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Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops
Every U.S. metro area, small-town market and county, ranked by the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops. The score weighs household spending per shop, households per business, population growth and spending power.
- Listings in the U.S.
- 9,009
- 6,547 chain locations (73%)
- Official establishments
- 9,085
- +12.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $123.8B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- Spending per listing: $13.7M
A site report maps the oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings around the address by name and distance, and the spending within reach.
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What this means
There are 9,009 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the U.S. as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 73% of them. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the U.S. comes to about $123.8B a year: $958 per household. That is about $13.7M of household spending for each shop on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.
In 2023, official counts showed 9,085 businesses with payroll in the U.S. classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 12.1% from 2019. They employ 77,250 people, with $2.7B in annual payroll.
The Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area has the highest market score for oil change and quick-lube shops among 290 scored metro areas, at 87. In the 10 highest-scoring metro areas, the median spending per shop is 55% above the U.S. figure, and the median rate of listings per household is 21% below the U.S. rate.
Top markets
These tables (CSV)Ranked by the Groundwork market score, which weighs household spending per competitor, households per business with payroll, population growth and spending power against every other market of the same kind. How the score works.
Top metro areas of 1 million people or more
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 83 | 114 | 0.6 | $17.5M | +7.3% |
| 18Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 77 | 67 | 0.5 | $19.9M | +4.1% |
| 21San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 76 | 29 | 0.4 | $28.5M | −0.6% |
| 23Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 76 | 56 | 0.6 | $17.7M | +3.2% |
| 26Tucson, AZ | 75 | 16 | 0.4 | $26.2M | +2.8% |
| 30Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 74 | 97 | 0.7 | $18.4M | +3.5% |
| 32Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 73 | 44 | 0.5 | $18.9M | +5.8% |
| 34Fresno, CA | 73 | 24 | 0.6 | $16.9M | +3.2% |
| 36Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 88 | 0.4 | $24.3M | +3.3% |
| 38Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 84 | 0.6 | $19.2M | +2.6% |
| 41Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 71 | 210 | 0.5 | $23.1M | −2.6% |
| 43Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 71 | 95 | 0.6 | $18M | +3.3% |
| 45Urban Honolulu, HI | 70 | 8 | 0.2 | $44M | −2.3% |
| 47Columbus, OH | 70 | 59 | 0.7 | $15.4M | +4.7% |
| 58San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 67 | 70 | 0.6 | $18.9M | −0.6% |
Top 50 metro areas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sioux Falls, SD-MN | 87 | 8 | 0.7 | $17.6M | +9.5% |
| 2Omaha, NE-IA | 85 | 15 | 0.4 | $28.7M | +4.2% |
| 3Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 84 | 17 | 0.6 | $19.5M | +6.7% |
| 4Anchorage, AK | 83 | 6 | 0.4 | $27.4M | +1.9% |
| 5Fargo, ND-MN | 83 | 5 | 0.5 | $22.9M | +7.7% |
| 6Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 83 | 114 | 0.6 | $17.5M | +7.3% |
| 7Greeley, CO | 82 | 5 | 0.4 | $31.1M | +14.2% |
| 8Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA | 81 | 5 | 0.5 | $25.7M | +2.7% |
| 9Merced, CA | 80 | 5 | 0.6 | $19.1M | +5.1% |
| 10Colorado Springs, CO | 80 | 20 | 0.7 | $17.1M | +3.1% |
| 11Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 9 | 0.4 | $24.7M | +7.5% |
| 12Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 79 | 6 | 0.6 | $15.9M | +14.8% |
| 13Cedar Rapids, IA | 78 | 6 | 0.5 | $21.4M | +1.0% |
| 14Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 78 | 6 | 0.5 | $20.4M | +6.5% |
| 15Stockton-Lodi, CA | 78 | 16 | 0.7 | $18.7M | +5.5% |
| 16Coeur d’Alene, ID | 78 | 5 | 0.7 | $16.8M | +11.0% |
| 17Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | 77 | 5 | 0.3 | $34.4M | −1.4% |
| 18Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 77 | 67 | 0.5 | $19.9M | +4.1% |
| 19Waterbury-Shelton, CT | 76 | 5 | 0.3 | $31.8M | +3.2% |
| 20Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | 76 | 10 | 0.3 | $31M | +3.0% |
| 21San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 76 | 29 | 0.4 | $28.5M | −0.6% |
| 22Naples-Marco Island, FL | 76 | 7 | 0.4 | $20M | +10.6% |
| 23Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 76 | 56 | 0.6 | $17.7M | +3.2% |
| 24Reno, NV | 76 | 15 | 0.7 | $16.7M | +5.0% |
| 25Gainesville, GA | 76 | 5 | 0.7 | $15.2M | +11.4% |
| 26Tucson, AZ | 75 | 16 | 0.4 | $26.2M | +2.8% |
| 27Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | 75 | 17 | 0.5 | $20M | +3.7% |
| 28Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 74 | 8 | 0.3 | $28.8M | +3.0% |
| 29York-Hanover, PA | 74 | 9 | 0.5 | $19.5M | +3.6% |
| 30Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 74 | 97 | 0.7 | $18.4M | +3.5% |
| 31Port St. Lucie, FL | 74 | 10 | 0.5 | $17.6M | +16.0% |
| 32Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 73 | 44 | 0.5 | $18.9M | +5.8% |
| 33Topeka, KS | 73 | 6 | 0.6 | $17.7M | +0.1% |
| 34Fresno, CA | 73 | 24 | 0.6 | $16.9M | +3.2% |
| 35Salinas, CA | 72 | 6 | 0.5 | $26.8M | −1.5% |
| 36Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 88 | 0.4 | $24.3M | +3.3% |
| 37Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 72 | 10 | 0.5 | $22.6M | −0.4% |
| 38Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 84 | 0.6 | $19.2M | +2.6% |
| 39Trenton-Princeton, NJ | 71 | 5 | 0.3 | $24.5M | +3.3% |
| 40Lancaster, PA | 71 | 8 | 0.4 | $24.2M | +1.9% |
| 41Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 71 | 210 | 0.5 | $23.1M | −2.6% |
| 42South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 71 | 6 | 0.5 | $21.5M | +0.1% |
| 43Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 71 | 95 | 0.6 | $18M | +3.3% |
| 44Athens-Clarke County, GA | 71 | 5 | 0.6 | $16.5M | +3.9% |
| 45Urban Honolulu, HI | 70 | 8 | 0.2 | $44M | −2.3% |
| 46Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 70 | 10 | 0.4 | $21.9M | +4.2% |
| 47Columbus, OH | 70 | 59 | 0.7 | $15.4M | +4.7% |
| 48Wichita, KS | 70 | 22 | 0.9 | $12.9M | +2.4% |
| 49Vallejo, CA | 69 | 9 | 0.6 | $21.6M | +0.6% |
| 50Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 69 | 14 | 0.5 | $17.2M | +19.8% |
Too few small-town markets have 5 or more oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings to rank them against each other.
Top 25 counties
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 91 | 9 | 0.6 | $21.2M | +8.9% |
| 2Pinal County, AZ | 90 | 9 | 0.6 | $19.8M | +25.4% |
| 3Weld County, CO | 82 | 5 | 0.4 | $31.1M | +14.2% |
| 4Kitsap County, WA | 81 | 5 | 0.5 | $25.7M | +2.7% |
| 5Chester County, PA | 81 | 9 | 0.4 | $23.4M | +4.2% |
| 6Osceola County, FL | 80 | 5 | 0.4 | $25.9M | +23.2% |
| 7Polk County, IA | 80 | 11 | 0.5 | $20.1M | +4.8% |
| 8El Paso County, CO | 80 | 18 | 0.6 | $18.1M | +3.2% |
| 9Maricopa County, AZ | 80 | 105 | 0.6 | $17.3M | +5.5% |
| 10Suffolk County, NY | 79 | 17 | 0.3 | $31.4M | +1.6% |
| 11St. Johns County, FL | 79 | 5 | 0.4 | $22.6M | +25.0% |
| 12Prince William County, VA | 79 | 8 | 0.5 | $21.8M | +4.2% |
| 13Burlington County, NJ | 79 | 8 | 0.5 | $21.8M | +4.3% |
| 14Minnehaha County, SD | 79 | 6 | 0.7 | $15.4M | +7.6% |
| 15Fairfield County, OH | 79 | 5 | 0.8 | $14.7M | +6.5% |
| 16St. Lucie County, FL | 78 | 5 | 0.4 | $23.5M | +21.4% |
| 17Somerset County, NJ | 78 | 6 | 0.5 | $22.4M | +3.5% |
| 18Merced County, CA | 78 | 5 | 0.6 | $19.1M | +5.1% |
| 19San Joaquin County, CA | 78 | 16 | 0.7 | $18.7M | +5.5% |
| 20Kootenai County, ID | 78 | 5 | 0.7 | $16.8M | +11.0% |
| 21Ocean County, NJ | 77 | 9 | 0.4 | $24.5M | +5.6% |
| 22Warren County, OH | 77 | 6 | 0.7 | $19.6M | +5.7% |
| 23Lorain County, OH | 77 | 8 | 0.6 | $17.1M | +3.1% |
| 24Delaware County, OH | 77 | 7 | 0.9 | $15M | +12.5% |
| 25Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT | 76 | 5 | 0.3 | $31.8M | +3.2% |
Scored: 290 metro areas, 0 small-town markets and 479 counties, each with at least 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings (counties: 10,000 people or more). Spending per listing is all household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs over the listings: demand for each competitor, not revenue. Each market has its own page, reached from its state below.
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Oil change and quick lube by state
Every market in each state ranked, with the state’s highest-scoring metro area.
- AlabamaTop metro area: Daphne-Fairhope-Foley metro area · 79
- AlaskaTop metro area: Anchorage metro area · 83
- ArizonaTop metro area: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler metro area · 83
- ArkansasTop metro area: Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metro area · 54
- CaliforniaTop metro area: Merced metro area · 80
- ColoradoTop metro area: Greeley metro area · 82
- ConnecticutTop metro area: Waterbury-Shelton metro area · 76
- DelawareNo scored metro area
- District of ColumbiaTop metro area: Washington-Arlington-Alexandria metro area · 72
- FloridaTop metro area: Naples-Marco Island metro area · 76
- GeorgiaTop metro area: Gainesville metro area · 76
- HawaiiTop metro area: Urban Honolulu metro area · 70
- IdahoTop metro area: Coeur d’Alene metro area · 78
- IllinoisTop metro area: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area · 49
- IndianaTop metro area: South Bend-Mishawaka metro area · 71
- IowaTop metro area: Des Moines-West Des Moines metro area · 84
- KansasTop metro area: Topeka metro area · 73
- KentuckyTop metro area: Bowling Green metro area · 64
- LouisianaTop metro area: Baton Rouge metro area · 47
- MaineTop metro area: Portland-South Portland metro area · 62
- MarylandTop metro area: Hagerstown-Martinsburg metro area · 68
- MassachusettsTop metro area: Worcester metro area · 67
- MichiganTop metro area: Traverse City metro area · 42
- MinnesotaTop metro area: Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metro area · 72
- MississippiTop metro area: Hattiesburg metro area · 44
- MissouriTop metro area: Jefferson City metro area · 69
- MontanaTop metro area: Billings metro area · 58
- NebraskaTop metro area: Omaha metro area · 85
- NevadaTop metro area: Reno metro area · 76
- New HampshireTop metro area: Manchester-Nashua metro area · 59
- New JerseyTop metro area: Trenton-Princeton metro area · 71
- New MexicoTop metro area: Las Cruces metro area · 59
- New YorkTop metro area: Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro area · 74
- North CarolinaTop metro area: Durham-Chapel Hill metro area · 79
- North DakotaTop metro area: Fargo metro area · 83
- OhioTop metro area: Columbus metro area · 70
- OklahomaTop metro area: Tulsa metro area · 40
- OregonTop metro area: Eugene-Springfield metro area · 62
- PennsylvaniaTop metro area: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton metro area · 76
- Rhode IslandTop metro area: Providence-Warwick metro area · 54
- South CarolinaTop metro area: Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area · 64
- South DakotaTop metro area: Sioux Falls metro area · 87
- TennesseeTop metro area: Johnson City metro area · 60
- TexasTop metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area · 56
- UtahTop metro area: St. George metro area · 63
- VermontNo scored metro area
- VirginiaTop metro area: Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area · 63
- WashingtonTop metro area: Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard metro area · 81
- West VirginiaTop metro area: Wheeling metro area · 24
- WisconsinTop metro area: Racine-Mount Pleasant metro area · 64
- WyomingNo scored metro area
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Questions
Which metro areas have the highest market score for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The top 5 are Sioux Falls, SD-MN (87); Omaha, NE-IA (85); Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA (84); Anchorage, AK (83); and Fargo, ND-MN (83). The score compares each of 290 scored metro areas with the others for oil change and quick-lube shops.
How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the U.S.?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9,009 oil change and quick-lube shops in the U.S. 6,547 of them (73%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 9,085 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 12.1% from 2019.
How much do U.S. households spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $123.8B a year, or $958 per household. Spread across the 9,009 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $13.7M 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 129,209,336 households in the U.S. and national spending patterns by income.
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. Markets with fewer than 5 map listings of the type, and counties under 10,000 people, aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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