Tools for independent tire shops
Run the numbers.
Run the shop.
Practical Excel and Google Sheets tools for independent tire shop owners. Price every tire for real margin, quote faster at the counter, and see where the money goes.
- Google Sheets + Excel
- One-time price
- No subscription
- Instant download
What Tire Shop Playbook is
Shop-floor tools for the five parts of the job
Tire Shop Playbook is a resource for independent tire shop owners. It covers pricing, inventory, training, hiring and operations through practical Excel and Google Sheets tools and plain-English guides. No software to learn and no monthly bill. Type in your numbers and your shop makes the call.
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Available now
Pricing
Out-the-door quotes, real margin on every tire, and price lists that hit your target.
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Coming soon
Inventory
Keep the right sizes on the rack without tying up cash in tires that sit.
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Coming soon
Training
Get new techs and service writers up to speed your shop's way.
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Hiring
Find, vet and bring on techs with a clear, repeatable process.
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Coming soon
Operations
Daily numbers and routines for the counter and the bays.
Available now · Spreadsheet kit
Tire Pricing & Margin Calculator
Enter your shop's numbers once. After that, type a tire cost and get a full out-the-door quote with your profit, before you hand the customer a number.
- Out-the-door quotes in seconds. Tire cost, quantity and a few Yes/No picks (TPMS kit, road hazard, alignment, paid by card) give you the total and the price per tire.
- Real profit $ and margin % on every job. See both margin and markup, plus the minimum tire price that still hits your target margin.
- 50-size price list builder. Paste sizes and costs, get sell prices at your target margin, rounded the way you like, with set-of-4 installed pricing.
- Margin check. Paste cost and current sell price. Each tire is flagged green, yellow or red against your target and minimum.
Works in Google Sheets and Excel. No macros, no add-ons. Includes a Quick Start Guide (PDF) and example data you replace with your own.
Refunds: all sales are final because these are digital downloads. If a file doesn't work for you, email hello@tireshopplaybook.com and we'll make it right.
Markup is not margin
A 30% markup is a 23.1% margin
- Tire cost
- $100.00
- Marked up 30%
- + $30.00
- Sell price
- $130.00
- Margin ($30 ÷ $130)
- 23.1%
Price on markup and call it margin, and every ticket comes up short of the number you planned. The calculator shows both side by side.
In the works
Coming soon
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Tire Shop Operations Workbook
Day-to-day shop numbers and routines in one workbook, built for Google Sheets and Excel.
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Tech Hiring & Training Kit
Hire techs with a clear process, then train them with checklists that match how your shop works.
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Printed shop signage
Signs, banners and counter pieces for the showroom and the bays.
We release a kit when it's finished and tested, not before. No preorders. Want a heads-up? Email hello@tireshopplaybook.com.
Our mission
Our goal: the practical reference every independent tire shop keeps on the counter.
Who we are
Tire Shop Playbook is built by people who work in the tire business every day, supplying independent shops. Every tool comes from real counter and bay problems, not theory.