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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Fresno County, CA

How Fresno County, CA 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 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #63 of 479 scored counties
#12 of 31 scored counties in California

Listings
21
18 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
18
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$352.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,084 a household
Spending per listing
$16.8M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,035,456
+2.6% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Fresno County comes to about $352.1M a year: $1,084 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. That is about $16.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 22% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Fresno County has 21 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.6 for every 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Fresno County was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 18,039 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Fresno County.

Population estimates put the population change in Fresno County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Fresno County is 71 (upper middle), #63 of 479 scored counties and #12 of 31 scored counties in California. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Fresno County compares

The same measures for California 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 Fresno County, CA compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureFresno CountyCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.60.7
Spending per listing$16.8M$20M$13.7M
Households per official establishment18,03916,68514,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.6%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,084$1,122$958
Median household income$74,201$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score7161

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 18
Employees, 2023
165
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2118 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Fresno 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 Fresno County

Population, 2025 estimate
1,035,456+2.6% since 2020
Households
324,702
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
56%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
5,959 sq. mi.
People per square mile
171
Median household income
$74,201+37.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$100,641
Median home value
$388,800
Jobs located here
413,154
Daytime population
1,017,627Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across California

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

Top counties in California

Counties in California ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Placer County, CA9190.6$21.2M+8.9%#1 of 479
2Merced County, CA7850.6$19.1M+5.1%#18 of 479
3San Joaquin County, CA78160.7$18.7M+5.5%#19 of 479
4Riverside County, CA76520.7$18.5M+5.0%#28 of 479
5Santa Barbara County, CA7550.3$34.4M−1.4%#31 of 479
6Santa Clara County, CA75280.4$28.4M−0.9%#32 of 479
7Monterey County, CA7260.5$26.8M−1.5%#45 of 479
8El Dorado County, CA7260.8$16.3M+0.6%#50 of 479
9San Mateo County, CA71140.5$22.7M−2.5%#54 of 479
10Sonoma County, CA71100.5$22.6M−0.4%#55 of 479
12Fresno County, CA71210.6$16.8M+2.6%#63 of 479

Other business types in Fresno 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 Fresno County, CA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 oil change and quick-lube shops in Fresno County. 18 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Fresno County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $352.1M a year, or $1,084 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $16.8M 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 324,702 households in Fresno County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Fresno County has 0.6 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $16.8M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Fresno County would have about 26, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,039 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Fresno County, CA growing?

Population estimates put Fresno County at 1,035,456 people in 2025, up 2.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 324,702 households. Median household income in Fresno County is $74,201, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.5%, 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. Fresno County scores 71 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #63 of 479 scored counties.

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