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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area
How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compares with other metro areas 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #175 of 290 scored metro areas
#16 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida
- Listings
- 24
- 14 chain locations (58%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $223.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9.3M
- 32% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 663,982
- +9.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $868 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area spend about $223.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $9.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 32% 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.
The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 24 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 14 are chain locations, or 58%, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area in 2023. That is one for every 14,316 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $415K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is 46 (lower middle), #175 of 290 scored metro areas and #16 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida.
How the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $9.3M | $13.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,316 | 16,704 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +0.8% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.1% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $868 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $78,476 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 18
- Employees, 2023
- 118
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2414 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $415K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 663,982+9.1% since 2020
- Households
- 257,695
- Median age
- 46.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,015 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 623
- Median household income
- $78,476+38.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,213
- Median home value
- $339,600
- Jobs located here
- 240,501
- Daytime population
- 606,489Residents 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 |
| 16Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | 46 | 24 | 0.9 | $9.3M | +9.1% | #175 of 290 |
Other business types in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville 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 care49
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops66
- Car washes and detailing32
- Tire shops51
- Oil change and quick lube46
- Gas stations59
- Insurance agencies73
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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 24 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area. 14 of them (58%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $223.7M a year, or $868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 24 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $9.3M 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 257,695 households in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area has 0.9 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $9.3M, 32% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area would have about 16, against 24 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,316 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area at 663,982 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 257,695 households. Median household income in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area is $78,476, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.2%, 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville metro area scores 46 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #175 of 290 scored metro areas.
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