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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Highlands County, FL
How Highlands 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 1 chain location (33%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $35.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $763 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.9M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.6
- 14% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 111,122
- +9.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in Highlands County. That is 0.6 per 10,000 households, 14% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Households in Highlands County spend about $35.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $763 per household, 20% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11.9M per shop, 13% 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Highlands County: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $737K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Highlands County.
Population estimates put the population change in Highlands County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Highlands County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Highlands 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.
| Measure | Highlands County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11.9M | $13.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 16,704 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $763 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,897 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- n/a
- Employees, 2023
- n/a
- Annual payroll, 2023
- n/a
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 31 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $737K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Highlands 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 Highlands County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 111,122+9.7% since 2020
- Households
- 46,879
- Median age
- 52.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 79%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 1,018 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $54,897+34.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,953
- Median home value
- $187,900
- Jobs located here
- 28,038
- Daytime population
- 94,243Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Florida market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Florida for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with Highlands County marked.
Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Osceola County, FL | 80 | 5 | 0.4 | $25.9M | +23.2% | #6 of 479 |
| 2St. Johns County, FL | 79 | 5 | 0.4 | $22.6M | +25.0% | #11 of 479 |
| 3St. Lucie County, FL | 78 | 5 | 0.4 | $23.5M | +21.4% | #16 of 479 |
| 4Collier County, FL | 74 | 7 | 0.4 | $20M | +10.6% | #38 of 479 |
| 5Sarasota County, FL | 70 | 11 | 0.5 | $16.1M | +10.0% | #73 of 479 |
| 6Polk County, FL | 69 | 14 | 0.5 | $17.2M | +19.8% | #79 of 479 |
| 7Palm Beach County, FL | 68 | 23 | 0.4 | $21.8M | +5.5% | #86 of 479 |
| 8Lee County, FL | 67 | 20 | 0.6 | $13.5M | +14.4% | #96 of 479 |
| 9Santa Rosa County, FL | 66 | 7 | 1.0 | $10.6M | +11.7% | #108 of 479 |
| 10Lake County, FL | 65 | 10 | 0.6 | $14.3M | +18.1% | #112 of 479 |
| Highlands County, FL | Not scored | 3 | 0.6 | $11.9M | +9.7% |
Other business types in Highlands 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 care47
- Auto repair shops49
- Collision repair and body shops63
- Car washes and detailing52
- Tire shops45
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations60
- Insurance agencies79
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 Highlands County, FL?
There are 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Highlands County as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Highlands County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Highlands County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $35.8M a year, or $763 per household. That is 20% below the U.S. average (an index of 80, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.9M 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 46,879 households in Highlands County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Highlands County, FL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Highlands County 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 $11.9M, 13% 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.
How fast is Highlands County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Highlands County at 111,122 people in 2025, up 9.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,879 households. The median household income in Highlands County is $54,897 a year, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.1% 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. Highlands County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
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