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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

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

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,078 a household
Spending per listing
$19.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
93,972
−1.4% 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households.

At $1,078 per household (13% above the U.S. average), households in Fairbanks North Star Borough spend about $39.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 2 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $19.6M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Fairbanks North Star Borough classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 12,120 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Fairbanks North Star Borough from 2020 to 2025 at −1.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Fairbanks North Star Borough isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Fairbanks North Star Borough 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compared with Alaska and the U.S.
MeasureFairbanks North Star BoroughAlaskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.40.7
Spending per listing$19.6M$28.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment12,12030,05914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−1.4%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,078$1,043$958
Median household income$88,267$92,788$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored75

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
34
Annual payroll, 2023
$827K
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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough

Population, 2025 estimate
93,972−1.4% since 2020
Households
36,359
Median age
35.0
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
7,335 sq. mi.
People per square mile
13
Median household income
$88,267+14.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$112,548
Median home value
$298,200
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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK?

There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Fairbanks North Star Borough as of September 2026. 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 Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $39.2M a year, or $1,078 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $19.6M 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 36,359 households in Fairbanks North Star Borough and national spending patterns by income.

How does Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Fairbanks North Star Borough 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, Fairbanks North Star Borough would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,120 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK growing?

Population estimates put Fairbanks North Star Borough at 93,972 people in 2025, down 1.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 36,359 households. The median household income in Fairbanks North Star Borough is $88,267 a year, 9% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 14.6% 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. Fairbanks North Star Borough 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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