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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 67 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #60 of 290 scored metro areas
#6 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
20
15 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$270.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $824 a household
Spending per listing
$13.5M
2% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.6
14% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
875,607
+14.4% 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 the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area comes to about $270.1M a year: $824 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $13.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 2% below 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 20 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 15 are chain locations, or 75%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area in 2023. That is one for every 29,800 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area has a Groundwork market score of 67 (upper middle): #60 of 290 scored metro areas and #6 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureCape Coral-Fort Myers metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.60.60.7
Spending per listing$13.5M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment29,80016,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+14.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$824$835$958
Median household income$76,107$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score6754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
11
Employees, 2023
134
Annual payroll, 2023
$6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2015 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
20The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$2.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
875,607+14.4% since 2020
Households
327,803
Median age
48.0
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
781 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,047
Median household income
$76,107+31.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,469
Median home value
$362,200
Jobs located here
293,056
Daytime population
793,827Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Naples-Marco Island, FL7670.4$20M+10.6%#22 of 290
2Port St. Lucie, FL74100.5$17.6M+16.0%#31 of 290
3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL69140.5$17.2M+19.8%#50 of 290
4Gainesville, FL6860.4$19.2M+5.4%#52 of 290
5Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL6870.6$16.1M+9.4%#54 of 290
6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL67200.6$13.5M+14.4%#60 of 290
7Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL66950.4$19.9M+4.2%#63 of 290
8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL64260.7$12.6M+13.2%#72 of 290
9Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL62670.7$13.4M+10.3%#84 of 290
10Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL5980.9$9.7M+15.7%#101 of 290

Other business types in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 20 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area. 15 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $270.1M a year, or $824 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $13.5M 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 327,803 households in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area 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 $13.5M, 2% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,800 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area at 875,607 people in 2025, up 14.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 327,803 households. Median household income in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area is $76,107, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.6%, 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 Cape Coral-Fort Myers metro area scores 67 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #60 of 290 scored metro areas.

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