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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Allen County, IN

How Allen County, IN 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #91 of 479 scored counties
#1 of 12 scored counties in Indiana

Listings
11
10 chain locations (91%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$160.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,025 a household
Spending per listing
$14.6M
6% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
402,329
+4.2% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Allen County comes to about $160.5M a year: $1,025 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 11 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $14.6M per shop, 6% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

There are 11 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Allen County as of September 2026. Of those, 10 are chain locations, or 91%, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.7 per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in Allen County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 17,397 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $572K have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Allen County.

Population estimates show Allen County grew 4.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Allen County is 68 (upper middle), #91 of 479 scored counties and #1 of 12 scored counties in Indiana. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Allen County compares

The same measures for Indiana 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 Allen County, IN compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureAllen CountyIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.80.7
Spending per listing$14.6M$12.9M$13.7M
Households per official establishment17,39712,51614,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+44.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,025$1,072$958
Median household income$70,737$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score6847

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 9
Employees, 2023
73
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1110 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
12The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$572K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
402,329+4.2% since 2020
Households
156,570
Median age
37.1
Homes lived in by their owners
69%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
657 sq. mi.
People per square mile
597
Median household income
$70,737+29.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,582
Median home value
$214,900
Jobs located here
204,663
Daytime population
410,535Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Indiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Indiana for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Indiana, with Allen County marked.

Top counties in Indiana

Counties in Indiana ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Allen County, IN68110.7$14.6M+4.2%#91 of 479
2Hamilton County, IN65151.1$11.3M+10.9%#114 of 479
3St. Joseph County, IN6450.5$21M+0.1%#118 of 479
4Johnson County, IN5771.1$10.5M+7.4%#193 of 479
5Elkhart County, IN5571.0$10.8M+0.9%#212 of 479
6Tippecanoe County, IN4850.7$14.9M+2.2%#264 of 479
7Porter County, IN4681.2$9.7M+1.6%#292 of 479
8Lake County, IN35211.1$9.5M+1.1%#366 of 479
9Marion County, IN35411.0$9.1M+1.6%#368 of 479
10Vanderburgh County, IN35101.3$7.5M+0.9%#373 of 479

Other business types in Allen County

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 Allen County, IN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 11 oil change and quick-lube shops in Allen County. 10 of them (91%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Allen County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $160.5M a year, or $1,025 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $14.6M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 156,570 households in Allen County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Allen County 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 $14.6M, 6% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Allen County would have about 12, against 11 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,397 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Allen County, IN growing?

Population estimates put Allen County at 402,329 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 156,570 households. Median household income in Allen County is $70,737, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.0%, 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. Allen County scores 68 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #91 of 479 scored counties.

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