Purcell acquires Jack's in huge commercial deal

POTOSI, Mo. — Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. has acquired Jack's Tire & Oil Inc. of Logan, Utah.

The integration of the 88-year-old Purcell Tire with the 77-year-old Jack's Tire brings together two of the largest commercial tire dealerships in the U.S., with operations involved in commercial, OTR, retail, retreading and automotive services.

Purcell is the 10th largest commercial tire dealership in North America, according to Tire Business rankings, with $285 million in sales in 2023. Purcell is also the 10th largest medium truck tire retreader. Purcell operates five truck tire retread plants, two giant tire plants and four distribution centers.

Jack's Tire is the 19th largest commercial tire dealership with $135.6 million in sales in 2023 and the 17th largest truck tire retreader with five Michelin truck retread plants.

Jack Bowen founded Jack's Tire in 1947. Dave Bowen took ownership in 1974, leading the company's expansion into Utah and Idaho during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1999, the company became a Michelin Retread Technologies franchisee. Later expansions included into Phoenix in 2004 and Fresno, Calif., in 2010, and the acquisition of A&E Tire in 2020, which had been in business since 1986.

With the addition of Jack's 21 locations — in Arizona, California, Colorado Idaho and Utah — Purcell will have a combined 85 locations operating in 14 states while distributing product to the entire U.S. market with its OTR retread operations, the company said.

"We're excited about the combination of these two companies as it brings us a strong footprint for competing in a dynamic and changing market place. It sets the table for Purcell Tire to be one of the top servicing dealers to the market," Purcell CEO Roger Lucas said.

Purcell said it will keep the Jack’s Tire name on the existing locations but will “slowly rebadge/rebrand them over the next year.”

Regarding market overlap, the company said the integration of the operations will happen over time.

“More work is being done on markets and facility locations that allow us to be most successful in the overlapping areas.”