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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Denver County, CO
How Denver County, CO 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 #56 of 479 scored counties
#3 of 10 scored counties in Colorado
- Listings
- 14
- 12 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $296.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $884 a household
- Spending per listing
- $21.2M
- 54% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.4
- 43% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 740,613
- +3.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Denver County comes to about $296.4M a year: $884 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $21.2M per shop, 54% 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.
Denver County has 14 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (86%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.4, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Denver County in 2023. That is one for every 25,802 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3.2M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Denver County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Denver County grew 3.2%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, Denver County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #56 of 479 scored counties and #3 of 10 scored counties in Colorado. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Denver County compares
The same measures for Colorado 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 | Denver County | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $21.2M | $18.6M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 25,802 | 14,389 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −2.4% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $884 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $94,718 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 67 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 12 → 13
- Employees, 2023
- 123
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 22The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $3.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Denver 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 Denver County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 740,613+3.2% since 2020
- Households
- 335,428
- Median age
- 36.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 49%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 153 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4,696
- Median household income
- $94,718+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $136,552
- Median home value
- $616,000
- Jobs located here
- 557,999
- Daytime population
- 911,038Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Weld County, CO | 82 | 5 | 0.4 | $31.1M | +14.2% | #3 of 479 |
| 2El Paso County, CO | 80 | 18 | 0.6 | $18.1M | +3.2% | #8 of 479 |
| 3Denver County, CO | 71 | 14 | 0.4 | $21.2M | +3.2% | #56 of 479 |
| 4Adams County, CO | 71 | 12 | 0.6 | $18.7M | +6.6% | #59 of 479 |
| 5Arapahoe County, CO | 70 | 17 | 0.7 | $16.5M | +2.8% | #72 of 479 |
| 6Larimer County, CO | 64 | 12 | 0.8 | $14.7M | +4.8% | #122 of 479 |
| 7Jefferson County, CO | 56 | 19 | 0.8 | $14.6M | −0.5% | #197 of 479 |
| 8Boulder County, CO | 54 | 9 | 0.7 | $16.4M | −0.7% | #214 of 479 |
| 9Mesa County, CO | 50 | 6 | 0.9 | $12M | +4.4% | #252 of 479 |
| 10Pueblo County, CO | 48 | 5 | 0.7 | $14.1M | +0.6% | #266 of 479 |
Other business types in Denver 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 care68
- Auto repair shops65
- Collision repair and body shops62
- Car washes and detailing71
- Tire shops64
- Oil change and quick lube71
- Gas stations66
- Insurance agencies27
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 Denver County, CO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 oil change and quick-lube shops in Denver County. 12 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in Denver County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $296.4M a year, or $884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $21.2M 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 335,428 households in Denver County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Denver County, CO compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Denver County has 0.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $21.2M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Denver County would have about 22, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 25,802 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is Denver County, CO growing?
Population estimates put Denver County at 740,613 people in 2025, up 3.2% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 335,428 households. Median household income in Denver County is $94,718, 17% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.1%, 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. Denver County scores 71 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #56 of 479 scored counties.
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