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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Baxter County, AR

How Baxter County, AR 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$16.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $846 a household
Spending per listing
$8.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.0
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
42,982
+3.1% 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

At $846 per household (12% below the U.S. average), households in Baxter County spend about $16.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $8.2M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Baxter County as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in Baxter County, since they leave out counts under 3.

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

How Baxter County compares

The same measures for Arkansas 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 Baxter County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureBaxter CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.80.7
Spending per listing$8.2M$10.5M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,70914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+27.2%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.1%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$846$886$958
Median household income$48,452$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored28

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
21 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 Baxter 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 Baxter County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,982+3.1% since 2020
Households
19,348
Median age
51.0
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
554 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$48,452+14.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,486
Median home value
$174,600
Jobs located here
16,323
Daytime population
43,148Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Arkansas

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

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Benton County, AR54100.9$11.3M+16.0%#217 of 479
2Washington County, AR4990.9$10M+9.9%#262 of 479
3Craighead County, AR2761.4$6.5M+4.8%#422 of 479
4Pulaski County, AR26181.0$7.7M+1.3%#424 of 479
5Sebastian County, AR2191.7$5M+2.2%#442 of 479
Baxter County, ARNot scored21.0$8.2M+3.1%

Other business types in Baxter 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 Baxter County, AR?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in Baxter County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Baxter County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Baxter County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.4M a year, or $846 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $8.2M 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 19,348 households in Baxter County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Baxter 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 U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Baxter County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Baxter County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Baxter County at 42,982 people in 2025, up 3.1% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,348 households. Median household income in Baxter County is $48,452, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.7%, 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. Baxter 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.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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