Purcell Tire acquires Colorado's Callender Tire

POTOSI, Mo. — Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. has acquired Callender Tire Inc., a retail and commercial tire dealership in Commerce City, Colo.

Callender Tire was founded in 2000 by Tom and Anne Callender. They originally operated as a mostly a commercial tire location but later started offering retail tires and services.

Callender Tire serves Denver, Aurora, Parker, Castle Rock, Centennial, Englewood, Littleton, Arvada, Golden, Erie, Westminster, Longmont, Loveland, and Greeley in Colorado.

Callender Tire provides 24-hour roadside assistance and mobile service for commercial customers, which compliments the services offered by the other Purcell Tire locations in Colorado, the company said.

The operation will fit into Purcell Tire's strategy as it continues to expand its offering of "blended" locations that provide both commercial and retail tires and services, the Potosi-based dealership said.

"We are excited about the prospects that this expansion provides and the markets that it opens to our specialty retread product. A location close to Denver along with the acquisition of Quality Tire in 2021, will allow us to bring innovative and new tire solutions to our customers," Roger Lucas, president and CEO of Purcell Tire, said.

Purcell operates more than 72 service locations in 15 states and five countries, six retread plants and a fleet of vehicles that provide pick-up and delivery service to 48 states. Purcell Tire also offers 24-hour roadside service and mobile tire fleet service vans at several locations.

Purcell Tire is the 10th largest commercial tire dealership and the eighth largest commercial tire retreader in the U.S., according to Tire Business rankings.