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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #153 of 290 scored metro areas
#13 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
97
79 chain locations (81%)
Official establishments
90
+8.4% since 2019
Household spending a year
$1.1B
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $817 a household
Spending per listing
$11.2M
18% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
3,418,895
+7.3% 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 97 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area. 79 of them (81%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area spend about $1.1B a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $817 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That is about $11.2M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 18% 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 90 businesses with payroll in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 8.4% from 2019. That is one for every 14,781 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $2.5M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area.

Population estimates show the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area grew 7.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has a Groundwork market score of 50 (upper middle): #153 of 290 scored metro areas and #13 of 18 scored metro areas based in Florida.

How the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.60.7
Spending per listing$11.2M$13.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishment14,78116,70414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+8.4%+0.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.3%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$817$835$958
Median household income$74,392$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score5054

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
90+8.4% over the period
Employees, 2023
772
Annual payroll, 2023
$24.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
9779 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
79The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
3
Amount
$2.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
3,418,895+7.3% since 2020
Households
1,330,303
Median age
43.2
Homes lived in by their owners
68%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
2,516 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,314
Median household income
$74,392+34.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$105,527
Median home value
$345,100
Jobs located here
1,535,800
Daytime population
3,350,045Residents 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater 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
13Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL50970.7$11.2M+7.3%#153 of 290

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area?

There are 97 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area as of September 2026. 79 of them (81%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 90 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 8.4% from 2019.

How much do households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.1B a year, or $817 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 97 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.2M 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 1,330,303 households in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area has 0.7 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $11.2M, 18% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area would have about 79, against 97 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,781 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 8.4% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area at 3,418,895 people in 2025, up 7.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,330,303 households. The median household income in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area is $74,392 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 34.6% 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metro area scores 50 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #153 of 290 scored metro areas.

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