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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Honolulu County, HI

How Honolulu County, HI 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #65 of 479 scored counties
The only scored county in Hawaii

Listings
8
7 chain locations (88%)
Official establishments
17
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$351.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,038 a household
Spending per listing
$44M
3.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.2
71% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
988,703
−2.3% 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 8 oil change and quick-lube shops in Honolulu County. Chain locations make up 88% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.2, 71% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Honolulu County comes to about $351.8M a year: $1,038 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That is about $44M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3.2 times 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 17 businesses with payroll in Honolulu County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 19,933 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Honolulu County declined 2.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Honolulu County scores 70 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #65 of 479 scored counties and the only scored county in Hawaii. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Honolulu County compares

The same measures for Hawaii 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 Honolulu County, HI compared with Hawaii and the U.S.
MeasureHonolulu CountyHawaiiU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.20.20.7
Spending per listing$44M$48.5M$13.7M
Households per official establishment19,93325,91914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.5%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.3%−1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,038$1,083$958
Median household income$106,195$100,389$80,734
Groundwork market score7073

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 17
Employees, 2023
186
Annual payroll, 2023
$7.6M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
87 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
26The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

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

Population, 2025 estimate
988,703−2.3% since 2020
Households
338,868
Median age
41.3
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
601 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,666
Median household income
$106,195+23.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$136,603
Median home value
$897,500
Jobs located here
441,980
Daytime population
1,039,068Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in Honolulu County

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in Honolulu County, HI?

There are 8 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Honolulu County as of September 2026. 7 of them (88%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Honolulu County, HI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $351.8M a year, or $1,038 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $44M 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 338,868 households in Honolulu County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Honolulu County has 0.2 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 71% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $44M, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Honolulu County would have about 26, against 8 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 19,933 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Honolulu County, HI growing?

Population estimates put Honolulu County at 988,703 people in 2025, down 2.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 338,868 households. The median household income in Honolulu County is $106,195 a year, 32% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 23.7% 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. Honolulu County scores 70 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #65 of 479 scored counties.

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