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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area

How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #98 of 290 scored metro areas
#3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Georgia

Listings
137
110 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
201
+25.7% since 2019
Household spending a year
$2.2B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $935 a household
Spending per listing
$15.8M
15% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
6,482,182
+5.9% 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 $935 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area spend about $2.2B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $15.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 15% 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.

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 137 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 110 are chain locations, or 80%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area in 2023, up 25.7% from 2019. That is one for every 11,508 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 5 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area grew 5.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 59 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #98 of 290 scored metro areas and #3 of 10 scored metro areas based in Georgia.

How the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.70.7
Spending per listing$15.8M$13.1M$13.7M
Households per official establishment11,50811,74214,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+25.7%+14.1%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.9%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$935$923$958
Median household income$89,724$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score5945

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
201+25.7% over the period
Employees, 2023
1,777
Annual payroll, 2023
$66.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
137110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
158The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
5
Amount
$3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
6,482,182+5.9% since 2020
Households
2,313,055
Median age
38.2
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
8,784 sq. mi.
People per square mile
712
Median household income
$89,724
Average household income
$122,540
Median home value
$367,600
Jobs located here
2,999,529
Daytime population
6,397,894Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Georgia

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Georgia for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Georgia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Georgia

Metro areas in Georgia ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gainesville, GA7650.7$15.2M+11.4%#25 of 290
2Athens-Clarke County, GA7150.6$16.5M+3.9%#44 of 290
3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA591370.6$15.8M+5.9%#98 of 290
4Warner Robins, GA5870.9$10.5M+8.2%#110 of 290
5Savannah, GA52150.9$9.4M+8.1%#148 of 290
6Columbus, GA-AL4870.5$15.1M−1.3%#161 of 290
7Valdosta, GA4261.1$8.2M+3.3%#195 of 290
Chattanooga, TN-GA35241.0$9.1M+5.3%#222 of 290
8Macon-Bibb County, GA3291.0$8.7M+2.1%#234 of 290
9Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC31271.2$7.9M+4.7%#238 of 290

Other business types in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 137 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area. 110 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 201 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 25.7% from 2019.

How much do households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $2.2B a year, or $935 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 137 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $15.8M 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 2,313,055 households in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area has 0.6 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $15.8M, 15% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area would have about 158, against 137 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 11,508 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 25.7% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area at 6,482,182 people in 2025, up 5.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,313,055 households. Median household income in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area is $89,724, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell metro area scores 59 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #98 of 290 scored metro areas.

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