Tint World Auto Styling Centers

Tint World Auto Styling Centers is a franchised automotive services brand that focuses on window tint, paint protection film, detailing, and a wide range of aftermarket upgrades for cars, trucks, boats, and commercial fleets. Customers use Tint World locations as one-stop shops for both products and installation, including tint, audio and electronics, wheels and tires, security systems, and exterior protection services that improve comfort, safety, and appearance. For retail and mixed-use properties, this mix creates a service-heavy destination that can pull traffic from a broad trade area and support both weekday and weekend visits.

The company began in 1982 with a single store in South Florida, founded as a local tint and appearance shop that catered to the region’s car culture. Over time, the original operation added more services and product categories, and by 2007 the brand had formalized its systems enough to begin franchising. That move from single-store roots to a structured franchise platform marked a turning point, setting up Tint World for multi-market expansion and more consistent execution across locations.

As of July 2025, Tint World operates about 170 locations across the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and a growing set of additional international markets. The brand has shifted from a primarily regional footprint to a multi-country network with recognizable branding and a repeatable store model. That scale gives landlords, brokers, and developers more comfort around the concept’s staying power, visibility, and ability to perform in a variety of markets and formats.

Over roughly the last five years, Tint World has leaned further into franchise-led growth, backed by national vendor relationships and a more coordinated marketing approach that supports local operators. The chain is in active expansion mode, regularly awarding new franchises and bringing additional stores online across the United States, Canada, and select international territories. Current efforts are especially focused on high-growth suburban corridors and auto-centric trade areas in the U.S. Sun Belt, Midwest growth metros, Canada, and selected markets in the Middle East.

From a real estate standpoint, Tint World typically occupies inline or end-cap units with multiple roll-up bays, a modest front showroom for retail and check-out, and back-of-house space for installation, storage, and detailing. The stores are designed to be visible from the street, with branded façades, bay doors, and signage that capture drive-by attention. The operating model blends scheduled projects with quicker jobs, which can spread traffic throughout the day and create longer dwell times than many pure quick-service or impulse retail uses.

Tint World’s continued expansion means a steady flow of new deals, often in neighborhood and community centers, light-industrial or flex-style retail spaces, and older auto bays that may be difficult to re-lease to traditional soft goods tenants. The system attracts both local owner-operators and multi-unit developers who can take on area development, which can provide follow-on leasing opportunities in a given region. For many properties, a Tint World store brings a branded, service-focused tenant that generates regular visit patterns and supports the surrounding tenant mix.