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Motor Vehicle ManufacturingMississippi, United States1001-5000 Employees
Southern Tire Mart (STM) is a Columbia, Mississippi-based company operating in the motor vehicle manufacturing sector, with between 1,001 and 5,000 employees and a website at stmtires.com. The company has held leading market positions as the number one truck retreader in North America since 2007 and the number one commercial tire dealer in the United States since 2008. STM runs 24 Bandag retreading facilities and more than 200 retail, commercial, wholesale, and service locations across the country. Founded in 1973 as a family-owned enterprise, Southern Tire Mart is a cornerstone of Duff Capital Investors, a family-owned portfolio spanning trucking, tires, automotive, construction, energy, and chemicals. Strategic growth includes the 2023 acquisitions of Country Tire & Wheel and Tulare Firestone, and partnerships such as a 2021 arrangement with Pilot Travel to manage truck care facilities at Pilot Flying J locations, with expansion to 20 Pilot Flying J locations by 2024. Recent expansion activity includes opening a new location in Craig, Colorado in June 2026.