. Mississauga, Ontario 7 92 franchises 97 affil. Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, Polaris, Road King, Gillette, Seiberling, Peerless Don Moore, national manager, TAC & affiliates 9. Northwest Tire Factory LLC Portland, Ore. 8 142 member Kelly, Dunlop, Dayton, Hankook, Cooper, Alliance, Hallmark, Continental, Yokohama, others Nick Hodel. 10. President Tire Canada div. A. Picard & Fils Inc. Vimont, Laval, Quebec 9 127 franchises President, Dayton, Eldorado, General, Kumho, Matador, Galaxy, Pirelli, Brigadier, others Daniel Picard, vice $60 (Cdn.) 11. Heafner Tire Group/Auto Edge Charlotte, N.C. 125* member Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, Bridgestone, Firestone, Goodyear, Pirelli, Kumho, Yokohama, others Bill Hoal, director 12. Tirecraft Auto Centers Sherwood Park, Alberta 10 112 associatemembers Michelin, BFG, Uniroyal, General, Pirelli, Dayton, Continental, Hankook, Toyo, Hercules, others David E. Cosco, $222 (Cdn.) 13. Universal Cooperatives (dba Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers) Eagan, Minn. 14 102 affiliated Summit, Remington, General, Michelin, BFG, Bridgestone, Firestone, Hankook Tom Brawley, vice, automotive division 14. Fountain Tire Corp. Edmonton, Alberta 11 89 affil. 10 member Goodyear, Dunlop, Star, Monarch, Toyo (OTR only) Brian Hesje, & $237 (Cdn.) 15. Morgan Tire & Auto Inc. Clearwater, Fla. 74 franchises affil. Bridgestone, Firestone, Dayton, Road King, Falken, Gillette, General, others Larry C. Morgan, chairman & 16. Pneus Unimax Ltee Boucherville, Quebec 13 82 member Bridgestone, Firestone, Pirelli, Kelly, Avon, Toyo, Dunlop, Kumho, Yokohama Marc Audet, $96.5 (Cdn.). Les Schwab Tires Prineville, Ore. 12 80 member Toyo, Ohtsu, Multi-Mile, Hercules, Dean Phil Wick, 18. Kal Tire Vernon, B.C. 16 46 associate Bridgestone, Firestone, Avon, Yokohama, Nokian, Kumho T.J. (Tom) Foord, 19. Big O Tires Dealers (1978) Ltd. White Rock, B.C. 35 franchises Big O, Fulda, Pirelli, Yokohama, Hankook, Cordovan Cal Wirch, general manager $18 (Cdn.) 20. King Bear Auto Service Centers Springfield Gardens, N.Y. 18 34 franchises Bridgestone, Firestone Angelo Scaglione, chairman & KEY: = Not available. * MTD estimate.