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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Shelby County, AL
How Shelby 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 3 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 12
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $92.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,060 a household
- Spending per listing
- $23M
- 68% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 238,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Shelby County spend about $92.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,060 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. Spread across 4 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $23M per shop, 68% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.
There are 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 12 businesses with payroll in Shelby County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 7,239 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Shelby County grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $23M | $14.1M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,239 | 10,974 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,060 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $97,961 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 42 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9 → 12
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 43 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 238,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 86,866
- Median age
- 41.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 785 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 293
- Median household income
- $97,961+25.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $128,135
- Median home value
- $326,100
- Jobs located here
- 95,355
- Daytime population
- 222,801Residents 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 |
| Shelby County, AL | Not scored | 4 | 0.5 | $23M | +6.5% |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care67
- Auto repair shops69
- Collision repair and body shops66
- Car washes and detailing73
- Tire shops59
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations59
- Insurance agencies46
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 Shelby County, AL?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 oil change and quick-lube shops in Shelby County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 12 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, AL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $92.1M a year, or $1,060 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $23M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 86,866 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, AL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Shelby County has 0.5 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $23M, 68% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Shelby County would have about 7, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,239 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, AL growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 238,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 86,866 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $97,961, 21% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.9%, 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. Shelby County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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