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

How Manatee 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #232 of 479 scored counties
#20 of 31 scored counties in Florida

Listings
15
14 chain locations (93%)
Official establishments
11
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$149.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $846 a household
Spending per listing
$10M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
468,200
+16.6% 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 Manatee County spend about $149.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $846 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10M per shop, 27% 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 15 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Manatee County as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 93%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 11 businesses with payroll in Manatee County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 16,068 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Manatee County.

Population estimates put the population change in Manatee County from 2020 to 2025 at +16.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, Manatee County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #232 of 479 scored counties and #20 of 31 scored counties in Florida.

How Manatee 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 Manatee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureManatee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.7
Spending per listing$10M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment16,06816,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.6%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$846$835$958
Median household income$78,457$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5354

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10 → 11
Employees, 2023
125
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1514 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$2.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
468,200+16.6% since 2020
Households
176,747
Median age
48.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
743 sq. mi.
People per square mile
579
Median household income
$78,457+33.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,837
Median home value
$391,400
Jobs located here
145,644
Daytime population
393,187Residents 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 Manatee 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
20Manatee County, FL53150.8$10M+16.6%#232 of 479

Other business types in Manatee 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 Manatee County, FL?

As of September 2026, map listings count 15 oil change and quick-lube shops in Manatee County. 14 of them (93%) 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 Manatee County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $149.4M a year, or $846 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10M 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 176,747 households in Manatee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Manatee 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 $10M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Manatee County would have about 11, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,068 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Manatee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Manatee County at 468,200 people in 2025, up 16.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 176,747 households. Median household income in Manatee County is $78,457, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.0%, 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. Manatee County scores 53 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #232 of 479 scored counties.

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