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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area
The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #54 of 290 scored metro areas
#5 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 7
- 5 chain locations (71%)
- Official establishments
- 8
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $112.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $938 a household
- Spending per listing
- $16.1M
- 17% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 315,098
- +9.4% since 2020
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What this means
At $938 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area spend about $112.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $16.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 17% 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.
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area has 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 71% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.6, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area was 8 in 2023. That is one for every 14,972 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area grew 9.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is 68 (upper middle), #54 of 290 scored metro areas and #5 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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.
| Measure | Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $16.1M | $13.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,972 | 16,704 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $938 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $81,993 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8
- Employees, 2023
- 79
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 75 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 315,098+9.4% since 2020
- Households
- 119,773
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,968 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 152
- Median household income
- $81,993+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,705
- Median home value
- $364,100
- Jobs located here
- 125,751
- Daytime population
- 308,702Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Naples-Marco Island, FL | 76 | 7 | 0.4 | $20M | +10.6% | #22 of 290 |
| 2Port St. Lucie, FL | 74 | 10 | 0.5 | $17.6M | +16.0% | #31 of 290 |
| 3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | 69 | 14 | 0.5 | $17.2M | +19.8% | #50 of 290 |
| 4Gainesville, FL | 68 | 6 | 0.4 | $19.2M | +5.4% | #52 of 290 |
| 5Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | 68 | 7 | 0.6 | $16.1M | +9.4% | #54 of 290 |
| 6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 67 | 20 | 0.6 | $13.5M | +14.4% | #60 of 290 |
| 7Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 66 | 95 | 0.4 | $19.9M | +4.2% | #63 of 290 |
| 8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | 64 | 26 | 0.7 | $12.6M | +13.2% | #72 of 290 |
| 9Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 62 | 67 | 0.7 | $13.4M | +10.3% | #84 of 290 |
| 10Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | 59 | 8 | 0.9 | $9.7M | +15.7% | #101 of 290 |
Other business types in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area
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 care63
- Auto repair shops69
- Collision repair and body shops69
- Car washes and detailing36
- Tire shops64
- Oil change and quick lube68
- Gas stations60
- Insurance agencies78
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 the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $112.4M a year, or $938 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $16.1M 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 119,773 households in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin 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 $16.1M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area would have about 8, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,972 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area at 315,098 people in 2025, up 9.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 119,773 households. Median household income in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area is $81,993, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin metro area scores 68 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #54 of 290 scored metro areas.
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