Our History
Joseph J. McCarthy founded the company in 1926. He opened the first McCarthy Tire Service store on Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1930, and in 1936, he moved the growing operation to a larger location on Scott Street. His son, John “Jack” D. McCarthy Sr. began working in the family business at age 12 as an oil-bottle cleaner, and he rose through the ranks to become president in 1957. Jack McCarthy moved McCarthy Tire to its current site at 340 Kidder Street in 1962. He enlarged the facility, added services for his customers, and increased the workforce.

Executive Team
The McCarthy Tire Service Executive Team. Pictured from left: Joseph P. Doyle, COO; Gary Lambert Sr.; Kathleen McCarthy Lambert, CFO; John D. McCarthy Jr., President; and Neil G. Horn, Vice President.

4th Generation Leadership
The fourth generation of the McCarthy family. Pictured from left: Daniel Horn, Director of Sales; Mary Kate Henry, Human Resource Manager; Gary Lambert Jr., Director of Purchasing and Technology; and John D. McCarthy III, Regional Sales Manager. Not shown: Colleen Horn Doyle, Legal Counsel, and Timothy Lambert, Senior Accountant.
Our Core Values
At McCarthy Tire, our values inform everything we do – from how we develop a strategic five-year plan, to the long-term relationships we have with our customers. Our values are not simply a fade we put on while we are “on the clock.” We live and breathe these values whether we are in a service truck, on the phone with a customer, at home with the kids, shopping for groceries, or volunteering for a local charity.