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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA 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 2.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$41.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $879 a household
Spending per listing
$20.7M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
118,524
+4.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

At $879 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area spend about $41.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $20.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area grew 4.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureBrunswick-St. Simons metro areaGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.70.7
Spending per listing$20.7M$13.1M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,74214,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+14.1%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.4%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$879$923$958
Median household income$66,623$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
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 the Brunswick-St. Simons 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 Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
118,524+4.4% since 2020
Households
47,209
Median age
44.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,294 sq. mi.
People per square mile
89
Median household income
$66,623+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,637
Median home value
$242,500
Jobs located here
42,696
Daytime population
112,115Residents 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 Brunswick-St. Simons 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
Brunswick-St. Simons, GANot scored20.4$20.7M+4.4%

Other business types in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area

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 the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $41.5M a year, or $879 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $20.7M 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 47,209 households in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Brunswick-St. Simons metro area 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, the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is the Brunswick-St. Simons, GA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area at 118,524 people in 2025, up 4.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 47,209 households. The median household income in the Brunswick-St. Simons metro area is $66,623 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. The Brunswick-St. Simons 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 2.

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