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Gas stations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area
How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for gas stations: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #323 of 387 scored metro areas
#11 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan
- Listings
- 2,451
- 2,213 chain locations (90%)
- Official establishments
- 1,494
- −2.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $4.4B
- On gasoline and other fuels · $2,480 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 25% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 13.9
- 28% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 4,390,913
- +0.1% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for gas stations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is 30 (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas and #11 of 15 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2,451 gas stations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. Of those, 2,213 are chain locations, or 90%, against 84% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 13.9, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.9.
At $2,480 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area spend about $4.4B a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each station on map listings, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
In 2023, official counts showed 1,494 businesses with payroll in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area classed as gasoline stations, down 2.0% from 2019. That is one for every 1,184 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 26 SBA-backed loans worth $21.9M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.1%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area compares
The same measures for Michigan and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all gasoline and other fuels by the gas stations counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 13.9 | 13.6 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $1.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,184 | 1,152 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −2.0% | −1.3% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $2,480 | $2,576 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $76,664 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 30 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 1,494−2.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 7,864
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $213.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 182Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2,4512,213 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,839The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 26
- Amount
- $21.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 4,390,913+0.1% since 2020
- Households
- 1,768,816
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 3,893 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,124
- Median household income
- $76,664+25.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,167
- Median home value
- $249,700
- Jobs located here
- 1,848,019
- Daytime population
- 4,411,570Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kalamazoo-Portage, MI | 62 | 86 | 8.0 | $3.2M | +0.8% | #111 of 387 |
| 2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 60 | 492 | 11.2 | $2.5M | +2.8% | #129 of 387 |
| 3Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI | 53 | 59 | 8.7 | $3M | +1.8% | #173 of 387 |
| 4Midland, MI | 53 | 37 | 10.6 | $2.6M | +0.3% | #176 of 387 |
| 5Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 50 | 203 | 10.5 | $2.4M | +1.4% | #197 of 387 |
| 6Ann Arbor, MI | 47 | 153 | 10.2 | $2.4M | −0.4% | #216 of 387 |
| 7Monroe, MI | 46 | 89 | 14.1 | $2M | +0.7% | #225 of 387 |
| 8Traverse City, MI | 45 | 83 | 12.7 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #232 of 387 |
| 9Bay City, MI | 34 | 60 | 13.3 | $1.9M | −1.6% | #297 of 387 |
| 10Saginaw, MI | 33 | 105 | 13.5 | $1.9M | −1.1% | #308 of 387 |
| 11Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 30 | 2,451 | 13.9 | $1.8M | +0.1% | #323 of 387 |
Other business types in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Questions
How many gas stations are in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area?
There are 2,451 gas stations on map listings in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area as of September 2026. 2,213 of them (90%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 1,494 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, down 2.0% from 2019. Official counts list 182 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $4.4B a year, or $2,480 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2,451 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,768,816 households in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area has 13.9 gas stations per 10,000 households, 28% above the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $1.8M, 25% below the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the national ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area would have about 1,839, against 2,451 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,184 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count fell 2.0% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area at 4,390,913 people in 2025, up 0.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,768,816 households. The median household income in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area is $76,664 a year, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.7% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area scores 30 for gas stations (lower middle), #323 of 387 scored metro areas.
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