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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Marquette County, MI

How Marquette County, MI 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 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$28.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,024 a household
Spending per listing
$14.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.7
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
68,064
+2.3% 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 $1,024 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Marquette County spend about $28.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $14.5M 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.

There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Marquette County as of September 2026. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Marquette County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 9,418 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Marquette County grew 2.3% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Marquette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Marquette County compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Marquette County, MI compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureMarquette CountyMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.71.30.7
Spending per listing$14.5M$7.8M$13.7M
Households per official establishment9,4187,82414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+7.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.3%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,024$1,022$958
Median household income$65,429$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored15

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$502K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Marquette 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 Marquette County

Population, 2025 estimate
68,064+2.3% since 2020
Households
28,255
Median age
40.4
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,809 sq. mi.
People per square mile
37
Median household income
$65,429+21.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$82,058
Median home value
$216,500
Jobs located here
24,514
Daytime population
66,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Michigan

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

Top counties in Michigan

Counties in Michigan ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston County, MI5860.8$16M+1.7%#175 of 479
2Allegan County, MI5851.1$10.9M+2.1%#182 of 479
3Ottawa County, MI53191.7$6.9M+3.9%#235 of 479
4Lapeer County, MI4451.4$8.3M+1.0%#311 of 479
5St. Clair County, MI3671.0$10.4M+0.1%#362 of 479
6Washtenaw County, MI35171.1$9.1M−0.4%#369 of 479
7Muskegon County, MI35152.2$4.6M+1.8%#376 of 479
8Grand Traverse County, MI3471.7$6.2M+1.4%#380 of 479
9Saginaw County, MI3370.9$11.1M−1.1%#382 of 479
10Monroe County, MI3391.4$7.9M+0.7%#385 of 479
Marquette County, MINot scored20.7$14.5M+2.3%

Other business types in Marquette 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 Marquette County, MI?

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in Marquette County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Marquette County, MI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $28.9M a year, or $1,024 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $14.5M 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 28,255 households in Marquette County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Marquette County, MI compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Marquette County has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,418 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Marquette County, MI growing?

Population estimates put Marquette County at 68,064 people in 2025, up 2.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,255 households. Median household income in Marquette County is $65,429, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.2%, 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. Marquette County 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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