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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Carbon County, UT

How Carbon County, UT 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

Not scored

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

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,127 a household
Spending per listing
$4.6M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
20,680
+1.0% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Carbon County comes to about $9.2M a year: $1,127 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.6M per shop. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Carbon County has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in Carbon County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates show Carbon County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Carbon County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Carbon County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Carbon County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureCarbon CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.51.10.7
Spending per listing$4.6M$10.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,99914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+4.2%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.0%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,127$1,224$958
Median household income$58,377$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Carbon 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 Carbon County

Population, 2025 estimate
20,680+1.0% since 2020
Households
8,123
Median age
39.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,479 sq. mi.
People per square mile
14
Median household income
$58,377+14.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,548
Median home value
$228,500
Jobs located here
7,904
Daytime population
17,852Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Washington County, UT6471.0$11.8M+17.4%#123 of 479
2Weber County, UT59121.3$9.5M+5.8%#170 of 479
3Utah County, UT59311.5$8.5M+14.5%#171 of 479
4Davis County, UT53141.2$10.8M+4.8%#231 of 479
5Salt Lake County, UT44481.1$10M+2.9%#309 of 479
Carbon County, UTNot scored22.5$4.6M+1.0%

Other business types in Carbon 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 Carbon County, UT?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in Carbon County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Carbon County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Carbon County, UT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.2M a year, or $1,127 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $4.6M 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 8,123 households in Carbon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Carbon 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, Carbon County would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Carbon County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Carbon County at 20,680 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,123 households. Median household income in Carbon County is $58,377, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 14.1%, 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. Carbon 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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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Carbon County

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