Number of shops that fit tires in France: 42,200
How many shops install tires, which networks and groups they belong to, how large the accounts are, and where to find them: for tire makers, distributors, tire installation platforms, and software vendors that sell to repair shops.
About 42,200 shops fit tires in mainland France (Scalon Observatory, November 2026): 37,900 of the 69,062 shops in our study of French auto repair shops, plus 4,300 outside it. Of these 37,900, 43.1% are outside any chain, 37.8% belong to a network, and 19.1% are authorized agents or dealerships. The study counts 2,266 tire specialists.
Get the list of the 42,200 repair shops that fit tires, with the contact details available.
Get the full listPublished on October 14, 2026 · Updated on November 9, 2026 · Shops studied in August 2026, networks and partners counted on September 24 and 25, 2026, registry dated September 24, 2026, financial statements reviewed on November 9, 2026
In this article
- How many shops fit tires, depending on your question?
- Levels 1 and 2. From automotive businesses to shops that fit tires
- Level 3. Structure: outside any chain, in a network, or carmaker-affiliated
- Level 4. The trades of shops that fit tires
- Level 5. The networks and groups behind fitting shops
- Level 6. Where are the shops that fit tires?
- How many shops already work with online tire sellers?
- How large are these accounts?
- What services and vehicles do they handle beyond tires?
- How do you reach shops that fit tires?
- How do you check whether a shop fits tires?
- How do you build a prospect list of shops that fit tires?
- Why do published figures vary so much?
- Which NAF code (the French activity classification code, also called APE code) applies to a shop that fits tires?
- Frequently asked questions
You make or distribute tires: only 2,019 shops that fit tires operate under the four tire makers' brands. Among the 14,300 fitting shops in networks, you can contact the operators of tire and auto center networks directly; parts distributor networks are your competitors; you reach the 16,300 shops outside any chain one by one; the 7,200 authorized agents and dealerships depend on a carmaker: part of their purchasing goes through it, and we have not measured how much; they are rarely reachable by cell phone (0.4%). The 2,200 Motrio and Eurorepar shops operate under the banner of a carmaker's network. See the structure.
You recruit fitting partners: Allopneus and 1001Pneus, the two leading online tire sellers, list 7,328 partner centers, or about 1 fitting shop in 6. About 35,000 fitting shops partner with neither. See the table by department.
You sell shop equipment, parts, or software: the 16,300 fitting shops outside any chain make their own decisions, and 36.8% display a cell phone number. Only 5.5% of fitting shops in networks do: go through the network operator, often a parts distributor. See how to reach them.
You prospect in the field: about 2 fitting shops in 3 show evidence of tire services online; the remaining third cannot be identified from online information. Check each shop before ruling it out. See the steps to follow.
How many shops fit tires, depending on your question?#
The right figure depends on what you sell. A tire maker thinks in terms of fitting locations, a shop software vendor in terms of shops that make their own decisions, and a fitting platform in terms of shops it has not yet signed up.
| Your question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many shops fit tires in mainland France? | About 42,200 |
| How many are in our study of 69,062 auto repair shops in France? | 37,875 |
| How many are outside that study? | 4,334 |
| How many are outside any chain, franchise, banner, buying group, or carmaker affiliation? | 16,323 |
| How many belong to a network (banner, franchise, cooperative, buying group)? | 14,305 |
| How many are authorized agents or dealerships (carmaker channel)? | 7,247 |
| How many tire specialists are there? | 2,266 in our auto repair shop study, including 2,218 that fit tires (97.9%) |
| How many centers partner with the two leading online tire sellers? | 7,328 |
| How many operate under the four tire makers' banners? | 2,019 |
The right answer therefore depends on the question. To size a tire market, the reference figure is 42,200. For an offering based on our auto repair shop study, it is the 37,900 fitting shops we classified by trade. For an offering sold to shops that buy independently, it is the 16,300 outside any chain. For an offering sold to a network, it is the 14,300 fitting shops under a banner, with barely more than 2,000 under tire makers' banners.
Market volume. According to the Syndicat du Pneu, 30.579 million passenger car, van, and 4x4 tires were sold to distributors in 2025, down 4.4% (J2R, February 20, 2026). Sales break down across five channels: general repairers (dealerships, authorized agents, and repair shops) 28%, tire specialists 26%, auto centers 20%, online sales 16%, and quick-service repair shops 10% (Journal de l'Automobile, September 10, 2026). These are tire volumes, not shop counts.
Levels 1 and 2. From automotive businesses to shops that fit tires#
Our study of French auto repair shops starts with 101,989 automotive sales and service locations—including car washes, contrôle technique centers (which perform France's mandatory vehicle roadworthiness test), and vehicle sales locations—and retains 69,062 shops and workshops whose core business is maintenance or repair. Of these, 37,875 fit tires (54.8%, about 37,900). We add 4,334 fitting shops outside that study: 2,074 mobile workshops and motorcycle, heavy-truck, or farm-machinery shops, plus a remainder of 2,260 shops missing from our files. The total reaches 42,209, or about 42,200.
| Level | Count | What it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Shops and workshops in our auto repair shop study | 69,062 | Locations whose core business is maintenance or repair |
| Of which, shops that fit tires | 37,875 | 54.8% of the 69,062 |
| Shops that fit tires outside this study | 4,334 | Mobile workshops, motorcycle, heavy-truck, and farm-machinery shops, plus a remainder: shops missing from our files |
| Total: shops that fit tires | 42,209 | About 42,200 |
What is a shop that fits tires? It is a workshop that fits, replaces, balances, or repairs tires, at its own location or at the customer's. Fixing a puncture requires removing the tire, so we counted it. We excluded used-car dealers, car washes, parts distributors, scrapyards, and contrôle technique centers.
This is a service, rather than a trade. General repair shops, body shops, auto centers, dealerships, and tire specialists can all offer this service. That is why this study covers a subset of the auto repair shop market, and why we break it down by structure, then trade, then network.
Level 3. Structure: outside any chain, in a network, or carmaker-affiliated#
| Structure | Shops that fit tires | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Outside any chain: no chain, franchise, banner, buying group, or carmaker affiliation | 16,323 | 38.7% |
| In a network: banner, franchise, cooperative, or buying group | 14,305 | 33.9% |
| Carmaker network: authorized agents and dealerships | 7,247 | 17.2% |
| Outside our auto repair shop study, not broken down (shops missing from our files, mobile workshops, motorcycle, heavy-truck, and farm-machinery shops) | 4,334 | 10.3% |
| Total | 42,209 | 100.0% |
Here, a shop is independent if it has no chain, franchise, banner, buying group, or carmaker affiliation: it chooses its own suppliers. That is the meaning that matters to anyone selling to repair shops. Among the fitting shops classified in our auto repair shop study, 16,300 meet this definition, or about 4 in 10 (43.1% of the 37,900 classified fitting shops) and 38.7% of the total.
Another 14,300 fitting shops belong to a network (37.8%): they operate under a banner, franchise agreement, or cooperative agreement. The remaining 7,200 (19.1%) are authorized agents and dealerships affiliated with a carmaker; a shop listed only in a carmaker's locator is assigned to this channel.
Take care with the word "independent." Our page on the number of auto repair shops in France calls all shops outside the carmaker channel independent, including those operating under a network's banner. Here, we reserve the word for shops with no banner. Our study of independent auto repair shops applies the same rule across all trades, not just those that fit tires.
Whether one company operates several shops is a secondary detail: among the fitting shops outside any chain that we matched to the registry, 177 companies operate 364 shops.
Which shops remain outside any chain? Mostly general repair shops, body shops, and mechanical repair specialists. Almost no auto centers do. The next section breaks this down by trade.
GiPA, an aftermarket research firm, reports that 87% of workshops are run by organizations tied to carmakers, equipment suppliers, or parts distributors (Auto-Infos, December 19, 2023). The scope and definition differ: GiPA counts purchasing relationships across all workshops; we count the banner displayed by shops that fit tires.
Level 4. The trades of shops that fit tires#
| Trade | Shops that fit tires | Share |
|---|---|---|
| General repair shops (mechanical repairs for all makes) | 21,817 | 51.7% |
| Authorized agents | 4,173 | 9.9% |
| Body shops | 3,302 | 7.8% |
| Dealerships | 2,774 | 6.6% |
| Tire specialists (tire dealers) | 2,218 | 5.3% |
| Auto centers | 1,673 | 4.0% |
| Other specialists (diesel, transmissions, air conditioning…) | 1,269 | 3.0% |
| Mobile mechanics | 552 | 1.3% |
| Other (auto glass, quick service, trade not established) | 97 | 0.2% |
| Outside our auto repair shop study: shops missing from our files, mobile workshops, motorcycle, heavy-truck, and farm-machinery shops | 4,334 | 10.3% |
| Total | 42,209 | 100.0% |
More than one in two fitting shops is a general repair shop, meaning a mechanic who repairs all makes: 21,817, or 51.7%. This is the largest pool, far ahead of tire specialists (5.3%). It is also the most fragmented.
Not every shop in a trade fits tires. For each trade, the next table gives the share that does, followed by the structure of those fitting shops.
| Trade | Shops in the trade (study of 69,062 shops) | Share that fit tires | Share of fitting shops outside any chain | Share of fitting shops in a network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General repair shops (mechanical repairs for all makes) | 36,595 | 59.6% | 54.3% | 44.7% |
| Body shops | 11,101 | 29.7% | 56.9% | 41.1% |
| Tire specialists (tire dealers) | 2,266 | 97.9% | 35.6% | 64.4% |
| Auto centers | 1,689 | 99.1% | 3.1% | 96.9% |
| Other specialists (diesel, transmissions, air conditioning…) | 3,818 | 33.2% | 94.1% | 5.0% |
| Mobile mechanics | 1,261 | 43.8% | 87.5% | 12.5% |
| Authorized agents and dealerships | 10,908 | 63.7% | — | — |
Almost all tire specialists (97.9%) and auto centers (99.1%) fit tires. General repair shops do so in 59.6% of cases, authorized agents and dealerships in nearly two out of three, and mobile mechanics in 43.8%. Body shops fit tires in 29.7% of cases.
The structure varies widely by trade. Among auto centers, 96.9% of fitting shops belong to a network. Among tire specialists, 64.4% do. By contrast, 94.1% of mechanical repair specialists and 87.5% of mobile mechanics are outside any chain, as are 54.3% of general repair shops. Our study of independent auto repair shops finds that 59.1% of general repair shops are outside any chain: it counts all general repair shops outside the carmaker channel, while here we retain only those that fit tires, which are more often in networks.
How many tire dealers are there in France? Our auto repair shop study counts 2,266 tire specialists, including 2,218 that fit tires. GiPA counted 2,600 in 2023. The Syndicat du Pneu, the industry's trade organization, refers to more than 3,000 specialist points of sale and industrial workshops.
These figures do not contradict one another. GiPA uses its own definition of a tire dealer. The Syndicat du Pneu also counts industrial workshops. We retain only locations whose main business is tires and that are open to the public. For a passenger car tire offering, 2,266 is the figure that best reflects the market.
Level 5. The networks and groups behind fitting shops#
We classified 45 networks by the fitting shops they include. For 31, the type is supported by a public page: the network's website, a member or franchisee recruitment page, or trade press; for 14, it is not established. The type tells you who makes purchasing decisions. Avatacar combines about 300 shops affiliated with its brand and more than a thousand booking partners, and our files do not distinguish between them: we count neither Avatacar nor idGarages, which is simply a booking platform, as a network.
| Network type | Networks | Shops that fit tires | Share of fitting shops in networks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Membership networks (independent repair shops under a banner agreement) | 14 | 8,675 | 60.6% |
| Mix of company-owned locations and franchisees | 5 | 2,264 | 15.8% |
| Franchises | 7 | 1,286 | 9.0% |
| Cooperatives (members are shareholders) | 4 | 1,257 | 8.8% |
| Type not established (small networks with no public evidence of their type) | 14 | 821 | 5.7% |
| Company-owned locations | 1 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Total | 45 | 14,305 | 100.0% |
Who controls these network operators? More than one in three fitting shops in a network (37.8%) operates under the banner of a parts distributor, D'Ieteren or Alliance Automotive Group: for anyone selling parts or tires wholesale, that is a competitor, not a customer.
| Who controls the network operator | Groups | Shops that fit tires | Share of fitting shops in networks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parts distributors | D'Ieteren, Alliance Automotive Group | 5,402 | 37.8% |
| Carmakers | Renault Group, Stellantis | 2,187 | 15.3% |
| Tire makers | Michelin, Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear | 2,019 | 14.1% |
| Auto center groups | Mobivia, Bassac, Groupement Mousquetaires | 1,414 | 9.9% |
| Cooperatives and member groups | Point S, Profil Plus, Axial | 1,125 | 7.9% |
| Equipment makers and suppliers | Robert Bosch, Axalta | 862 | 6.0% |
| Other network operators (small groups or group not established) | AGRA, Delko, Siligom, and small networks | 1,296 | 9.1% |
| Total | 14,305 | 100.0% |
Four types stand out:
- Membership network: independent repair shops sign a banner agreement, often with a parts distributor. The shop retains its own legal entity. AD, Motrio, and Top Garage are examples.
- Franchise: the franchisee operates the network operator's complete business concept in exchange for a fee. Midas, Eurotyre, and BestDrive are examples.
- Cooperative: the network belongs to its members, who are shareholders. Point S and Profil Plus are examples.
- Company-owned locations: the location belongs to the network operator. Euromaster, Speedy, Norauto, Feu Vert, and First Stop combine company-owned locations and franchisees.
Membership networks dominate: they account for more than one in two fitting shops in networks (60.6%). For anyone selling parts or equipment, they offer a point of entry: an agreement with the network operator opens up thousands of shops at once, but that operator is often a parts distributor. For anyone selling tires, the point of entry is different: tire specialists mostly belong to networks (64.4%).
The top ten network operators are AD, Motrio, Top Garage, Eurorepar Car Service, Bosch Car Service, AutoPrimo, Garage Premier, Point S, Speedy, and Euromaster (counts in the expandable table). Seven are networks of shops that service all makes; only Point S, a tire cooperative, Speedy, an auto center, and Euromaster, a tire specialist, are tire or quick-service banners.
See the top 20 networks
Number of shops that fit tires under each banner, estimated from our file and adjusted for missing shops. These numbers cannot be compared with the sizes the networks announce: they count fitting shops, not centers.
| Network | Shops that fit tires (estimated) | Category | Type | Parent group or network operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD | 1,868 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | D'Ieteren (Autodistribution) |
| Motrio | 1,230 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Renault Group |
| Top Garage | 1,113 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Alliance Automotive Group (Genuine Parts) |
| Eurorepar Car Service | 957 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Stellantis |
| Bosch Car Service | 718 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Robert Bosch |
| AutoPrimo | 688 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | D'Ieteren (Autodistribution) |
| Garage Premier | 671 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Alliance Automotive Group (Genuine Parts) |
| Point S | 665 | tire specialists | cooperative | Point S (members are shareholders) |
| Speedy | 524 | auto centers | company-owned locations and franchisees | Bridgestone |
| Euromaster | 514 | tire specialists | company-owned locations and franchisees | Michelin |
| Précisium | 492 | all-makes repair shops | membership network | Alliance Automotive Group (Genuine Parts) |
| Norauto | 472 | auto centers | company-owned locations and franchisees | Mobivia |
| Carrosserie AD | 464 | body shops | membership network | D'Ieteren (Autodistribution) |
| Midas | 429 | auto centers | franchise | Mobivia |
| Feu Vert | 380 | auto centers | company-owned locations and franchisees | Bassac |
| First Stop | 375 | tire specialists | company-owned locations and franchisees | Bridgestone |
| Profil Plus | 245 | tire specialists | cooperative | Profil Plus (members are partners) |
| BestDrive | 240 | tire specialists | franchise | Continental |
| Eurotyre | 223 | tire specialists | franchise | Continental |
| Delko | 217 | auto centers | franchise | not established |
The groups behind the networks. A single group often operates several banners. D'Ieteren, owner of the distributor Autodistribution (AD, AutoPrimo, Carrosserie AD), and Alliance Automotive Group, a Genuine Parts subsidiary (Top Garage, Garage Premier, Précisium, Top Carrosserie), lead the list, ahead of Renault Group (Motrio), Stellantis (Eurorepar), and Mobivia (Norauto and Midas).
See the groups and their banners
| Group | Banners counted | Shops that fit tires (estimated) |
|---|---|---|
| D'Ieteren (Autodistribution) | AD, AutoPrimo, Carrosserie AD | 3,020 |
| Alliance Automotive Group (Genuine Parts) | Top Garage, Garage Premier, Précisium, Top Carrosserie | 2,382 |
| Renault Group | Motrio | 1,230 |
| Stellantis | Eurorepar Car Service | 957 |
| Mobivia | Norauto, Midas | 901 |
| Bridgestone | Speedy, First Stop | 898 |
| Robert Bosch | Bosch Car Service | 718 |
| Point S (members are shareholders) | Point S | 665 |
| Michelin | Euromaster | 514 |
| Continental | BestDrive, Eurotyre | 463 |
| Bassac | Feu Vert | 380 |
| Profil Plus (members are partners) | Profil Plus | 245 |
| AGRA | Proximeca | 215 |
| Axial (body shops are shareholders) | Axial | 215 |
| Axalta | Five Star | 144 |
| Goodyear | Vulco | 144 |
| Groupement Mousquetaires | Roady | 133 |
| Centaure (paint distributor group) | Autoneo | 4 |
| D'Ieteren (Belron) | Carglass | 2 |
The four tire makers. Michelin (Euromaster), Bridgestone (First Stop and Speedy), Continental (BestDrive and Eurotyre), and Goodyear (Vulco) carry little weight across all shops that fit tires (see the tile at the top of the page). The Syndicat du Pneu notes that tire makers control most tire specialist networks; across all shops that fit tires, however, these networks account for a small share: the other fitting shops are outside any chain, in a parts distributor or repair shop network, or affiliated with a carmaker.
Two changes in 2026 affect these figures. On February 24, 2026, Bassac completed its acquisition of 100% of the Feu Vert group. And BestDrive became an entirely franchised network: Continental sold its company-owned centers (ContiTrade France) to ASC Investment, effective June 1, 2026, and they remain under the banner as franchises.
Network sizes announced by the networks, compared with our counts
Networks announce their sizes on different dates and for different scopes. Our count comes from their mainland France center locators, collected on September 24 and 25, 2026.
| Network | Announced by the network | Source and date | Counted by us in mainland France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point S | 690 centers as of 12/31/2025 | Franchise Magazine, 01/26/2026 | 541 |
| Euromaster | 475 centers | Auto-Infos, 07/21/2026 | 484 |
| First Stop | 310 addresses | Franchise Magazine, 06/04/2026 | 284 |
| Profil Plus | 214 service locations as of 01/01/2025 | Network website | 220 |
| Vulco | More than 200 centers | Network website, re-read on 11/09/2026 | 175 |
| Norauto | 416 centers as of 06/01/2026 | Zepros, 08/31/2026 | 410 |
| Feu Vert | 353 centers | Zepros, 08/31/2026 | 336 |
| Speedy | Nearly 500 | Network website, undated page | 468 |
| Midas | 375 centers | Journal du Pneu, 01/20/2026 | 342 |
| BestDrive | 210 branches | Trade press, 07/02/2026 | Not counted separately |
| Eurotyre | More than 230 shops | Network website, undated page | Not counted separately |
| Avatacar (booking platform) | About 300 affiliated shops out of more than a thousand partners | Avatacar website, re-read on 11/09/2026; Zepros | Not counted as a network |
These gaps come from the date or scope: planned centers, overseas locations, or members missing from the locator. Our data do not explain these gaps for individual centers.
Level 6. Where are the shops that fit tires?#
| Region | Shops that fit tires (estimated) | Share | Partners of online sellers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 6,607 | 15.7% | 17.1% |
| Nouvelle-Aquitaine | 4,598 | 10.9% | 18.8% |
| Occitanie | 4,559 | 10.8% | 21.2% |
| Île-de-France | 4,158 | 9.9% | 14.4% |
| Grand Est | 3,877 | 9.2% | 17.8% |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 3,843 | 9.1% | 17.7% |
| Hauts-de-France | 3,128 | 7.4% | 16.9% |
| Pays de la Loire | 2,604 | 6.2% | 14.4% |
| Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | 2,374 | 5.6% | 17.3% |
| Normandie | 2,168 | 5.1% | 18.4% |
| Bretagne | 2,100 | 5.0% | 13.4% |
| Centre-Val de Loire | 1,800 | 4.3% | 18.4% |
| Corse | 396 | 0.9% | 18.2% |
| Total | 42,212 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
These numbers are counts, not densities: a more populous region has more shops. Regional counts are given to the nearest shop; their sum, 42,212, differs from the national total by 3 because of rounding in the department-by-department calculation. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes leads (15.7%), ahead of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie, and Île-de-France.
The last column gives the share of fitting shops already partnered with the two online sellers. It ranges from 13.4% in Bretagne to 21.2% in Occitanie. Île-de-France stands at 14.4%: many fitting shops there have yet to sign up.
The four departments (French administrative areas) with the most fitting shops are Bouches-du-Rhône (about 1,330), Rhône (1,160), Nord (1,140), and Isère (1,090). The share already partnered varies widely by department: from 7% in Hauts-de-Seine to 25% in Vosges, among departments with a large enough base.
For example, Rhône has about 1,160 fitting shops, including 136 partners (12%); Haute-Garonne has about 880, including 202 (23%). A low share indicates more shops outside these two networks, though they may not be available for a partnership. Cross-reference these counts with your orders and field coverage.
The numbers by department are estimates. The correction for shops missing from our study is made region by region, and only one department, Haute-Loire, was cross-checked shop by shop. They are rounded to the nearest ten: use them to size your territories, not as an exact ranking.
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| Department | Shops that fit tires (estimated) | Partners of online sellers | Share already partnered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ain (01) | 597 | 121 | 20% |
| Aisne (02) | 332 | 81 | 24% |
| Allier (03) | 256 | 54 | 21% * |
| Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04) | 170 | 54 | 32% * |
| Hautes-Alpes (05) | 205 | 57 | 28% * |
| Alpes-Maritimes (06) | 728 | 99 | 14% |
| Ardèche (07) | 322 | 64 | 20% |
| Ardennes (08) | 177 | 41 | 23% * |
| Ariège (09) | 146 | 40 | 27% * |
| Aube (10) | 198 | 43 | 22% * |
| Aude (11) | 292 | 75 | 26% * |
| Aveyron (12) | 264 | 58 | 22% * |
| Bouches-du-Rhône (13) | 1,325 | 231 | 17% |
| Calvados (14) | 507 | 76 | 15% |
| Cantal (15) | 148 | 45 | 30% * |
| Charente (16) | 292 | 57 | 20% |
| Charente-Maritime (17) | 507 | 102 | 20% |
| Cher (18) | 163 | 30 | 18% * |
| Corrèze (19) | 207 | 40 | 19% * |
| Côte-d'Or (21) | 385 | 64 | 17% |
| Côtes-d'Armor (22) | 427 | 50 | 12% |
| Creuse (23) | 120 | 27 | 23% * |
| Dordogne (24) | 367 | 61 | 17% |
| Doubs (25) | 480 | 82 | 17% |
| Drôme (26) | 484 | 84 | 17% |
| Eure (27) | 435 | 100 | 23% |
| Eure-et-Loir (28) | 342 | 60 | 18% |
| Finistère (29) | 544 | 59 | 11% |
| Corse-du-Sud (2A) | 188 | 27 | 14% * |
| Haute-Corse (2B) | 208 | 45 | 22% * |
| Gard (30) | 587 | 114 | 19% |
| Haute-Garonne (31) | 879 | 202 | 23% |
| Gers (32) | 188 | 45 | 24% * |
| Gironde (33) | 980 | 155 | 16% |
| Hérault (34) | 810 | 102 | 13% |
| Ille-et-Vilaine (35) | 666 | 108 | 16% |
| Indre (36) | 151 | 44 | 29% * |
| Indre-et-Loire (37) | 373 | 72 | 19% |
| Isère (38) | 1,092 | 187 | 17% |
| Jura (39) | 256 | 37 | 14% |
| Landes (40) | 355 | 82 | 23% |
| Loir-et-Cher (41) | 286 | 34 | 12% |
| Loire (42) | 591 | 96 | 16% |
| Haute-Loire (43) | 223 | 66 | 30% * |
| Loire-Atlantique (44) | 821 | 95 | 12% |
| Loiret (45) | 485 | 92 | 19% |
| Lot (46) | 186 | 34 | 18% * |
| Lot-et-Garonne (47) | 308 | 65 | 21% |
| Lozère (48) | 86 | 20 | 23% * |
| Maine-et-Loire (49) | 546 | 92 | 17% |
| Manche (50) | 405 | 65 | 16% |
| Marne (51) | 288 | 48 | 17% |
| Haute-Marne (52) | 170 | 38 | 22% * |
| Mayenne (53) | 253 | 30 | 12% |
| Meurthe-et-Moselle (54) | 480 | 88 | 18% |
| Meuse (55) | 128 | 36 | 28% * |
| Morbihan (56) | 463 | 65 | 14% |
| Moselle (57) | 722 | 101 | 14% |
| Nièvre (58) | 144 | 27 | 19% * |
| Nord (59) | 1,137 | 149 | 13% |
| Oise (60) | 552 | 114 | 21% |
| Orne (61) | 185 | 57 | 31% * |
| Pas-de-Calais (62) | 727 | 120 | 17% |
| Puy-de-Dôme (63) | 514 | 103 | 20% |
| Pyrénées-Atlantiques (64) | 534 | 87 | 16% |
| Hautes-Pyrénées (65) | 187 | 36 | 19% * |
| Pyrénées-Orientales (66) | 414 | 94 | 23% |
| Bas-Rhin (67) | 783 | 117 | 15% |
| Haut-Rhin (68) | 585 | 93 | 16% |
| Rhône (69) | 1,164 | 136 | 12% |
| Haute-Saône (70) | 205 | 42 | 21% * |
| Saône-et-Loire (71) | 522 | 77 | 15% |
| Sarthe (72) | 399 | 59 | 15% |
| Savoie (73) | 396 | 71 | 18% |
| Haute-Savoie (74) | 820 | 101 | 12% |
| Paris (75) | 159 | 18 | 11% * |
| Seine-Maritime (76) | 636 | 101 | 16% |
| Seine-et-Marne (77) | 829 | 157 | 19% |
| Yvelines (78) | 650 | 111 | 17% |
| Deux-Sèvres (79) | 357 | 72 | 20% |
| Somme (80) | 380 | 66 | 17% |
| Tarn (81) | 323 | 90 | 28% * |
| Tarn-et-Garonne (82) | 197 | 55 | 28% * |
| Var (83) | 925 | 138 | 15% |
| Vaucluse (84) | 490 | 100 | 20% |
| Vendée (85) | 585 | 99 | 17% |
| Vienne (86) | 295 | 55 | 19% |
| Haute-Vienne (87) | 276 | 62 | 23% * |
| Vosges (88) | 346 | 86 | 25% |
| Yonne (89) | 261 | 55 | 21% * |
| Territoire de Belfort (90) | 121 | 26 | 21% * |
| Essonne (91) | 633 | 97 | 15% |
| Hauts-de-Seine (92) | 362 | 26 | 7% |
| Seine-Saint-Denis (93) | 488 | 47 | 10% |
| Val-de-Marne (94) | 433 | 48 | 11% |
| Val-d'Oise (95) | 604 | 96 | 16% |
| Mainland France total | 42,212 | 7,328 | 17% |
\* Small base: the share already partnered is less precise and may be off by more than 5 percentage points. Do not rank these departments against one another on this figure alone. Fitting shop counts are given to the nearest shop, but they are much less precise; their sum, 42,212, differs from the national total by 3.
How many shops already work with online tire sellers?#
A partner fitting shop receives tires ordered online from a seller and fits them in its workshop. Allopneus and 1001Pneus together publish 7,506 distinct fitting addresses in mainland France: 5,626 at Allopneus, 3,881 at 1001Pneus, including 2,001 listed by both. After removing duplicates and locations that are not repair shops, 7,328 centers remain.
Relative to the 42,200 fitting shops, these centers represent about 1 fitting shop in 6. About 35,000 fitting shops partner with neither seller. Being absent from these two lists tells you neither whether the shop works with another seller nor whether it would accept a partnership.
The sellers announce rounder numbers: more than 6,000 centers at Allopneus and more than 4,500 at 1001Pneus. A third seller, Pneus Online, announces more than 3,900 centers. Our counts, taken from their public lists on September 24 and 25, 2026, are lower for the first two. The gap may reflect differences in the date or scope of the counts (planned centers, overseas locations); our data do not explain it.
Proportionally, tire specialists and auto centers are the most likely to be partners: about 1 in 3 of the former and 1 in 4 of the latter. In absolute numbers, nearly 2 partners in 3 are general repair shops (64.2%). Both sellers also have mobile workshops that fit tires at customers' homes: 186 in all.
By structure, the partner share is 17.6% among fitting shops outside any chain, 18.8% among fitting shops in networks, and 7.9% among authorized agents and dealerships. For a fitting platform, authorized agents and dealerships are the least-covered pool: only 7.9% are already partners.
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Get the full listHow large are these accounts?#
A shop outside any chain is a small account. Median revenue, the revenue of the company in the middle of the ranking, is about a third as high for companies outside any chain as for companies in networks, and about a sixth as high as for authorized agents and dealerships, whose revenue includes car sales. The table gives the values.
| Structure | Companies matched | Report revenue | Median revenue (half the companies have lower revenue) | A quarter are below | A quarter are above |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outside any chain (companies with at most 3 locations) | 6,508 | 501 | €367,000 | €188,000 | €755,000 |
| In a network | 6,815 | 735 | €1.02M | €533,000 | €1.75M |
| Authorized agents and dealerships | 1,880 | 375 | €2.23M | €1.20M | €11.23M |
| Of which, tire specialists, across all structures | 754 | 101 | €1.60M | €768,000 | €3.44M |
This figure applies only to companies that report revenue: 501 out of 6,508 outside any chain, fewer than 1 in 12. Smaller companies report less often. Larger companies report more often, so the middle revenue for the full group is probably lower. For shops outside any chain, we count only companies with at most three locations, to avoid tying a small shop to a large business.
Tire specialists are larger accounts regardless of their affiliations, but only 101 companies publish their financial statements. A tire maker targeting specialists is targeting accounts with revenue above a million euros; a software vendor targeting shops outside any chain is targeting accounts with revenue of a few hundred thousand euros.
Do not divide industry revenue by 42,200 to estimate average spending: account sizes vary widely. Among companies outside any chain that report revenue, the 10 largest, 2% of the group, generate 14.6% of combined revenue.
Revenue distribution of companies outside any chain, by range
| Revenue (outside any chain) | Companies | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Less than €100,000 | 47 | 9.4% |
| €100,000 to €250,000 | 133 | 26.5% |
| €250,000 to €500,000 | 131 | 26.1% |
| €500,000 to €1M | 110 | 22.0% |
| €1M to €2M | 57 | 11.4% |
| €2M to €5M | 19 | 3.8% |
| €5M or more | 4 | 0.8% |
| Total | 501 | 100.0% |
Revenue is the company's revenue, counted once per company, for its latest fiscal year ending in 2023 or later.
Who are these shops? The next table covers the fitting shops we matched to the business registry.
| Profile (shops matched to the registry) | Outside any chain | In a network | Authorized agents and dealerships | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shops matched | 8,394 | 9,721 | 1,978 | 20,093 |
| Sole proprietorships | 17.5% | 8.1% | 2.6% | 11.7% |
| Employers | 68.1% | 87.9% | 94.6% | 80.4% |
| 10 or more employees | 2.9% | 13.4% | 22.9% | 10.1% |
| Median age (years) | 6.8 | 11.4 | 18.8 | 9.8 |
| Established since 2021 | 45.2% | 26.0% | 13.9% | 32.6% |
| Closed in the registry | 4.3% | 1.4% | 0.5% | 2.5% |
Fitting shops outside any chain are younger and smaller than the others. 17.5% are sole proprietorships, compared with 8.1% in networks. Their median age is 6.8 years, and 45.2% were established in 2021 or later. In networks, 13.4% have 10 or more employees, compared with 2.9% outside any chain. For a prospect list, this is a signal: a list of shops outside any chain needs frequent updates.
Authorized agents and dealerships sit at the other end: 22.9% have 10 or more employees, and their median age is 18.8 years.
What services and vehicles do they handle beyond tires?#
A shop that fits tires rarely does only that. The following tables give the share of fitting shops in our auto repair shop study that offer each service. These are services shown by their public information: a service we did not see may still be offered.
| Service offered beyond tires | Share of fitting shops |
|---|---|
| Routine maintenance, servicing | 94.5% |
| Brakes | 75.6% |
| Electronic diagnostics | 70.8% |
| Electrical work, batteries | 48.9% |
| Air conditioning | 46.3% |
| Wheel alignment, suspension, steering | 45.1% |
| Bodywork, painting | 41.6% |
| Auto glass | 41.1% |
| Preparation for contrôle technique | 26.6% |
| Electric and hybrid vehicles | 24.2% |
94.5% also provide routine maintenance. 45.1% handle wheel alignment, suspension, or steering, or about 17,100 shops: a market for alignment machine makers. Only 5.4% offer nothing beyond tires and maintenance.
| Vehicles or service format | Share of fitting shops |
|---|---|
| Light commercial vehicles | 21.3% |
| Motorhomes | 10.3% |
| Older or classic vehicles | 5.8% |
| Motorcycles and two-wheelers | 5.7% |
| Heavy trucks, buses | 3.0% |
| Roadside assistance | 30.6% |
| At-home or mobile service | 11.5% |
Light commercial vehicles are serviced by 21.3% of fitting shops, or about 8,100 shops. Heavy trucks and buses are serviced by 3.0% of fitting shops, or about 1,100 shops. Roadside assistance, without a visit to the workshop, is offered by 30.6% of fitting shops.
For an equipment maker, these shares change the target market. A heavy-truck wheel balancer has a narrow market. An electronic diagnostic tool has a very broad one: 70.8% of fitting shops offer that service.
How do you reach shops that fit tires?#
The phone remains the main channel: every fitting shop displays a number. But the number means different things depending on the structure.
| Public contact method | Outside any chain | In a network | Authorized agents and dealerships | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phone | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Cell phone | 36.8% | 5.5% | 0.4% | 18.0% |
| Website or online page | 52.9% | 93.2% | 88.9% | 75.0% |
| Own website | 36.4% | 16.5% | 46.9% | 30.9% |
| Public email | 11.8% | 6.3% | 14.5% | 10.3% |
Among shops outside any chain, 36.8% display a cell phone number, compared with 5.5% in networks and 0.4% among authorized agents and dealerships.
Websites show the opposite pattern: 93.2% of fitting shops in networks link to a site, often their network's page, compared with 52.9% outside any chain. Among shops outside any chain, 36.4% have their own website, defined as a domain that belongs to neither a network nor a directory, compared with 30.9% of all shops.
Public email is rare: 10.3% overall, 11.8% outside any chain. To reach a shop in a network, go through the network operator. To reach a shop outside any chain, phone and cell phone are more reliable than email. Among authorized agents and dealerships, cell phone numbers are almost absent (0.4%), but 46.9% have their own website: some purchasing goes through the carmaker; we have not measured how much.
How do you check whether a shop fits tires?#
About 2 fitting shops in 3 leave online evidence of tire fitting, or about 29,000 out of 42,200. This estimate is based on a second Scalon review of 500 randomly selected shops. Evidence means reviews, a public listing, or a website showing tires. The other 13,000 leave no evidence we found, or are missing from our list.
This share depends on the trade. Auto centers, tire specialists, and quick-service repair shops almost all show tire fitting online. For general repair shops, it is less clear: the absence of a mention does not prove that the shop does not do it.
Even among shops where we found online mentions of tires, the evidence varies. Just over 1 in 4 (26.3%) displays the "tire shop" category on its public listing: a list drawn from that category therefore leaves out nearly 3 in 4 of the fitting shops identified. 69.2% have at least one review that mentions tires. Among those with a website, 75.8% mention them on their site.
Conversely, the absence of a mention is not enough to rule out a shop: we estimate that about 1 general repair shop in 4 with no online evidence of tires fits them anyway. This calculation assumes that, within the same trade, a shop that partners with a seller is neither more nor less visible online than another.
Here are the steps that follow from these sources:
- Choose your territory in the table by department and compare it with your customer list and sales routes.
- Check the fitting center maps of the two online sellers: a partner center fits tires.
- For other shops, search for specific words in the reviews, public listing, and services page: pneu (tire), pneumatique (tire), montage (fitting), équilibrage (balancing, the adjustment that prevents wheel vibrations), and crevaison (puncture), in a workshop context.
- Keep the sentence you found, the page, and the date.
- For each shop, note whether fitting is confirmed or still needs verification and, separately, whether it partners with either seller.
- Contact the shops that need verification instead of ruling them out, especially general repair shops.
In a sample of shops reviewed twice, the two reviews agreed on fitting for 87 shops out of 100 and on structure for 94 out of 100; the fitting assessment was wrong for 4 shops out of 100 (details in the method).
How do you build a prospect list of shops that fit tires?#
A useful list starts at the right level. To size a tire market, the figure is 42,200. For an offering based on our auto repair shop study, 37,900. For an offering targeting shops that buy independently, 16,300 outside any chain.
Then combine four criteria: trade (general repair shop, body shop, tire specialist), structure (outside any chain, network, carmaker), network and parent group, and territory. A tire maker will favor tire specialists and auto centers, almost all of which fit tires. A shop software vendor will target general repair shops outside any chain, which are more numerous and more autonomous.
For each shop you retain, keep the evidence that it fits tires: the sentence you found, the page, and the date. Compare your partner list with those of the two online sellers to remove shops already signed up. To receive a list of 100 shops that fit tires in your territory, use the link below; the number of auto repair shops in France page gives the total across all trades.
Why do published figures vary so much?#
Published figures on tire dealers and shops that fit tires count different things in different years. The Syndicat du Pneu counts businesses across all sales channels. GiPA, an aftermarket research firm, counts workshops under its own definition. The business registry counts locations registered under an activity code. We count places where tires are fitted, one per address.
These figures are accurate. They measure different things. We found no public statistic that counts shops that fit tires: the activity code for tire retailing mixes tires and accessories and excludes shops that fit tires without selling them.
What other sources say, with figures
| Publication | Figure | What it counts | Why it differs from 42,200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syndicat du Pneu, homepage | 40,000 | Businesses that sell tires, across all channels | Counts businesses across all sales channels, including online and business-to-business sales, rather than workshops |
| Syndicat du Pneu, "La distribution spécialisée" | More than 3,000 | Tire specialists' points of sale and industrial workshops | Specialists only, including industrial workshops |
| GiPA, reported by Auto-Infos, 12/19/2023 | 2,600 tire dealers; 35,120 repair businesses | Workshops under the firm's definition | Tire dealers are one trade among others; the firm uses its own scope |
| ANFA based on GiPA, Autofocus no. 105, 2023 | 4,604 | Auto centers, quick-service repair shops, and tire dealers combined | Three trades combined |
| Registre Sirene (France's business registry), 11/01/2026 (third-party processing, all of France) | 12,844 active locations | Code 45.32Z, retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories | The code mixes tires and accessories |
| Syndicat du Pneu, via the Journal de l'Automobile, 09/10/2026 | 28%, 26%, 20%, 16%, 10% | Share of tires sold by channel: general repairers, specialists, auto centers, online sales, quick-service repair shops | Tire volumes, not locations |
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Get the full listWhich NAF code applies to a shop that fits tires?#
A shop that fits tires fits, replaces, balances, or repairs tires at its own location or at the customer's. No activity code describes this trade. The NAF code is the reference the registry assigns to each location; it does not serve as our definition here.
Among the fitting shops we matched to the registry that are active there, 73.2% are registered under 45.20A, maintenance and repair of light motor vehicles. 12.6% are registered under 45.11Z, car sales, and 7.6% under 45.32Z, retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories, which includes tires. Among fitting shops in networks, 11.4% are under 45.32Z.
A code filter therefore cannot reconstruct this market: code 45.20A alone would leave out more than 1 fitting shop in 4, and code 45.32Z mixes tires, accessories, and stores that fit nothing. It is better to start with shops that are actually open, then read what each one does.
Frequently asked questions#
How many tire dealers are there in France?#
Our auto repair shop study counts 2,266, including 2,218 that fit tires. GiPA counted 2,600 in 2023, under its own definition. The Syndicat du Pneu refers to more than 3,000 points of sale and industrial workshops.
Is a Point S or AD shop independent?#
Legally, yes: it is its own business. But it operates under a network's banner: AD (D'Ieteren) for a membership network, Point S for a cooperative whose members are shareholders. We therefore count it among fitting shops in networks, rather than those outside any chain.
How large is an account outside any chain?#
Among tire-fitting companies that publish their financial statements, median revenue for those outside any chain is about a third of that for companies in a network. The values are in the section on account size. Smaller companies report less often: the figure is probably lower for the full group.
What share of fitting shops already partners with an online seller?#
About 1 in 6: 7,328 centers out of 42,200 fitting shops. The share is 18.8% among fitting shops in networks and falls to 7.9% among authorized agents and dealerships.
Is a shop missing from both lists available to join a new platform?#
We have not measured this. A shop missing from these two lists may work with another seller or may not want a partnership. Each shop needs to be qualified before it is contacted.
What fitting price do partner centers display?#
1001Pneus displays a fitting price for each center. Among the 3,704 centers that give a price for a 16-inch tire, half charge €19.90 or less. At least 1 center in 10 charges €14 or less, and at least 1 in 10 charges €22.95 or more (prices displayed by the centers, collected on September 25, 2026). We have not measured what the center receives from the seller for each tire fitted.
Does a tire seller have to take back used tires?#
Yes. The distributor must take back its customer's used tires free of charge or have them taken back on its behalf. This is the "1 for 1" take-back (Service-public.fr): it is limited to the quantity sold. Without a purchase, only stores with at least 250 m² devoted to tires must take back individuals' tires free of charge. The limit is 8 tires per year per holder (decree no. 2023-152 of March 2, 2023).
Which regions have the most shops that fit tires?#
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (about 6,610), Nouvelle-Aquitaine (4,600), Occitanie (4,560), and Île-de-France (4,160). These are counts: they follow the number of shops, not density.
Method#
The total comes from cross-referencing two lists of shops, estimated in October 2026; the structure, networks, parent groups, revenue, and contact methods were added on November 9, 2026, without changing the total.
Method details
- Unit counted: a location (workshop, center, repair shop) that fits, replaces, balances, or repairs tires at its own address or at the customer's, one listing per address, in mainland France. A company with ten shops counts as ten. Excluded: used-car dealers, car washes, parts distributors, scrapyards, contrôle technique centers.
- Total (two sources): source A, 7,328 fitting centers partnered with the two online sellers, confirmed fitting shops, deduplicated; source B, the 24,372 shops where we identified tires among the 58,606 shop listings in our file, read one by one. These 58,606 listings are the ones our detailed file describes one by one (60,957 businesses, minus 2,351 used-car dealers, car washes, parts distributors, salvage yards and contrôle technique centers); the published repair-shop study counts 69,062, its tables having been scaled to that total on September 3, 2026. A second Scalon review of 500 randomly selected shops (250 with a flag, 250 without, seed 20261014) measures the share of fitting shops by trade, including among shops with no evidence. Since 26.7% of partners are missing from the study, we assume the same share of all fitting shops is missing: 30,936 fitting shops in the study, adjusted to 42,209 trade by trade, or about 42,200.
- Sensitivity range: depending on the calculation variant, the total ranges from 37,000 to 46,000, a maximum gap of 12.9% around 42,209. Variants: phone number alone, 46,156; capture-recapture (Chapman formula), which estimates a population from two lists and their shared shops, 42,827 before corrections and 40,131 after; sum of 13 regional estimates, 42,685; Haute-Loire check, 43,651; all fitting shop lists corrected by trade, 42,737; all-makes networks alone, 36,758; without mobile workshops, motorcycle, heavy-truck, and farm-machinery shops, 40,135.
- Link to the auto repair shop study: a trade's fitting rate is its flagged share multiplied by a correction derived from partners, by trade and by structure when supported by at least 30 partners. This rate is applied to the trade's count in the auto repair shop study: 37,875 fitting shops out of 69,062 shops. The other 4,334 are outside this study and are not broken down: 2,074 mobile workshops, motorcycle, heavy-truck, and farm-machinery shops (42,209 minus 40,135), plus 2,260 shops missing from our files, a remainder obtained by subtraction. This link does not remove the false flags measured by the check (4 shops out of 100, at most 9.9%).
- Structure: the banner comes from the study's classification and 33 published network lists. Outside any chain: no chain, franchise, banner, buying group, or carmaker affiliation. idGarages is a booking platform; Avatacar mixes about 300 affiliates under its brand with more than a thousand booking partners, which our files cannot tell apart. Their shops are counted as outside any chain when they have no other banner, which may count a few hundred Avatacar affiliates as outside any chain. A shop listed only in a carmaker's locator is assigned to the carmaker channel. If Avatacar and these locators counted as networks, the share outside any chain would be 41.1% rather than 43.1%. Shared company ownership is a secondary detail (177 companies for 364 shops outside any chain).
- Types and groups: network type (membership, franchise, cooperative, company-owned locations) and parent group are established through a dated public page: the network's website, member or franchisee recruitment, the Fédération française de la franchise directory, trade press, or press releases. Without evidence, "type not established."
- Revenue: companies' reported financial statements, counted once per company, latest fiscal year ending in 2023 or later, excluding statements showing zero; companies with at most three locations for shops outside any chain. For companies outside any chain, companies in networks, the overall group, and tire specialists, we include only repair companies and parts and tire retailers (codes 45.20A, 45.20B, 45.32Z, and 45.40Z); for authorized agents and dealerships, revenue from car sales is included. Only 9.9% of companies report.
- Profiles and registry: Sirene snapshot from Insee (France's national statistics office) dated September 24, 2026, matched shop by shop (20,093 shops matched out of 24,182). Sole proprietorships are counted by business; the other shares are counted by shop.
- Services, vehicles, and contact methods: shares calculated from shops in the file, adjusted to their weight in the total. Cell phone number: a number beginning with 06 or 07. Own website: a domain shared by fewer than three shops, excluding social media and directories.
- Partners and locators: counted on September 24 and 25, 2026, one center per published listing. 7,506 distinct addresses, 7,432 centers after deduplication (same phone number, or less than 60 meters apart within the same postal code), including 7,328 within the study's scope. Relative to the 42,209 fitting shops: 17.4%. The 34,881 fitting shops that are not partners are the difference.
- Department: flagged fitting shops in each department are corrected for shops missing from the study region by region, then scaled to the national total. The sum of the 96 departments, counted to the nearest shop, is 42,212 (3 more than 42,209, due to rounding in the calculation).
- Registry, 45.32Z: 12,844 active locations based on third-party processing of the Sirene database dated November 1, 2026, all of France; the primary Insee source was not consulted for this count.
Check of 100 shops.
November 2026 check: 100 shops randomly selected from those where we flagged tires were independently reviewed twice by Scalon, then disagreements were resolved. The two reviews agree on fitting for 87 shops out of 100 and on structure for 94 out of 100. After resolving disagreements, we confirmed tire fitting for 78 shops, found the tire-fitting classification incorrect for 4 (confirmed error rate of 4%, at most 9.9% with 95% confidence), and could not reach a conclusion for 18, often because the only evidence was the word "pneumatiques" ("tires") in a list of services. The structure classification (outside any chain, network, carmaker) is confirmed for 94 shops, including 2 through their network's official list, incorrect for 2 (at most 7.0%), and unresolved for 4.
- Precision: tables give counts to the nearest shop so totals add up (within 3 for regions and departments), which says nothing about their precision: the total itself ranges from 37,000 to 46,000 across the 8 calculation variants (a sensitivity range, not a confidence interval). Numbers in the text are rounded to the nearest hundred. Chains with company-owned locations (Norauto, Feu Vert, Midas, Euromaster…) are included in the total. The carmaker channel counts 7,247 fitting shops, while the authorized agent and dealership trades count 6,947: 300 shops in the carmaker channel have another main trade (bodywork, general mechanical repair) or appear only in a carmaker's locator.
- Limits: only one department was cross-checked on the ground; partner centers are not randomly drawn from fitting shops; 26.7% of partner centers are missing from the study, and the calculation assumes the same share of all fitting shops is missing. Profiles and revenue cover shops matched to the registry, without weighting. The total is not a percentage of the 69,062 shops in the auto repair shop study.
- Edition history: October 14, 2026, first publication; October 14, total market; October 15 and 16, version for business readers; November 9, 2026, market study: structure, networks, parent groups, revenue, contact methods, and a check of 100 shops.
Key takeaways#
About 42,200 shops fit tires in mainland France: 37,900 in our study of 69,062 shops, and 4,300 outside it. Of the 37,900, 43.1% are outside any chain (16,300), 37.8% belong to a network (14,300), and 19.1% are authorized agents or dealerships (7,200). General repair shops account for more than half (51.7%). Forty-five networks, affiliated with parent groups of which D'Ieteren is the largest (3,020), oversee the fitting shops in those networks; the four tire makers have only 2,019. A fitting shop outside any chain is a small account, more often reachable by cell phone than a fitting shop in a network. About 1 fitting shop in 6 already partners with an online seller.