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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #122 of 290 scored metro areas
#12 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
18
16 chain locations (89%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$180.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $895 a household
Spending per listing
$10M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
544,949
+6.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area. 16 of them (89%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

At $895 per household (7% below the U.S. average), households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area spend about $180.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 18 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $10M per shop, 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 10 businesses with payroll in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 20,163 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $3M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is 56 (upper middle), #122 of 290 scored metro areas and #12 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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.

Oil change and quick lube in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.60.7
Spending per listing$10M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment20,16316,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$895$835$958
Median household income$75,967$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5654

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
71
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1816 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
544,949+6.5% since 2020
Households
201,632
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
1,669 sq. mi.
People per square mile
314
Median household income
$75,967+35.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,236
Median home value
$286,000
Jobs located here
205,446
Daytime population
517,822Residents 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 metro areas in Florida for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Naples-Marco Island, FL7670.4$20M+10.6%#22 of 290
2Port St. Lucie, FL74100.5$17.6M+16.0%#31 of 290
3Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL69140.5$17.2M+19.8%#50 of 290
4Gainesville, FL6860.4$19.2M+5.4%#52 of 290
5Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL6870.6$16.1M+9.4%#54 of 290
6Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL67200.6$13.5M+14.4%#60 of 290
7Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL66950.4$19.9M+4.2%#63 of 290
8North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL64260.7$12.6M+13.2%#72 of 290
9Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL62670.7$13.4M+10.3%#84 of 290
10Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL5980.9$9.7M+15.7%#101 of 290
12Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL56180.9$10M+6.5%#122 of 290

Other business types in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area

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 the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area?

There are 18 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area as of September 2026. 16 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $180.5M a year, or $895 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10M 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 201,632 households in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent 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 $10M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area would have about 13, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,163 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area at 544,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 201,632 households. The median household income in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area is $75,967 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.6% 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. The Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent metro area scores 56 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #122 of 290 scored metro areas.

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