Mr. Tire

Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers

Company type	Wholly owned subsidiary
Industry	Automobile care
Founded	1970 (1970) in Richfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Founder	Joseph Tomarchio Sr.
Headquarters	Rochester, New York
Number of locations	318 (2022)
Area served	Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia
Key people	Jose L Rodriguez, CEO
Services	Retail tire sales and service, scheduled maintenance, oil changes, brakes, muffler and exhaust services, battery replacement, wheel alignments, brakes, and automotive repairs.
Parent	Monro, Inc.
Website	www.mrtire.com

Mr. Tire is an American auto service company. The company was founded in 1970 by Joseph Tomarchio Sr. Based out of Rochester, New York, the company provides various automotive repair services across 13 U.S. states.

History

Mr. Tire was founded in 1970 in Richfield, Minnesota. It distributed CO-OP brand tires and was controlled by Universal Cooperatives. It is a retailers' cooperative. As of 2001, the distributor had 102 affiliated dealers in 13 states.[1]

The second Mr. Tire Auto Service Center was founded in 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland, covering more than 300 locations in Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. This organization licensed the "Mr. Tire" name from Universal Cooperatives.

Mr. Tire Auto Service Center was acquired by Monro Inc. in 2004 along with Tread Quarters, Kimmel Automotive, Tread Quarters Discount Tires, and Rice Tires.[2]

References

1. "Top 50" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
2. https://corporate.monro.com/company/history/default.aspx

• Article from Tire Business magazine about controversy of dual use of Mr. Tire name, October 23, 2006
• Modern Tire Dealer Top 50
• Mr. Tire (Monro) history

External links

• Mr Tire / Universal Cooperative web site
• Mr Tire / Monro Muffler Brake web site
• Mr Tire Locations