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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Marengo County, AL
How Marengo County, AL compares with other counties and the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $802 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.1M
- 85% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- 5.4 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 18,311
- −5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in Marengo County. That is 3.8 per 10,000 households, 5.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.7.
At $802 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Marengo County spend about $6.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 85% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Marengo County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marengo County declined 5.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Marengo County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Marengo 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.
| Measure | Marengo County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $2.1M | $14.1M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 10,974 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −5.0% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $802 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $43,825 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1The 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 Marengo 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 Marengo County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 18,311−5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 7,898
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 977 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 19
- Median household income
- $43,825+31.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,748
- Median home value
- $107,400
- Jobs located here
- 7,402
- Daytime population
- 17,810Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Baldwin County, AL | 76 | 6 | 0.6 | $15.9M | +14.8% | #29 of 479 |
| 2Madison County, AL | 55 | 11 | 0.7 | $14.3M | +11.0% | #208 of 479 |
| 3Mobile County, AL | 38 | 12 | 0.7 | $11.7M | −0.7% | #349 of 479 |
| 4Jefferson County, AL | 34 | 17 | 0.6 | $13.8M | −1.3% | #377 of 479 |
| 5Marshall County, AL | 33 | 5 | 1.4 | $7.3M | +6.0% | #387 of 479 |
| 6Montgomery County, AL | 27 | 11 | 1.2 | $6.8M | −1.1% | #421 of 479 |
| Marengo County, AL | Not scored | 3 | 3.8 | $2.1M | −5.0% |
Other business types in Marengo County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Marengo County, AL?
There are 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Marengo County as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Marengo County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Marengo County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.3M a year, or $802 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 7,898 households in Marengo County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Marengo County, AL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Marengo County has 3.8 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 5.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $2.1M, 85% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Marengo County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.
How fast is Marengo County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Marengo County at 18,311 people in 2025, down 5.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,898 households. The median household income in Marengo County is $43,825 a year, 46% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.8% 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. Marengo County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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