NORTHEAST/EASTERN SEABOARD1
American Tire Distributors2
(Heafner Tire Group)100mill.+
Huntersville, S.C.
Englewood Tire Distr.N.A.
Lyndhurst, N.J.
Finkelstein TireN.A.
Astoria, N.Y.
Northern States Tire3N.A.
(TBC Corp.)
Lebanon, N.H.
Parrish Tire Co. Inc.N.A.
Winston-Salem, N.C.
Somerset Tire Service25.0
Bound Brook, N.J.
Wholesale Tire Co. Inc.47.2
Bayshore, N.Y.
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST
Carroll Tire Co.3N.A.
(TBC Corp.)
Atlanta
Dunlap & Kyle213.0
Batesville, Miss.
Kaufmann Tire72.0
Atlanta
Martino Tire51.7
Miami
Heafner/ITCO2N.A.
Huntersville, N.C.
MIDWEST/GREAT PLAINS
U.S. Tire & Exhaust45.0
Combined Locks, Wis.
Bauer-Built Inc.434.8
Durand, Wis.
Heafner Tire Group2N.A.
Pomp's Tire Service30.0
Green Bay, Wis.
K&M TireN.A.
Delphos, Ohio
Ben Tire Distributors20.0
Toledo, Ill.
Rudolph's Inc.N.A.
Murray, Ky.
ROCKY MOUNTAINS/SOUTHWEST
Area Wholesale Tire50.0
Baton Rouge, La.
Big State Tire SupplyN.A.
Lubbock, Texas
Gray's Wholesale TireN.A.
Fort Worth, Texas
Homann Tire WholesaleN.A.
Corpus Christi, Texas
Tire Guys Inc.14.5
Billings, Mont.
PACIFIC COAST
C&L Tire DistributorsN.A.
Spokane, Wash.
Dapper Tire Co.N.A.
San Diego
Heafner/CPW2N.A.
San Jose, Calif.
Interstate Tire Co.N.A.
Commerce, Calif.
Silver State Tire Co. Inc.40.0
Sparks, Nev.
1 Merchant's Inc., of Manassas, Va., reported more than $50 million in wholesale revenues in fiscal 2000, but the company sold its ATD wholesale business in mid-2000 to Heafner.
2 Part of Heafner's $1 billion in wholesale business
3 Part of TBC's $773 million in wholesale/private brand distribution business
4 Bauer Built's 2001 sales will be up to $12 million larger, owing to its April 2001 acquisition of U.S. Wholesale Tire
Source: Based on Tire Business surveys, company data; while not comprehensive, the above listing is believed to represent a sampling of the largest wholesalers in the U.S.