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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area
How the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 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 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #156 of 290 scored metro areas
#1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois
- Listings
- 269
- 210 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 255
- +10.1% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $3.5B
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $956 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13M
- 6% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 9,434,123
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 269 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. Of those, 210 are chain locations, or 78%, 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.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area comes to about $3.5B a year: $956 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That is about $13M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 6% 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 255 businesses with payroll in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 10.1% from 2019. That is one for every 14,289 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 10 SBA-backed loans worth $6.8M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area held about level, against +3.1% for the U.S. For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #156 of 290 scored metro areas and #1 of 8 scored metro areas based in Illinois.
How the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area compares
The same measures for Illinois 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 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $13M | $12.4M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,289 | 13,836 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +10.1% | +15.6% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $956 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $90,887 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 255+10.1% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 2,330
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $74.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 269210 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 254The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 10
- Amount
- $6.8M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 9,434,1230.0% since 2020
- Households
- 3,643,783
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 66%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 6,923 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 1,354
- Median household income
- $90,887
- Average household income
- $125,950
- Median home value
- $323,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,599,202
- Daytime population
- 9,509,530Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Illinois for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Illinois (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 49 | 269 | 0.7 | $13M | 0.0% | #156 of 290 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 47 | 101 | 0.9 | $12M | −0.2% | #168 of 290 |
| 2Springfield, IL | 42 | 8 | 0.9 | $11.2M | −1.2% | #192 of 290 |
| 3Peoria, IL | 37 | 15 | 1.0 | $10.5M | −1.3% | #211 of 290 |
| 4Kankakee, IL | 37 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.7M | −1.7% | #214 of 290 |
| 5Bloomington, IL | 34 | 7 | 1.0 | $10.3M | +0.1% | #226 of 290 |
| 6Rockford, IL | 32 | 15 | 1.1 | $9M | −0.3% | #233 of 290 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 30 | 19 | 1.2 | $8.8M | −0.9% | #241 of 290 |
| 7Champaign-Urbana, IL | 29 | 10 | 1.0 | $9M | +1.5% | #245 of 290 |
| Paducah, KY-IL | 17 | 6 | 1.4 | $6.4M | −1.2% | #278 of 290 |
Other business types in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 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 care48
- Auto repair shops42
- Collision repair and body shops37
- Car washes and detailing56
- Tire shops62
- Oil change and quick lube49
- Gas stations52
- Insurance agencies14
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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area?
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area has 269 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 210 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 255 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 10.1% from 2019.
How much do households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.5B a year, or $956 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 269 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $13M 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 3,643,783 households in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin 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 $13M, 6% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area would have about 254, against 269 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,289 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 10.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area at 9,434,123 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 3,643,783 households. The median household income in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area is $90,887 a year, 13% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area scores 49 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #156 of 290 scored metro areas.
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