Our Vision, Mission, & Company Values

K&M Tire, Inc. as a company has a defined Vision, Mission, and Values that drive each and every individual in our company. Our Vision is to be The leading and most trusted provider of tires and services in all of our geographic markets, and our #1 Value Is to Make the Customer the Most Important Part of our Business. Our founder & CEO Ken Langhals, and his daughter & President Cheryl Gossard have built the company with a foundational culture of hard work, honesty, accountability, integrity, and doing the right thing for our valued customers each and every day. Our Vision, Mission and Values are not just words on our headquarters wall or adorned on a marketing pamphlet, they are the core of who we are and how we conduct ourselves in service to our customers.


Our Brands / Products / Programs

K&M Tire, Inc. is proud to offer one of the largest and most diverse inventories available to serve your tire, agricultural & trailer wheel, shop accessories, and tire service equipment needs in the industry. K&M Tire offers over 50 brands with robust coverage in passenger, cuv/suv, light truck, commercial truck/bus, specialty trailer/lawn/atv, agricultural, industrial, and OTR tires, as well as tubes, agricultural/trailer wheels, tire accessories, shop tools and equipment categories. In addition to our brands, we have numerous tire branded marketing sell-out programs available to help our dealers build more profit in their businesses. The crown jewel of which are K&M Tire's independent dealer Mr. Tire and Big 3 Tire umbrella marketing programs which feature a host of money saving, marketing, and profit building benefits for those who participate.


Family Owned and Operated, Independent, and Time Tested

K&M Tire, Inc. was founded in 1970 by Ken Langhals, and over the last 50 years of operation has grown the business to over 30 distribution centers serving dealers in the Midwest, Central, Southwest and Northeastern portions of the United States. The backbone of K&M Tire's operational approach are rooted in family values, the same or similar values that our customer's utilize as they approach their own businesses. Since our inception, and like all growing businesses, we have experienced both difficult challenges and great successes. Along the way we've taken risks, learned, adapted, embraced change, overcame obstacles, invested in ourselves and our team, and ultimately thrived through building a culture of hard work, integrity, accountability, and getting it done for the most important part of our business, our customers.


Partners in Your Success

We at K&M Tire, Inc. work to serve our valued customers, using our Vision, Mission, and Values as the basis of our decision making, paired with an industry leading inventory, powerful logistical transfer system, and substantial marketing program offerings. At K&M Tire, Inc. we are primed and ready to help our customers build and grow their businesses, increase profits, and achieve their goals.


Please feel free to take a look at what some of our valued customers have to say about K&M Tire, Inc. in their own words.


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