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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Montgomery County, TN

How Montgomery County, TN 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 · out of 100

Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #269 of 479 scored counties
#5 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
8
8 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$83.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $955 a household
Spending per listing
$10.5M
24% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
249,935
+13.0% 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 8 oil change and quick-lube shops in Montgomery County. All of them are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

At $955 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Montgomery County spend about $83.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 8 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $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.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in Montgomery County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 8,776 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +13.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Montgomery County scores 48 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #269 of 479 scored counties and #5 of 12 scored counties in Tennessee.

How Montgomery County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Montgomery County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureMontgomery CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.90.7
Spending per listing$10.5M$11.1M$13.7M
Households per official establishment8,77611,34214,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$955$944$958
Median household income$75,613$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score4838

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 10
Employees, 2023
394
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
88 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
6The 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 Montgomery 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 Montgomery County

Population, 2025 estimate
249,935+13.0% since 2020
Households
87,759
Median age
33.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
539 sq. mi.
People per square mile
434
Median household income
$75,613+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$91,158
Median home value
$280,200
Jobs located here
60,154
Daytime population
210,460Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumner County, TN6750.6$16.5M+9.2%#94 of 479
2Blount County, TN6150.9$11.6M+6.0%#149 of 479
3Williamson County, TN6080.9$13.2M+9.0%#156 of 479
4Wilson County, TN5661.0$10.5M+17.8%#205 of 479
5Montgomery County, TN4880.9$10.5M+13.0%#269 of 479
6Rutherford County, TN45141.1$9.3M+12.6%#303 of 479
7Davidson County, TN44220.7$12.3M+4.2%#306 of 479
8Sullivan County, TN43101.5$6.4M+3.5%#320 of 479
9Maury County, TN4371.7$5.9M+16.0%#321 of 479
10Knox County, TN36251.2$7.4M+6.5%#364 of 479

Other business types in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, TN?

Montgomery County has 8 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Montgomery County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $83.8M a year, or $955 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 8 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 87,759 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Montgomery County 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 $10.5M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Montgomery County would have about 6, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 8,776 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Montgomery County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Montgomery County at 249,935 people in 2025, up 13.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 87,759 households. The median household income in Montgomery County is $75,613 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. Montgomery County scores 48 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #269 of 479 scored counties.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Montgomery County

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