Here are some of North America's oldest tire dealerships, derived from a TB survey and other sources: P. Lebzelter & Son Co., Lancaster, Pa., 1854
Kress Tire Co., Pittsburgh, 1863
Birch Tire Corp., Rockaway, N.J., 1874
E.T. Paul Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1896
C.H. Goss Co., St. Johnsbury, Vt., 1897
Hurtubise Tire Inc., N. Tonawanda, N.Y., 1903
Wilder Bros. Inc., N. Scituate, Mass., 1907
Katz Tire Co., Columbus, Ohio, 1908
Northwestern Tire Co., Minneapolis, 1909
Petterson Safety Svc., Des Plaines, Ill., 1909
Swanson Tire Co., Oklahoma City, 1909
Daniels Tire Service, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., 1911
Kahn & Keville Tire & Auto Service, San Francisco, 1912
Crown Tire Co., Auburn, N.Y. 1913 (purchased by Merchants in May 1999).
Mallory-Kotzen Tire Co., Larchmont, N.Y., 1914
Schartz & Nagle Inc., Newark, N.J., 1914
Simon Tire Co., Des Moines, Iowa, 1914
Cassidy Tire & Service Co., Chicago, 1915
Ben Fish Tire Co., Sioux City, Iowa, 1915
Gates Firestone, Anderson, S.C., 1915
Hudson Tire Recapping Co., Union City, N.J., 1915
A. Abramson Tire Co., Philadelphia, 1917
Gregg Tire Co., Topeka, Kan., 1917
Service de Pneus Michaud Ltee., Quebec City, Quebec, 1917
Dave Stern Inc., Paterson, N.J., 1917
Engle Tire, Providence, R.I., 1918
Hillen Tire & Rubber Co., Baltimore, 1918
Mueller Tire & Brake, Cleveland, 1918
Reis Tire Sales Inc., Evansville, Ind., 1918
Ronda Tire Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich., 1918
Theis Brothers Inc., Minneapolis, 1918
Fatland's Inc., Condon, Ore., 1919
Free Service Tire Co., Johnson City, Tenn., 1919.
Lewis General Tires Inc., Rochester, N.Y., 1919
Reliable Auto Tire Co., Hartford, Conn., 1919
Timmons & Prosser Corp., Pasadena, Calif., 1919
Ziegler Tire & Auto Supply Co., Canton, Ohio, 1919
Dresser Tire & Rubber Co., Montebello, Calif., 1920
Max Finkelstein Inc., Long Island City, N.Y., 1920
Frisby Tire Co. Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, 1920
Fred Harz & Son., Elmer, N.J., 1920
Prior Tire Co., Atlanta, 1920
Schields Tire Service, Port Jervis, N.Y., 1920
Southern Tire Co., Louisville, Ky., 1920
Wassner Tire Service, Sandusky, Ohio, 1920
Fulton Tire Co., Wheeling, W.Va., 1921
Vonderlehr Tire Co., Richmond, Va., 1921
Acme Tire Co. Inc., Elizabeth, N.J., 1923
Others not 75 years old:
Kelle Oil Co. Inc., Braman, Okla., 1925
Strouhal Tire & Recapping Inc., Hungerford, Texas,1926
Jack Williams Tire Co., Scranton, Pa., 1929