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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Hernando County, FL

How Hernando County, FL 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 57 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #194 of 479 scored counties
#18 of 31 scored counties in Florida

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$70.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $853 a household
Spending per listing
$10.1M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
221,701
+13.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in Hernando County. All of them are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.8 for every 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

At $853 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Hernando County spend about $70.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $10.1M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 27% 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.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Hernando County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 20,619 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Hernando County grew 13.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Hernando County scores 57 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #194 of 479 scored counties and #18 of 31 scored counties in Florida.

How Hernando County 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 Hernando County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureHernando CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.7
Spending per listing$10.1M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment20,61916,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+13.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$853$835$958
Median household income$66,058$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5754

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 4
Employees, 2023
49
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
77 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
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
221,701+13.3% since 2020
Households
82,475
Median age
46.9
Homes lived in by their owners
83%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
473 sq. mi.
People per square mile
438
Median household income
$66,058+35.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,501
Median home value
$276,000
Jobs located here
51,235
Daytime population
179,810Residents 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 counties in Florida for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Hernando County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Osceola County, FL8050.4$25.9M+23.2%#6 of 479
2St. Johns County, FL7950.4$22.6M+25.0%#11 of 479
3St. Lucie County, FL7850.4$23.5M+21.4%#16 of 479
4Collier County, FL7470.4$20M+10.6%#38 of 479
5Sarasota County, FL70110.5$16.1M+10.0%#73 of 479
6Polk County, FL69140.5$17.2M+19.8%#79 of 479
7Palm Beach County, FL68230.4$21.8M+5.5%#86 of 479
8Lee County, FL67200.6$13.5M+14.4%#96 of 479
9Santa Rosa County, FL6671.0$10.6M+11.7%#108 of 479
10Lake County, FL65100.6$14.3M+18.1%#112 of 479
18Hernando County, FL5770.8$10.1M+13.3%#194 of 479

Other business types in Hernando County

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 Hernando County, FL?

Hernando County has 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 7 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Hernando County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $70.4M a year, or $853 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10.1M 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 82,475 households in Hernando County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Hernando County, FL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Hernando County has 0.8 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $10.1M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Hernando County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,619 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Hernando County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Hernando County at 221,701 people in 2025, up 13.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 82,475 households. The median household income in Hernando County is $66,058 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.3% 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. Hernando County scores 57 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #194 of 479 scored counties.

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