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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area
How the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 2 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $42.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $966 a household
- Spending per listing
- $10.6M
- 23% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 110,619
- +10.3% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area comes to about $42.5M a year: $966 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $10.6M per shop, 23% 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $52K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +10.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro 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 | Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $10.6M | $11.6M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,977 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.3% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $966 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $86,080 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 42 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
- 1
- Amount
- $52K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 110,619+10.3% since 2020
- Households
- 44,013
- Median age
- 44.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 698 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 150
- Median household income
- $86,080+43.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,924
- Median home value
- $351,400
- Jobs located here
- 42,923
- Daytime population
- 109,477Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 9 | 0.4 | $24.7M | +7.5% | #11 of 290 |
| 2Raleigh-Cary, NC | 64 | 33 | 0.6 | $16.9M | +12.6% | #69 of 290 |
| 3Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 64 | 12 | 0.8 | $12.3M | +3.2% | #73 of 290 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 63 | 33 | 0.5 | $19.6M | +0.9% | #76 of 290 |
| 4Jacksonville, NC | 56 | 6 | 0.8 | $11.4M | +6.0% | #120 of 290 |
| 5Wilmington, NC | 56 | 23 | 1.2 | $8M | +15.9% | #124 of 290 |
| 6Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 54 | 94 | 0.9 | $10.9M | +10.1% | #135 of 290 |
| 7Greensboro-High Point, NC | 48 | 28 | 0.9 | $10.3M | +4.1% | #163 of 290 |
| 8Fayetteville, NC | 46 | 8 | 0.5 | $16M | +1.6% | #173 of 290 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 44 | 7 | 0.9 | $8.7M | +5.4% | #183 of 290 |
| Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC | Not scored | 4 | 0.9 | $10.6M | +10.3% |
Other business types in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 care81
- Auto repair shops73
- Collision repair and body shops83
- Car washes and detailing83
- Tire shops81
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations62
- Insurance agencies91
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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $42.5M a year, or $966 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 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 44,013 households in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area has 0.9 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $10.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area would have about 3, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is the Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area at 110,619 people in 2025, up 10.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,013 households. Median household income in the Pinehurst-Southern Pines metro area is $86,080, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 43.6%, 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 Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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 4.
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