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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Dalton, GA metro area
How the Dalton, 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $50.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $968 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.8M
- 22% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 147,819
- +3.5% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Dalton metro area spend about $50.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $968 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $16.8M per shop, 22% 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.
There are 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Dalton metro area as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Dalton metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 13,020 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Dalton metro area grew 3.5%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Dalton 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 Dalton 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.
| Measure | Dalton metro area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $16.8M | $13.1M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,020 | 11,742 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.1% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $968 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,846 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 26
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Dalton 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 Dalton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 147,819+3.5% since 2020
- Households
- 52,080
- Median age
- 37.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 69%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 635 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 227
- Median household income
- $67,846+39.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,684
- Median home value
- $208,800
- Jobs located here
- 67,757
- Daytime population
- 144,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →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 Dalton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gainesville, GA | 76 | 5 | 0.7 | $15.2M | +11.4% | #25 of 290 |
| 2Athens-Clarke County, GA | 71 | 5 | 0.6 | $16.5M | +3.9% | #44 of 290 |
| 3Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 59 | 137 | 0.6 | $15.8M | +5.9% | #98 of 290 |
| 4Warner Robins, GA | 58 | 7 | 0.9 | $10.5M | +8.2% | #110 of 290 |
| 5Savannah, GA | 52 | 15 | 0.9 | $9.4M | +8.1% | #148 of 290 |
| 6Columbus, GA-AL | 48 | 7 | 0.5 | $15.1M | −1.3% | #161 of 290 |
| 7Valdosta, GA | 42 | 6 | 1.1 | $8.2M | +3.3% | #195 of 290 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 35 | 24 | 1.0 | $9.1M | +5.3% | #222 of 290 |
| 8Macon-Bibb County, GA | 32 | 9 | 1.0 | $8.7M | +2.1% | #234 of 290 |
| 9Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 31 | 27 | 1.2 | $7.9M | +4.7% | #238 of 290 |
| Dalton, GA | Not scored | 3 | 0.6 | $16.8M | +3.5% |
Other business types in the Dalton 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 care53
- Auto repair shops52
- Collision repair and body shops51
- Car washes and detailing60
- Tire shops31
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations41
- Insurance agencies72
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 Dalton, GA metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Dalton metro area. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Dalton, GA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $50.4M a year, or $968 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $16.8M 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 52,080 households in the Dalton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Dalton, GA metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Dalton 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 $16.8M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Dalton metro area would have about 4, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,020 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Dalton, GA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Dalton metro area at 147,819 people in 2025, up 3.5% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,080 households. Median household income in the Dalton metro area is $67,846, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 39.9%, 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 Dalton 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 3.
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