It brought together a number of companies to form the UK's first national network of tyre fitting centres.

[citation needed] In December 2001, under a management buyout, National Tyre Service Ltd was transferred to their current parent company, Axle Group Holdings Ltd for £24m.

[2][3] In August 2006 the Leicester branch of National Tyres was almost completely destroyed in a large fire.

[4] In December 2021, the National Tyre and Autocare garage chain merged with Halfords, a competitor in automotive part sales.

As a result, Halfords possessed a combined total of 604 garages and 235 Halford Mobile Expert vans across the UK, providing all types of garage services such as tyre fitting, MOTs, repairs and servicing.