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Oil change and quick-lube shops in New Castle County, DE

How New Castle County, DE 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 #52 of 479 scored counties
The only scored county in Delaware

Listings
8
7 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$196.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $875 a household
Spending per listing
$24.5M
79% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
588,026
+3.0% 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

Households in New Castle County spend about $196.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $875 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $24.5M per shop, 79% 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.

There are 8 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in New Castle County as of September 2026. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in New Castle County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 22,417 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in New Castle County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.0%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). New Castle County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #52 of 479 scored counties and the only scored county in Delaware. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How New Castle County compares

The same measures for Delaware 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 New Castle County, DE compared with Delaware and the U.S.
MeasureNew Castle CountyDelawareU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.40.7
Spending per listing$24.5M$22.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment22,41725,12714,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/an/a+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+6.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$875$902$958
Median household income$91,166$84,954$80,734
Groundwork market score7176

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 10
Employees, 2023
74
Annual payroll, 2023
$3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
87 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
588,026+3.0% since 2020
Households
224,173
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
426 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,356
Median household income
$91,166+23.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$120,517
Median home value
$352,200
Jobs located here
298,174
Daytime population
607,117Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in New Castle County

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in New Castle County, DE?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 oil change and quick-lube shops in New Castle County. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in New Castle County, DE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $196.2M a year, or $875 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $24.5M 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 224,173 households in New Castle County and national spending patterns by income.

How does New Castle County, DE compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

New Castle 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 $24.5M, 79% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, New Castle County would have about 14, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,417 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is New Castle County, DE growing?

Population estimates put New Castle County at 588,026 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,173 households. Median household income in New Castle County is $91,166, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 23.4%, 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. New Castle County scores 71 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #52 of 479 scored counties.

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