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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the St. George, UT metro area
How the St. George, UT 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 · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #78 of 290 scored metro areas
#1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Utah
- Listings
- 7
- 7 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 7
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $82.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,181 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.8M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 213,670
- +17.4% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in the St. George metro area. All of them are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the St. George metro area comes to about $82.4M a year: $1,181 per household, 23% above the U.S. average. That is about $11.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 14% 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 7 businesses with payroll in the St. George metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 9,969 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the St. George metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the St. George metro area grew 17.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, the St. George metro area has a Groundwork market score of 63 (upper middle): #78 of 290 scored metro areas and #1 of 4 scored metro areas based in Utah.
How the St. George metro area 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.
| Measure | St. George metro area | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11.8M | $10.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,969 | 8,999 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +4.2% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +17.4% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,181 | $1,224 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,632 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 46 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 7
- Employees, 2023
- 70
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 77 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
- 1
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the St. George 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 St. George metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 213,670+17.4% since 2020
- Households
- 69,786
- Median age
- 40.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 2,428 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 81
- Median household income
- $80,632+34.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $107,780
- Median home value
- $510,700
- Jobs located here
- 87,513
- Daytime population
- 200,923Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Utah market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Utah for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Utah, with the St. George metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1St. George, UT | 63 | 7 | 1.0 | $11.8M | +17.4% | #78 of 290 |
| 2Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | 56 | 31 | 1.5 | $8.7M | +14.5% | #123 of 290 |
| 3Ogden, UT | 53 | 26 | 1.2 | $10.5M | +5.3% | #140 of 290 |
| 4Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 46 | 50 | 1.1 | $10.3M | +3.8% | #174 of 290 |
Other business types in the St. George 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 care49
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops74
- Car washes and detailing43
- Tire shops61
- Oil change and quick lube63
- Gas stations75
- Insurance agencies41
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 St. George, UT metro area?
The St. George metro area has 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. 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 the St. George, UT metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $82.4M a year, or $1,181 per household. That is 23% above the U.S. average (an index of 123, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.8M 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 69,786 households in the St. George metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the St. George, UT metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The St. George metro area 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 $11.8M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the St. George metro area would have about 6, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,969 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the St. George, UT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the St. George metro area at 213,670 people in 2025, up 17.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 69,786 households. The median household income in the St. George metro area is $80,632 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.8% 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. The St. George metro area scores 63 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #78 of 290 scored metro areas.
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