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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Anne Arundel County, MD

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in Anne Arundel County, MD, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #154 of 479 scored counties
#5 of 6 scored counties in Maryland

Listings
16
15 chain locations (94%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$229.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,022 a household
Spending per listing
$14.4M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
603,380
+1.7% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 oil change and quick-lube shops in Anne Arundel County. 15 of them (94%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Anne Arundel County comes to about $229.7M a year: $1,022 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $14.4M per shop, 4% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Anne Arundel County in 2023. That is one for every 14,983 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $500K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Anne Arundel County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Anne Arundel County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, Anne Arundel County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #154 of 479 scored counties and #5 of 6 scored counties in Maryland.

How Anne Arundel County compares

The same measures for Maryland 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 Anne Arundel County, MD compared with Maryland and the U.S.
MeasureAnne Arundel CountyMarylandU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.40.7
Spending per listing$14.4M$21.5M$13.7M
Households per official establishment14,98321,09814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+3.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+1.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,022$908$958
Median household income$124,911$103,678$80,734
Groundwork market score6062

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11 → 15
Employees, 2023
191
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1615 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
17The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$500K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Anne Arundel 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 Anne Arundel County

Population, 2025 estimate
603,380+1.7% since 2020
Households
224,748
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
415 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,442
Median household income
$124,911+23.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$156,835
Median home value
$467,900
Jobs located here
269,614
Daytime population
605,412Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Maryland

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The highest-scoring counties in Maryland for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Maryland, with Anne Arundel County marked.

Top counties in Maryland

Counties in Maryland ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Montgomery County, MD71120.3$29.4M+1.3%#51 of 479
2Harford County, MD6850.5$20.6M+2.0%#87 of 479
3Howard County, MD6870.6$18M+1.9%#88 of 479
4Prince George’s County, MD61170.5$18M+0.5%#145 of 479
5Anne Arundel County, MD60160.7$14.4M+1.7%#154 of 479
6Baltimore County, MD58150.5$18.9M−0.7%#173 of 479

Other business types in Anne Arundel County

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 Anne Arundel County, MD?

There are 16 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Anne Arundel County as of September 2026. 15 of them (94%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Anne Arundel County, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $229.7M a year, or $1,022 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $14.4M 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 224,748 households in Anne Arundel County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Anne Arundel County, MD compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Anne Arundel County has 0.7 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $14.4M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Anne Arundel County would have about 17, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,983 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Anne Arundel County, MD growing?

Population estimates put Anne Arundel County at 603,380 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,748 households. The median household income in Anne Arundel County is $124,911 a year, 55% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.9% 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. Anne Arundel County scores 60 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #154 of 479 scored counties.

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