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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Pennington County, SD

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

Groundwork market score

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The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
2 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,158 a household
Spending per listing
$26.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
116,792
+6.6% 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 $1,158 per household (21% above the U.S. average), households in Pennington County spend about $53.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 2 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $26.8M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Pennington County has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Pennington County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 6,624 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Pennington County grew 6.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Pennington County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Pennington County compares

The same measures for South 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 Pennington County, SD compared with South Dakota and the U.S.
MeasurePennington CountySouth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.60.7
Spending per listing$26.8M$20.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment6,62416,61614,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.6%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,158$1,189$958
Median household income$74,517$75,081$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored79

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6 → 7
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
22 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Pennington 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 Pennington County

Population, 2025 estimate
116,792+6.6% since 2020
Households
46,370
Median age
41.0
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,777 sq. mi.
People per square mile
41
Median household income
$74,517+30.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,289
Median home value
$302,200
Jobs located here
59,416
Daytime population
120,445Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Pennington County

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Pennington County, SD?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in Pennington County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Pennington County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $53.7M a year, or $1,158 per household. That is 21% above the U.S. average (an index of 121, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $26.8M 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 46,370 households in Pennington County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Pennington County has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Pennington County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,624 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Pennington County, SD growing?

Population estimates put Pennington County at 116,792 people in 2025, up 6.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,370 households. Median household income in Pennington County is $74,517, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.6%, 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. Pennington 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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