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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Anchorage Municipality, AK

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in Anchorage Municipality, AK, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #40 of 479 scored counties
The only scored county in Alaska

Listings
5
4 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$114.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,054 a household
Spending per listing
$22.9M
67% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
287,155
−1.3% 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

The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Anchorage Municipality is 73 (upper middle), #40 of 479 scored counties and the only scored county in Alaska. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for oil change and quick-lube shops.

At $1,054 per household (10% above the U.S. average), households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $114.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $22.9M per shop, 67% 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.

Anchorage Municipality has 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Anchorage Municipality classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 36,199 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Anchorage Municipality from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Anchorage Municipality compares

The same measures for Alaska 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 Anchorage Municipality, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureAnchorage MunicipalityAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.7
Spending per listing$22.9M$28.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment36,19930,05914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,054$1,043$958
Median household income$103,284$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market score7375

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 3
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
54 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
8The 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 Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality

Population, 2025 estimate
287,155−1.3% since 2020
Households
108,597
Median age
36.3
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,707 sq. mi.
People per square mile
169
Median household income
$103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$132,200
Median home value
$395,900
Jobs located here
n/a
Daytime population
n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Anchorage Municipality, AK?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 oil change and quick-lube shops in Anchorage Municipality. 4 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $114.4M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $22.9M 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 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Anchorage Municipality 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 $22.9M, 67% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 8, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 36,199 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?

Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 73 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #40 of 479 scored counties.

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