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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Bowling Green, KY metro area
How the Bowling Green, KY 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 64 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #75 of 290 scored metro areas
#1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $66.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $904 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 197,180
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Bowling Green metro area. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Households in the Bowling Green metro area spend about $66.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $904 per household, 6% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $11M per shop, 20% 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 the Bowling Green metro area was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 24,448 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $919K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Bowling Green metro area.
Population estimates show the Bowling Green metro area grew 9.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Bowling Green metro area is 64 (upper middle), #75 of 290 scored metro areas and #1 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky.
How the Bowling Green metro area compares
The same measures for Kentucky 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 | Bowling Green metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11M | $9.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 24,448 | 12,514 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $904 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $63,328 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 64 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 36
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $919K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Bowling Green 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 Bowling Green metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 197,180+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 73,344
- Median age
- 36.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,614 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $63,328+27.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,606
- Median home value
- $233,700
- Jobs located here
- 78,351
- Daytime population
- 187,870Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Kentucky market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Kentucky for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Kentucky (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Bowling Green metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Kentucky
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bowling Green, KY | 64 | 6 | 0.8 | $11M | +9.5% | #75 of 290 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 61 | 71 | 0.8 | $13.4M | +2.7% | #89 of 290 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 44 | 12 | 1.0 | $9.6M | +8.5% | #181 of 290 |
| 2Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 38 | 51 | 0.9 | $10.1M | +2.9% | #209 of 290 |
| 3Lexington-Fayette, KY | 30 | 21 | 1.0 | $8.8M | +3.4% | #240 of 290 |
| 4Elizabethtown, KY | 20 | 7 | 1.4 | $6.5M | +2.4% | #273 of 290 |
| 5Paducah, KY-IL | 17 | 6 | 1.4 | $6.4M | −1.2% | #278 of 290 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 13 | 20 | 1.3 | $6.6M | −2.6% | #284 of 290 |
Other business types in the Bowling Green 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 care57
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops57
- Car washes and detailing43
- Tire shops56
- Oil change and quick lube64
- Gas stations63
- Insurance agencies77
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 Bowling Green, KY metro area?
There are 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Bowling Green metro area as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Bowling Green, KY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $66.3M a year, or $904 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 73,344 households in the Bowling Green metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bowling Green, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Bowling Green metro area has 0.8 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $11M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Bowling Green metro area would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 24,448 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Bowling Green, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Bowling Green metro area at 197,180 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 73,344 households. The median household income in the Bowling Green metro area is $63,328 a year, 22% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 27.4% 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. The Bowling Green metro area scores 64 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #75 of 290 scored metro areas.
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