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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area
How the Fort Wayne, 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #100 of 290 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Indiana
- Listings
- 16
- 12 chain locations (75%)
- Official establishments
- 13
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $190.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,045 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.9M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 466,258
- +3.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Fort Wayne metro area comes to about $190.3M a year: $1,045 per household, 9% above the U.S. average. That is about $11.9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 13% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.
The Fort Wayne metro area has 16 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 75% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Fort Wayne metro area in 2023. That is one for every 14,011 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 the Fort Wayne metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Fort Wayne metro area grew 3.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fort Wayne metro area is 59 (upper middle), #100 of 290 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Indiana.
How the Fort Wayne metro area 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.
| Measure | Fort Wayne metro area | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11.9M | $12.9M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 14,011 | 12,516 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +44.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.9% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,045 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,213 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 59 | 47 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1612 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The 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 the Fort Wayne 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 Fort Wayne metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 466,258+3.9% since 2020
- Households
- 182,145
- Median age
- 37.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,361 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 335
- Median household income
- $71,213
- Average household income
- $93,321
- Median home value
- $214,100
- Jobs located here
- 229,223
- Daytime population
- 467,926Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Indiana market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fort Wayne metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | 71 | 6 | 0.5 | $21.5M | +0.1% | #42 of 290 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 61 | 71 | 0.8 | $13.4M | +2.7% | #89 of 290 |
| 2Fort Wayne, IN | 59 | 16 | 0.9 | $11.9M | +3.9% | #100 of 290 |
| 3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 58 | 77 | 0.9 | $11.7M | +5.4% | #108 of 290 |
| 4Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | 56 | 5 | 0.6 | $18.5M | +2.1% | #116 of 290 |
| 5Elkhart-Goshen, IN | 54 | 7 | 1.0 | $10.8M | +0.9% | #136 of 290 |
| 6Evansville, IN | 54 | 11 | 1.0 | $10.8M | +1.6% | #137 of 290 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 49 | 269 | 0.7 | $13M | 0.0% | #156 of 290 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 38 | 51 | 0.9 | $10.1M | +2.9% | #209 of 290 |
| 7Kokomo, IN | 20 | 7 | 2.0 | $5.2M | +0.4% | #274 of 290 |
Other business types in the Fort Wayne 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 care61
- Auto repair shops58
- Collision repair and body shops63
- Car washes and detailing73
- Tire shops68
- Oil change and quick lube59
- Gas stations41
- 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 the Fort Wayne, IN metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fort Wayne metro area. 12 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Fort Wayne, IN metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $190.3M a year, or $1,045 per household. That is 9% above the U.S. average (an index of 109, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.9M 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 182,145 households in the Fort Wayne metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fort Wayne, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Fort Wayne metro area 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 $11.9M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Fort Wayne metro area would have about 14, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,011 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fort Wayne, IN metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fort Wayne metro area at 466,258 people in 2025, up 3.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 182,145 households. Median household income in the Fort Wayne metro area is $71,213, 12% below 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 Fort Wayne metro area scores 59 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #100 of 290 scored metro areas.
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