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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Howard County, AR
How Howard 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 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $4.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $885 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.0
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 12,306
- −3.6% since 2020
See the oil change and quick-lube shops around any address in Howard County
The site report maps the oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings near the address, by name and distance, and sizes the households and spending around it. Or open the report at the center of Howard County. Signed out, you see a blurred preview; on an account, each report is one action.
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Howard County comes to about $4.5M a year: $885 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.
Howard County has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.0 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in Howard County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at −3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, Howard County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Howard 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.
| Measure | Howard County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4.5M | $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 | −3.6% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $885 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $45,603 | $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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 0The 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 Howard 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 Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 12,306−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 5,098
- Median age
- 38.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 587 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 21
- Median household income
- $45,603+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $62,719
- Median home value
- $153,900
- Jobs located here
- 6,243
- Daytime population
- 13,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Howard County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings by name and distance.
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Every Arkansas market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Arkansas for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Arkansas, with Howard County marked.
Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Benton County, AR | 54 | 10 | 0.9 | $11.3M | +16.0% | #217 of 479 |
| 2Washington County, AR | 49 | 9 | 0.9 | $10M | +9.9% | #262 of 479 |
| 3Craighead County, AR | 27 | 6 | 1.4 | $6.5M | +4.8% | #422 of 479 |
| 4Pulaski County, AR | 26 | 18 | 1.0 | $7.7M | +1.3% | #424 of 479 |
| 5Sebastian County, AR | 21 | 9 | 1.7 | $5M | +2.2% | #442 of 479 |
| Howard County, AR | Not scored | 1 | 2.0 | $4.5M | −3.6% |
Other business types in Howard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Howard County, AR?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in Howard County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Howard County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Howard County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4.5M a year, or $885 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 5,098 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, AR compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Howard County has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate.
How fast is Howard County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 12,306 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,098 households. Median household income in Howard County is $45,603, 44% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Howard County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Howard County. It maps the oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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