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Gas stations in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area
The gas stations in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 91 out of 100: Very high
Ranked #2 of 387 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 198
- 163 chain locations (82%)
- Official establishments
- 123
- +10.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $673.2M
- On gasoline and other fuels · $3,254 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 9.6
- 12% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 773,426
- +14.5% since 2020
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What this means
For gas stations, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has a Groundwork market score of 91 (very high): #2 of 387 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Utah. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for gas stations.
At $3,254 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area spend about $673.2M a year on gasoline and other fuels. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each station on map listings, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 198 gas stations on map listings as of September 2026. 163 of them (82%) are chain locations, against 84% across the U.S. That comes to 9.6 for every 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.9.
In 2023, official counts showed 123 businesses with payroll in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area classed as gasoline stations, up 10.8% from 2019. That is one for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 6 SBA-backed loans worth $4.8M have gone to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area compares
The same measures for Utah 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 | Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.9M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,682 | 1,384 | 1,184 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.8% | +5.7% | −3.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.5% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on gasoline and other fuels | $3,254 | $3,068 | $2,595 |
| Median household income | $100,704 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 91 | 85 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 123+10.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 1,590
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $45M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 0Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 198163 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 282The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 6
- Amount
- $4.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as gasoline stations in the Provo-Orem-Lehi 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 773,426+14.5% since 2020
- Households
- 206,880
- Median age
- 27.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 5,396 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 133
- Median household income
- $100,704+35.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $127,279
- Median home value
- $535,500
- Jobs located here
- 299,641
- Daytime population
- 678,972Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 91 | 198 | 9.6 | $3.4M | +14.5% | #2 of 387 |
| 2Logan, UT-ID | 90 | 45 | 9.1 | $3.6M | +8.8% | #3 of 387 |
| 3Ogden, UT | 88 | 160 | 7.5 | $4.2M | +5.3% | #5 of 387 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 81 | 327 | 7.3 | $3.9M | +3.8% | #14 of 387 |
| 5St. George, UT | 75 | 86 | 12.3 | $2.5M | +17.4% | #38 of 387 |
Other business types in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area
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Questions
How many gas stations are in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 198 gas stations in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area. 163 of them (82%) are chain locations. The listings count gas stations. Official counts show 123 businesses with payroll classed as gasoline stations in 2023, up 10.8% from 2019.
How much do households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area spend on gasoline and other fuels?
About $673.2M a year, or $3,254 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 198 gas stations on map listings, it comes to $3.4M per station. It is estimated from the incomes of the 206,880 households in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for gas stations?
The Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area has 9.6 gas stations per 10,000 households, 12% below the U.S. rate of 10.9. Spending per station is $3.4M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $2.4M. At the U.S. ratio of gas stations to household spending, the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area would have about 282, against 198 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,682 households, against one for every 1,184 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.8% from 2019 to 2023, against −3.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area at 773,426 people in 2025, up 14.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 206,880 households. Median household income in the Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area is $100,704, 25% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.4%, 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 Provo-Orem-Lehi metro area scores 91 for gas stations (very high), #2 of 387 scored metro areas.
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