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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Calhoun County, AL

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Calhoun County, AL, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $881 a household
Spending per listing
$19.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
115,834
−0.3% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in Calhoun County. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Calhoun County comes to about $39.7M a year: $881 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $19.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Calhoun County in 2023. That is one for every 11,254 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Calhoun County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Calhoun County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Calhoun County compares

The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the oil change and quick-lube shops counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Oil change and quick lube in Calhoun County, AL compared with Alabama and the U.S.
MeasureCalhoun CountyAlabamaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.70.7
Spending per listing$19.8M$14.1M$13.7M
Households per official establishment11,25410,97414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+16.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+3.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$881$929$958
Median household income$55,029$63,999$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
43
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
22 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Calhoun County, 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 Calhoun County

Population, 2025 estimate
115,834−0.3% since 2020
Households
45,015
Median age
39.9
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
606 sq. mi.
People per square mile
192
Median household income
$55,029+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,223
Median home value
$156,600
Jobs located here
42,167
Daytime population
116,114Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Alabama

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The highest-scoring counties in Alabama for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Alabama, with Calhoun County marked.

Top counties in Alabama

Counties in Alabama ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Baldwin County, AL7660.6$15.9M+14.8%#29 of 479
2Madison County, AL55110.7$14.3M+11.0%#208 of 479
3Mobile County, AL38120.7$11.7M−0.7%#349 of 479
4Jefferson County, AL34170.6$13.8M−1.3%#377 of 479
5Marshall County, AL3351.4$7.3M+6.0%#387 of 479
6Montgomery County, AL27111.2$6.8M−1.1%#421 of 479
Calhoun County, ALNot scored20.4$19.8M−0.3%

Other business types in Calhoun County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Calhoun County, AL?

There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Calhoun County as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Calhoun County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $39.7M a year, or $881 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $19.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops. It is estimated from the incomes of the 45,015 households in Calhoun County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Calhoun County, AL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Calhoun County has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Calhoun County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,254 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Calhoun County, AL growing?

Population estimates put Calhoun County at 115,834 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 45,015 households. The median household income in Calhoun County is $55,029 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 16.5% 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. Calhoun County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Calhoun County

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