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Oil change and quick-lube shops in San Benito County, CA
How San Benito 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 1 chain location (100%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $29.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,448 a household
- Spending per listing
- $29.8M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 70,082
- +8.6% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in San Benito County. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households.
Households in San Benito County spend about $29.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,448 per household, 51% above the U.S. average. That works out to $29.8M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in San Benito County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.6M has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in San Benito County.
Population estimates put the population change in San Benito County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, San Benito County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How San Benito 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.
| Measure | San Benito County | California | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $29.8M | $20M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,685 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.0% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +8.6% | −0.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,448 | $1,122 | $958 |
| Median household income | $114,394 | $99,122 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 11 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $3.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in San Benito 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 San Benito County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 70,082+8.6% since 2020
- Households
- 20,561
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 1,389 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 48
- Median household income
- $114,394+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $143,684
- Median home value
- $793,400
- Jobs located here
- 17,302
- Daytime population
- 57,797Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in California
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Placer County, CA | 91 | 9 | 0.6 | $21.2M | +8.9% | #1 of 479 |
| 2Merced County, CA | 78 | 5 | 0.6 | $19.1M | +5.1% | #18 of 479 |
| 3San Joaquin County, CA | 78 | 16 | 0.7 | $18.7M | +5.5% | #19 of 479 |
| 4Riverside County, CA | 76 | 52 | 0.7 | $18.5M | +5.0% | #28 of 479 |
| 5Santa Barbara County, CA | 75 | 5 | 0.3 | $34.4M | −1.4% | #31 of 479 |
| 6Santa Clara County, CA | 75 | 28 | 0.4 | $28.4M | −0.9% | #32 of 479 |
| 7Monterey County, CA | 72 | 6 | 0.5 | $26.8M | −1.5% | #45 of 479 |
| 8El Dorado County, CA | 72 | 6 | 0.8 | $16.3M | +0.6% | #50 of 479 |
| 9San Mateo County, CA | 71 | 14 | 0.5 | $22.7M | −2.5% | #54 of 479 |
| 10Sonoma County, CA | 71 | 10 | 0.5 | $22.6M | −0.4% | #55 of 479 |
| San Benito County, CA | Not scored | 1 | 0.5 | $29.8M | +8.6% |
Other business types in San Benito County
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 care77
- Auto repair shops80
- Collision repair and body shops65
- Car washes and detailing89
- Tire shops65
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations97
- Insurance agencies73
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 San Benito County, CA?
There is 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings in San Benito County as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in San Benito County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in San Benito County, CA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $29.8M a year, or $1,448 per household. That is 51% above the U.S. average (an index of 151, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, it comes to $29.8M 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 20,561 households in San Benito County and national spending patterns by income.
How does San Benito County, CA compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
San Benito County has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, San Benito County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is San Benito County, CA growing?
Population estimates put San Benito County at 70,082 people in 2025, up 8.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 20,561 households. The median household income in San Benito County is $114,394 a year, 42% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.6% 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. San Benito County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
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