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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 30 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #240 of 290 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 21
- 18 chain locations (86%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $185.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $857 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.8M
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.0
- 43% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 535,174
- +3.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area is 30 (lower middle), #240 of 290 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $857 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in the Lexington-Fayette metro area spend about $185.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 21 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $8.8M per shop, 36% 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 Lexington-Fayette metro area has 21 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 86% of them, against 73% across the U.S. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 10,299 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Lexington-Fayette metro area grew 3.4%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Lexington-Fayette 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 | Lexington-Fayette metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $8.8M | $9.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,299 | 12,514 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +3.4% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $857 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,966 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 30 | 25 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21
- Employees, 2023
- 217
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2118 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Lexington-Fayette 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 Lexington-Fayette metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 535,174+3.4% since 2020
- Households
- 216,273
- Median age
- 38.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 59%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,470 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 355
- Median household income
- $71,966+22.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $102,014
- Median home value
- $281,300
- Jobs located here
- 289,772
- Daytime population
- 573,681Residents 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 Lexington-Fayette 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 Lexington-Fayette 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 care55
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops62
- Car washes and detailing44
- Tire shops46
- Oil change and quick lube30
- Gas stations52
- Insurance agencies53
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 Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 21 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lexington-Fayette metro area. 18 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $185.3M a year, or $857 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 21 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $8.8M 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 216,273 households in the Lexington-Fayette metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Lexington-Fayette metro area has 1.0 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $8.8M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Lexington-Fayette metro area would have about 14, against 21 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,299 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Lexington-Fayette, KY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Lexington-Fayette metro area at 535,174 people in 2025, up 3.4% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 216,273 households. Median household income in the Lexington-Fayette metro area is $71,966, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.6%, 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 Lexington-Fayette metro area scores 30 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #240 of 290 scored metro areas.
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