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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Yuba City, CA metro area

How the Yuba City, CA 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 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #119 of 290 scored metro areas
#15 of 22 scored metro areas based in California

Listings
6
3 chain locations (50%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$72.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,164 a household
Spending per listing
$12M
13% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
187,478
+3.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Yuba City metro area. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 1.0 for every 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

At $1,164 per household (22% above the U.S. average), households in the Yuba City metro area spend about $72.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $12M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% 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.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Yuba City metro area in 2023. That is one for every 10,321 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $4.3M has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Yuba City metro area.

Population estimates show the Yuba City metro area grew 3.3% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Yuba City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 56 (upper middle): #119 of 290 scored metro areas and #15 of 22 scored metro areas based in California.

How the Yuba City metro area 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 Yuba City, CA metro area compared with California and the U.S.
MeasureYuba City metro areaCaliforniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.60.7
Spending per listing$12M$20M$13.7M
Households per official establishment10,32116,68514,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.3%−0.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,164$1,122$958
Median household income$78,179$99,122$80,734
Groundwork market score5661

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
6
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
63 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$4.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Yuba City 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 Yuba City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
187,478+3.3% since 2020
Households
61,927
Median age
36.9
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,235 sq. mi.
People per square mile
149
Median household income
$78,179+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,808
Median home value
$424,200
Jobs located here
48,001
Daytime population
155,297Residents 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 metro areas in California for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in California, with the Yuba City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in California

Metro areas in California ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Merced, CA8050.6$19.1M+5.1%#9 of 290
2Stockton-Lodi, CA78160.7$18.7M+5.5%#15 of 290
3Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA7750.3$34.4M−1.4%#17 of 290
4San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA76290.4$28.5M−0.6%#21 of 290
5Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA76560.6$17.7M+3.2%#23 of 290
6Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA74970.7$18.4M+3.5%#30 of 290
7Fresno, CA73240.6$16.9M+3.2%#34 of 290
8Salinas, CA7260.5$26.8M−1.5%#35 of 290
9Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA72100.5$22.6M−0.4%#37 of 290
10Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA712100.5$23.1M−2.6%#41 of 290
15Yuba City, CA5661.0$12M+3.3%#119 of 290

Other business types in the Yuba City metro area

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 the Yuba City, CA metro area?

There are 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Yuba City metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in the Yuba City, CA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $72.1M a year, or $1,164 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $12M 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 61,927 households in the Yuba City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Yuba City, CA metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Yuba City 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 $12M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Yuba City metro area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,321 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Yuba City, CA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Yuba City metro area at 187,478 people in 2025, up 3.3% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 61,927 households. The median household income in the Yuba City metro area is $78,179 a year, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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 Yuba City metro area scores 56 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #119 of 290 scored metro areas.

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