Fountain Tire Holdings Ltd. is a Canadian tire dealer and automotive service provider with a total of 164 consumer service locations and 8 Distribution Centres situated in Central and Western Canada. Furthermore, the company offers tires and tire-related services to commercial truck fleets as well as off-road vehicles utilized in the fields of agriculture, oil, gas, mining, and construction.
Fountain Tire adheres to a 50/50 partnership model, in which a significant portion of Fountain Tire managers possess ownership stakes in their respective stores.[1] The company has been named one of "Canada's Best Managed Companies" since 1994.[2]
History
Fountain Tire was founded in 1956 by Bill Fountain. The company started as a small, double-bay garage in Wainwright, Alberta, and offered in-the-field service to farmers.[1] As it grew, Bill Fountain decided to offer local managers 50 percent equity in their stores, a practice still in use today.[3]