Belle Tire to expand following acquisition of Ohio-based service centers

Allen Park-based Belle Tire is widening its footprint in Ohio.

Belle Tire Distributors Inc. on Tuesday announced it is acquiring Toledo-based Tireman Auto Service Centers. Belle Tire will take over ownership of all 18 Tireman locations, including 15 in northwest Ohio and three in southern Michigan, according to a news release. e deal will close March 13, according to Belle Tire spokesperson Erin Sikora.

Following the acquisition, Belle Tire will have 19 Ohio locations.

e company rst expanded into Ohio 20 years ago. Belle Tire now has 165 stores in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

e more than 300 current Tireman employees will be added to a Belle Tire workforce that includes more than 2,700 people, Sikora said. Store-level leadership will not change. Belle Tire intends to keep the acquired stores operating under the Tireman name for the forseeable future, Tire Business reported.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Belle Tire has annual sales of more than $600 million. Tireman, founded in 1948, generated more than $56 million in sales in scal 2021, Tire Business reported.

Belle Tire President Don Barnes III, a 2022 Crain’s 40 under 40 honoree, said the move makes perfect sense.

“We share similar cultural values, the communities we serve are important and customer service is the bottom line,” he said in the release.

“ at would not be possible without the people in the stores and taking care of them like family.”

Tireman CEO Randy Jones said that a people- rst attitude is a big reason why he decided to sell to Belle Tire.

“I can’t imagine a better partner to take over now that I have decided to retire,” Jones said in the release.

“Belle Tire is a family-owned company like us. ey value their people and believe in doing the right thing for their customers like we do.”

Founded in 1922, Belle Tire offers a variety of auto services including at tire repair, tire replacement, alignments, brakes, batteries, shocks, struts, exhaust systems and glass replacement and repair.

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