franchise predecessor ok tires founded 1962 1962 headquarters palm beach gardens florida north america products automobile tires services selling and servicing tires wheels and alignments . lube oil and filter changes battery replacement lamps struts installation and brake service owner tbc corporation parent tbc corporation website http www.bigotires.com big o tires llc . is north america s second largest franchiser of tire retailers . it is headquartered in palm beach gardens fl and has more than 380 franchises in 19 u.s. states . it sells its own big o private brand tires and other brands . in addition to selling and servicing tires wheels and alignments big o tires provides basic maintenance and replacement services such as lube oil and filter changes including engine and cabin air filters battery and lamp replacement strut installation and brake service . because big o tires is a wholly owned subsidiary of tbc corporation its franchisees are located in markets not served by the tbc owned tire kingdom ntb and merchant tire chains . history edit the company was founded in 1962 when it split from ok tires . in 1996 it was acquired by tbc corporation which also owns tire kingdom ntb and merchant tire . 1 in 2006 tbc was acquired by sumitomo corporation of america . 2 big o tires remains a wholly owned subsidiary of tbc corporation . in a landmark case in 1977 big o tires was awarded 19.6 million from goodyear over goodyear s use of the name bigfoot tires . the amount equaled 25 % of goodyear s advertising budget in the states where big o operated . the amount was reduced on appeal and the case was later settled . 3 references edit tbc to buy outstanding shares of big o tires the new york times . 1996 05 03 . url retrieved 2006 12 02 sumitomo corporation of america completes acquisition of tbc corporation . business wire . 2005 11 17 . url retrieved 2006 12 02 . doan amy . xbox name may cost microsoft . forbes . 2001 02 05 . url last retrieved 2006 12 02 . external links edit company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title big o tires & oldid 729545587 categories automotive part retailers of the united statesautomotive repair shopscompanies based in palm beach county floridaretail companies established in 1962tbc corporation navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 23 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view