A U.S. Tire Pros owner-operator may have an estimated pre-tax annual benefit in this range, with a modeled base case of about $58,000 per Center. The lower case is a small operating loss. A manager-run Center produces a materially lower residual because the business must pay for the full-time Designated Operator required by the franchise model.
This range is an independent analytical scenario, not a financial performance representation by Asphalt Tire Pros Francorp, LLC. It combines identified 2026 Franchise Disclosure Document facts with U.S. Census Bureau, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and explicit modeling assumptions. Actual results can differ materially with location, Center format, sales mix, tire costs, technician productivity, labor, occupancy, financing, owner involvement, and execution.
Legal franchisor: Asphalt Tire Pros Francorp, LLC d/b/a Tire Pros Francorp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Asphalt Buyer II, LLC d/b/a American Tire Distributors. The 2026 FDD covers conversions of existing retail tire stores and new TIRE PROS Centers. Item 19 makes no sales, profit, or owner-income representation; Item 20 reports only franchised outlets and no company-owned operating cohort. The selected evidence mode is therefore a lower-confidence structural estimate (2026 FDD, Item 1, pages 1–2; Item 19, page 33).
Confidence: LIMITED. No current same-brand outlet revenue or earnings result exists in Item 19, so the estimate relies materially on broad government benchmarks and editorial sensitivity bands.
Sources and periods: Tire Pros FDD issued April 28, 2026, Items 1, 6, 7, 15, 19, and 20; 2022 U.S. Economic Census Tire Dealers data; 2023 IRS nonfarm sole-proprietorship data for Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers; May 2023 BLS wage data for Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers. Checked July 17, 2026. No matching public 2026 FDD was verified on a franchise-controlled domain, so FDD references below are plain-text page citations.
What does the 2026 Tire Pros Item 19 actually disclose?
Officially, it discloses no revenue, gross profit, operating profit, EBITDA, net income, cash flow, owner compensation, or other financial performance result. Item 19 says the franchisor makes no representation about future franchisee performance or the past performance of franchised or company-owned outlets. That statement applies to the current U.S. offer documented in the April 28, 2026 FDD (Item 19, page 33).
This means there is no official “average Tire Pros owner salary” to quote and no same-brand sales figure to use as a revenue anchor. The FTC guide to buying a franchise explains that gross sales are not profit and that any franchisor earnings claim must appear in Item 19, subject to narrow exceptions such as actual records for an existing outlet.
The $2.11 million revenue anchor below is a Census industry average per establishment, not a Tire Pros result. Owner benefit is modeled only after applying an industry net-income margin and then deducting disclosed Tire Pros fixed obligations and a technology-support allowance.
How was the Tire Pros owner-earnings range modeled?
The model applies three transparent revenue-and-margin cases to one Tire Pros Center, then deducts current fixed franchise obligations and a support-cost allowance. Every resulting earnings number is estimated, not reported by the franchisor.
Manager-run residual = owner-operator benefit − $78,000 manager wage benchmark.
- Revenue: The 2022 Economic Census reports $43.338492 billion of sales and 20,495 establishments for NAICS 441340 Tire Dealers, producing a derived $2,114,589 average per establishment. The scenario spread is 80%, 100%, and 120% of that average.
- Margin: The 2023 IRS table reports $45.602975 billion of receipts and $1.662982 billion of net income less deficit for all Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers sole proprietorships, a derived 3.6467% margin. With no published distribution for this subgroup, the model uses the prescribed sensitivity of minus 3, zero, and plus 3 percentage points.
- FDD overlay: The model deducts the 2026 FDD's current minimum monthly franchise fee, national advertising contribution, local Ad Plan contribution, and warranty fee. It also uses the FDD's $125–$600 monthly computer-support estimate, with $600, $362.50, and $125 assigned to the three cases.
| Scenario | Revenue | Margin | Profit before FDD overlay | FDD + support overlay | Owner-operator benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | $1,691,671 | 0.65% | $10,939 | $21,960 | -$11,021 |
| Base | $2,114,589 | 3.65% | $77,112 | $19,110 | $58,002 |
| Upside | $2,537,506 | 6.65% | $168,659 | $16,260 | $152,399 |
Independent per-Center scenarios, before personal income taxes and financing principal
Interpretation: A 6-percentage-point swing between the conservative and upside margin assumptions matters more than the fixed franchise charges. Source: Derived from the 2026 Tire Pros FDD, 2022 U.S. Economic Census, and 2023 IRS Schedule C statistics. Chart values are rounded to the nearest $1,000.
What exactly is included in “owner-operator benefit”?
It is a pre-tax analytical measure that combines residual business income and the economic value of work performed by the owner. The IRS source is based on Schedule C sole proprietorships, where the proprietor's own salary is not a separate deductible wage. The estimate therefore should not be read as passive business profit.
- Included: ordinary industry deductions reflected in the IRS aggregate margin, plus a separate deduction for disclosed Tire Pros fixed obligations and estimated support service.
- Not separately controlled: interest and depreciation, because the published IRS subgroup aggregate does not isolate their effect in the margin used here.
- Excluded: financing principal, personal income taxes, owner-specific benefits, capital expenditures not captured through ordinary deductions, and cash retained for future equipment or working capital.
How does owner involvement change the result?
Active owner operation changes the modeled result by about $78,000 a year because the owner can supply the full-time management labor that a non-operating owner must purchase. This is an estimate based on May 2023 BLS mean pay for General and Operations Managers in Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Retailers; it is not a Tire Pros wage disclosure.
Item 15 of the 2026 FDD does not require the franchisee personally to supervise the Center, but it does require day-to-day operations to be directly supervised full time by an approved Designated Operator. That operator must devote full time, best efforts, and constant personal attention. The manager-run comparison subtracts $78,000 from each owner-operator case and does not add payroll taxes or benefits, so it may overstate the residual available to a passive owner.
The gap is the $78,000 replacement-manager wage assumption
Interpretation: The base case changes from about $58,000 of owner-operator benefit to roughly a $20,000 manager-run loss before debt principal and personal taxes. Source: 2026 Tire Pros FDD Item 15, page 30; May 2023 BLS NAICS 441300 wage estimates. Payroll taxes and benefits are not included.
The $78,000 difference is labor value, not additional passive profit. An owner working as the Designated Operator may capture that value only by supplying full-time management, accepting operational responsibility, and meeting the franchisor's training and approval requirements.
Which Tire Pros fees are included in the estimate?
The core model includes $14,760 of current minimum annual obligations per first Center, plus $1,500 to $7,200 of estimated computer support. These are official 2026 FDD amounts or direct annualizations of monthly amounts; they are not percentage-of-sales royalties.
| FDD obligation | Current monthly amount | Annualized amount | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Franchise Fee | $695 | $8,340 | Included; first month is waived in the opening year, but the steady-state model uses 12 months. |
| National Advertising Fund Contribution | $200 | $2,400 | Included at the current amount. |
| Local marketing under Ad Plan | At least $250 | At least $3,000 | Included at the minimum; actual agreed spending may be higher. |
| Tire Pros Warranty Fee | $85 | $1,020 | Included at the current amount. |
| Computer support service | $125–$600 | $1,500–$7,200 | Included as a scenario range because vendor scope and actual cost vary. |
FDD citations: Item 6, pages 5–8; Item 7 notes, pages 10 and 13. The FDD permits increases to some monthly amounts. Initial franchise fees, conversion expenses, start-up equipment, opening inventory, and Additional Funds are not deducted as annual operating expenses.
The IRS net-income margin already reflects the actual expenses of a broad group of independent businesses, but it cannot identify whether those firms incurred costs analogous to Tire Pros franchise, advertising, warranty, and support charges. Deducting the full FDD amounts as an incremental overlay may therefore be conservative; not deducting them would make the franchise obligations disappear. This comparability problem is a principal reason for the Limited confidence rating.
How much uncertainty should a buyer allow?
A buyer should allow for substantial uncertainty because every revenue and margin input comes from an external industry cohort, not Tire Pros operating results. The range is useful for sensitivity testing, but it cannot establish what a specific Center will earn.
- Revenue comparability: NAICS 441340 Tire Dealers includes retailers selling new or used tires and establishments combining new-tire retail with automotive repair. The 2022 Economic Census basic statistics table is nationwide and does not separate Tire Pros conversions from start-ups, market size, store age, bay count, or sales mix.
- Margin comparability: The IRS nonfarm sole-proprietorship tables group all Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers, not only Tire Dealers, and cover Schedule C businesses rather than every legal form used by franchisees.
- System trend: Item 20 reports 605 franchised outlets at the start of 2025 and 495 at year-end, a net decline of 110, with zero company-owned outlets (Item 20, pages 33–39). That does not prove why individual outlets left or how remaining outlets performed, but it increases the importance of speaking with current and former franchisees.
- Owner role: The $78,000 BLS wage is a national mean, not the all-in cost of a Tire Pros Designated Operator in a particular market. Benefits, payroll taxes, incentives, recruiting cost, and local wage pressure can raise the manager-run deduction.
- Capital and debt: Equipment replacement, working-capital needs, lease economics, interest rates, and financing principal can materially reduce cash available for distribution. The 2026 FDD does not offer direct or indirect financing, so no universal debt assumption is defensible.
What should a prospective Tire Pros owner verify?
Verify trailing financial statements from comparable Centers and test whether the owner's intended role matches the labor structure in those statements. Because Item 19 contains no financial performance representation, franchisee interviews and written substantiation for any later financial claim are essential.
- Ask the franchisor whether an updated FDD, amendment, or supplemental Item 19 has been issued since April 28, 2026, and request written substantiation for any sales or earnings statement.
- Use Item 20 contacts to interview current and former franchisees operating comparable conversion or start-up Centers, with similar service bays, market size, store age, and owner involvement.
- Request trailing 12-month revenue, gross margin by tires versus service, technician labor efficiency, payroll burden, occupancy, marketing, warranty, technology, insurance, and equipment-replacement spending.
- Separate owner wages or draws from operating profit, distributions, retained earnings, depreciation, interest, debt principal, and personal income taxes.
- For a manager-run plan, verify the full cost of an approved Designated Operator, including wages, benefits, payroll taxes, bonuses, and coverage during vacancies.
- Reconcile the exact monthly franchise fee, national advertising, local Ad Plan, warranty, supplier-program, point-of-sale, and support costs in the proposed franchise agreement.
What is the strongest defensible Tire Pros earnings view?
The strongest defensible range is an estimated -$11,000 to $152,000 of annual pre-tax owner-operator benefit per Center, with a modeled base near $58,000. It is scenario-based, not official, because the 2026 Item 19 provides no sales or earnings data. The most important driver is the operating margin achieved on tire and automotive-service revenue. The largest unresolved uncertainty is the absence of same-brand revenue and expense evidence for comparable franchised Centers.
A manager-run structure is substantially harder in this model: after a $78,000 manager-wage deduction, the cases range from about -$89,000 to $74,000, with a base near -$20,000 before debt principal and personal taxes. Before relying on any range, a buyer should verify the current Item 19, obtain substantiation for any financial claim, and compare detailed profit-and-loss statements from current and former franchisees whose format, market, maturity, and owner role match the proposed Center.