About SearchTires.com
There's an Orbitz for hotels. A Kayak for flights. Until 2021, there was nothing for tires.
Search Tires, LLC was founded in Texas in June 2021 to close that gap. Like every other big-ticket purchase, tire shopping has migrated online — drivers research before they buy, compare brands, and want to know the drive-out price before walking into a shop. But unlike airlines or hotels, the tire industry is fundamentally local. The store five miles from you will quote you a different price than the chain twenty miles down the road, and neither of them publishes that price online.
We built SearchTires.com to fix that. Our platform aggregates publicly available tire pricing from retailers in your area and estimates the true drive-out cost — tire plus install, shop fees, disposal, and sales tax — so you can compare apples to apples before you commit.
The result: our users save an average of $185 on a set of four tires.
Three things that shape every decision.
Tire prices shouldn't be a mystery.
The same tire at three local shops can vary by $200. Drivers deserve to see that gap before walking in the door — including install, shop fees, disposal, and tax.
Your local retailer is the right one.
SearchTires.com doesn't sell tires. We help you find the local shop with the tires you need, the price you want, and the appointment time that works. The retailer handles the install.
An AI helper beats guesswork.
Max, our AI tire helper, explains tire sizes, decodes pricing, and helps you prepare the right questions for the retailer. Free for shoppers, always.
How SearchTires saves you $185 — and your weekend.
Our users save an average of $185 on a set of four tires by comparing local options on SearchTires.com before walking into a shop. The savings come from three places:
Time saved. Find the right tire for your vehicle without tab-hopping between five retailer websites that all use different vehicle lookups, different size formats, and different ways of quoting "out-the-door" pricing.
Money saved. Same tire, same size, two retailers a mile apart — pricing can vary by hundreds of dollars depending on brand promotions, installation packages, and shop fees. We surface the comparison so you can pick the best deal.
Confidence boosted. Max walks you through tire size, tread type, brand differences, and what to ask the retailer before you buy. By the time you call the shop, you know exactly what you want and exactly what to ask for.
Tire Market Insights™ — the real-time data layer behind every search.
Every comparison on SearchTires.com generates a data point. Aggregated, those points become the most current picture of local tire pricing, demand, and inventory in the United States. Tire Market Insights™ packages that picture into live dashboards built for the people who run the industry.
- Live-time pricing dashboards by region, brand, and tire size
- Proactive market analysis — competitive positioning in days, not quarters
- Custom data feeds for manufacturers and multi-location retailers
- Direct contact for partnerships, advertising, and data access
A small team. Texas roots. Tire-industry depth.
Tim Shaffer
Co-founded Search Tires in 2021 after years inside the tire industry, where he saw firsthand how widely drive-out pricing varies for the same tire across competing local shops. Tim leads company strategy, retailer partnerships, and the Tire Market Insights™ data product.
Lyle Yarbrough
Leads finance and day-to-day operations. Lyle owns the company's long-range plan, financial controls, and partner relationships — covering everything from data infrastructure agreements to retailer onboarding — so the engineering team can focus on building product.
Craig Ward
Architect of the SearchTires.com platform. Craig built and maintains the consumer-facing search experience, the retailer comparison engine, and Max — the AI-powered tire helper. He owns the full web stack: front-end interfaces, application services, and the Azure infrastructure that runs production.
Victor Zoubenko
Leads data engineering. Victor designed and operates the retailer data infrastructure that aggregates publicly available tire pricing from across the country in near-real time. His systems power both the consumer comparison tool and the Tire Market Insights™ B2B platform.