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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Kane County, IL
How Kane County, IL 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #137 of 479 scored counties
#2 of 18 scored counties in Illinois
- Listings
- 17
- 13 chain locations (76%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $225.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,220 a household
- Spending per listing
- $13.3M
- 3% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 525,757
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 oil change and quick-lube shops in Kane County. Of those, 13 are chain locations, or 76%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
At $1,220 per household (27% above the U.S. average), households in Kane County spend about $225.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $13.3M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 3% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Kane County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 13,193 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Kane County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Kane County is 62 (upper middle), #137 of 479 scored counties and #2 of 18 scored counties in Illinois.
How Kane County 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 | Kane County | Illinois | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $13.3M | $12.4M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,193 | 13,836 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.6% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,220 | $975 | $958 |
| Median household income | $103,163 | $83,390 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 34 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 93
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1713 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Kane 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 Kane County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 525,757+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 184,706
- Median age
- 39.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 519 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 996
- Median household income
- $103,163+29.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $131,975
- Median home value
- $327,000
- Jobs located here
- 219,275
- Daytime population
- 474,484Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Illinois market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Illinois for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Illinois, with Kane County marked.
Top counties in Illinois
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Will County, IL | 66 | 22 | 0.9 | $13.9M | +2.2% | #105 of 479 |
| 2Kane County, IL | 62 | 17 | 0.9 | $13.3M | +1.8% | #137 of 479 |
| 3Lake County, IL | 58 | 24 | 0.9 | $12.8M | +0.8% | #177 of 479 |
| 4DuPage County, IL | 57 | 25 | 0.7 | $15.8M | +0.3% | #186 of 479 |
| 5McHenry County, IL | 57 | 13 | 1.1 | $11.2M | +2.5% | #192 of 479 |
| 6Tazewell County, IL | 45 | 5 | 0.9 | $11.6M | −0.9% | #299 of 479 |
| 7Cook County, IL | 43 | 130 | 0.6 | $12.9M | −1.3% | #314 of 479 |
| 8Madison County, IL | 41 | 11 | 1.0 | $10.7M | −1.0% | #328 of 479 |
| 9St. Clair County, IL | 41 | 10 | 1.0 | $10.4M | −2.5% | #329 of 479 |
| 10Kankakee County, IL | 40 | 5 | 1.2 | $8.7M | −1.7% | #339 of 479 |
Other business types in Kane County
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 care55
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops64
- Car washes and detailing56
- Tire shops66
- Oil change and quick lube62
- Gas stations74
- Insurance agencies25
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 Kane County, IL?
There are 17 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Kane County as of September 2026. 13 of them (76%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in Kane County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $225.4M a year, or $1,220 per household. That is 27% above the U.S. average (an index of 127, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $13.3M 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 184,706 households in Kane County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kane County, IL compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Kane County 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 $13.3M, 3% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Kane County would have about 16, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,193 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is Kane County, IL growing?
Population estimates put Kane County at 525,757 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 184,706 households. The median household income in Kane County is $103,163 a year, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.9% 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. Kane County scores 62 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #137 of 479 scored counties.
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