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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Hot Springs, AR metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Hot Springs, AR metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $860 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.4M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 99,695
- −0.6% since 2020
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What this means
At $860 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Hot Springs metro area spend about $37.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $9.4M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% below 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 the Hot Springs metro area as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in the Hot Springs metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Hot Springs metro area declined 0.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Hot Springs metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Hot Springs metro area 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.
| Measure | Hot Springs metro area | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $9.4M | $10.5M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 11,709 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +27.2% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $860 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,181 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 28 |
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
- 42 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 the Hot Springs metro area, 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 the Hot Springs metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 99,695−0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 43,667
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 678 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 148
- Median household income
- $57,181+27.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $77,414
- Median home value
- $194,300
- Jobs located here
- 38,998
- Daytime population
- 100,390Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arkansas for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Hot Springs metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 54 | 19 | 0.9 | $11M | +13.1% | #134 of 290 |
| 2Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 38 | 26 | 0.8 | $10.5M | +3.8% | #208 of 290 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 29 | 44 | 0.8 | $10.4M | −0.3% | #243 of 290 |
| 3Jonesboro, AR | 24 | 6 | 1.1 | $7.5M | +3.6% | #264 of 290 |
| 4Fort Smith, AR-OK | 24 | 13 | 1.4 | $6.3M | +3.1% | #266 of 290 |
| Texarkana, TX-AR | 22 | 8 | 1.4 | $5.8M | −0.4% | #270 of 290 |
| Hot Springs, AR | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | $9.4M | −0.6% |
Other business types in the Hot Springs metro area
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 care20
- Auto repair shops16
- Collision repair and body shops8
- Car washes and detailing19
- Tire shops36
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations39
- Insurance agencies32
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 the Hot Springs, AR metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Hot Springs metro area. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Hot Springs metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Hot Springs, AR metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $37.5M a year, or $860 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $9.4M 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 43,667 households in the Hot Springs metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Hot Springs, AR metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Hot Springs metro area has 0.9 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $9.4M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Hot Springs metro area would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Hot Springs, AR metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Hot Springs metro area at 99,695 people in 2025, down 0.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,667 households. Median household income in the Hot Springs metro area is $57,181, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.7%, 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. The Hot Springs metro area has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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