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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Punta Gorda, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Punta Gorda, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 47 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #170 of 290 scored metro areas
#15 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
7
7 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$74M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $818 a household
Spending per listing
$10.6M
23% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
217,212
+15.5% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Punta Gorda metro area. All of them are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.8 per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Punta Gorda metro area comes to about $74M a year: $818 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $10.6M per shop, 23% 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 the Punta Gorda metro area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.2M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Punta Gorda metro area.

Population estimates show the Punta Gorda metro area grew 15.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Punta Gorda metro area has a Groundwork market score of 47 (lower middle): #170 of 290 scored metro areas and #15 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasurePunta Gorda metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.80.60.7
Spending per listing$10.6M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a16,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+15.5%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$818$835$958
Median household income$69,952$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score4754

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
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
2
Amount
$1.2M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
217,212+15.5% since 2020
Households
90,542
Median age
58.2
Homes lived in by their owners
84%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
295
Median household income
$69,952+35.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,474
Median home value
$328,900
Jobs located here
57,938
Daytime population
192,438Residents 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 Punta Gorda 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
15Punta Gorda, FL4770.8$10.6M+15.5%#170 of 290

Other business types in the Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda, FL metro area?

The Punta Gorda metro area 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. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Punta Gorda metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Punta Gorda, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $74M a year, or $818 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $10.6M 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 90,542 households in the Punta Gorda metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Punta Gorda, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Punta Gorda metro area 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 $10.6M, 23% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Punta Gorda metro area would have about 5, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Punta Gorda, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Punta Gorda metro area at 217,212 people in 2025, up 15.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 90,542 households. The median household income in the Punta Gorda metro area is $69,952 a year, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 35.8% 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 Punta Gorda metro area scores 47 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #170 of 290 scored metro areas.

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