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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Forest City, NC area
How the Forest City, NC area compares with other small-town markets 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
- 2 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $25.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $954 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.5M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- 57% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,745
- +2.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $954 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the Forest City area spend about $25.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $8.5M per shop, 38% below 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 Forest City area has 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Forest City area in 2023. That is one for every 8,881 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Forest City area grew 2.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Forest City area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Forest City area compares
The same measures for North Carolina 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 | Forest City area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $8.5M | $11.6M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 8,881 | 12,977 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.1% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $954 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $51,410 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 30
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 32 chain locations
- 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 the Forest City 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 Forest City area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,745+2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 26,642
- Median age
- 44.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 565 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 115
- Median household income
- $51,410+20.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $72,230
- Median home value
- $201,800
- Jobs located here
- 19,241
- Daytime population
- 55,091Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 care45
- Auto repair shops47
- Collision repair and body shops53
- Car washes and detailing43
- Tire shops41
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations77
- Insurance agencies89
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 Forest City, NC area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Forest City area. 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 the Forest City, NC area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $25.4M a year, or $954 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $8.5M 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 26,642 households in the Forest City area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Forest City, NC area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Forest City area has 1.1 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $8.5M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Forest City area would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,881 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Forest City, NC area growing?
Population estimates put the Forest City area at 65,745 people in 2025, up 2.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,642 households. Median household income in the Forest City area is $51,410, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.7%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Forest City 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.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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