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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Grand Forks County, ND

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Grand Forks County, ND, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
3 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,004 a household
Spending per listing
$10.5M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
74,501
+1.9% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in Grand Forks County. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

At $1,004 per household (5% above the U.S. average), households in Grand Forks County spend about $31.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $10.5M per shop, 24% below 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 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Grand Forks County in 2023. That is one for every 7,824 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Grand Forks County grew 1.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Grand Forks County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grand Forks County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Grand Forks County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Forks CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.70.7
Spending per listing$10.5M$15.9M$13.7M
Households per official establishment7,82415,76514,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.9%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,004$1,154$958
Median household income$68,075$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
33 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 Grand Forks 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 Grand Forks County

Population, 2025 estimate
74,501+1.9% since 2020
Households
31,295
Median age
33.2
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,436 sq. mi.
People per square mile
51
Median household income
$68,075+26.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,591
Median home value
$252,700
Jobs located here
38,188
Daytime population
77,655Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Grand Forks County

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Grand Forks County, ND?

Grand Forks County has 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 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 Grand Forks County, ND spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $31.4M a year, or $1,004 per household. That is 5% above the U.S. average (an index of 105, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10.5M 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 31,295 households in Grand Forks County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Grand Forks County, ND compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Grand Forks County has 1.0 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $10.5M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Grand Forks County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,824 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Grand Forks County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Grand Forks County at 74,501 people in 2025, up 1.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,295 households. The median household income in Grand Forks County is $68,075 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 26.0% 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. Grand Forks County 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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