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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Meade County, KY

How Meade County, KY 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
1 chain location (100%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$11.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,016 a household
Spending per listing
$11.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
0.9
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
30,699
+2.2% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 oil change or quick-lube shop in Meade County. That is 0.9 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Meade County comes to about $11.2M a year: $1,016 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That works out to $11.2M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Meade County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Meade County grew 2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, Meade County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Meade County 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.

Oil change and quick lube in Meade County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureMeade CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.90.7
Spending per listing$11.2M$9.7M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,51414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,016$889$958
Median household income$74,355$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored25

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
11 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Meade 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 Meade County

Population, 2025 estimate
30,699+2.2% since 2020
Households
11,007
Median age
40.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
306 sq. mi.
People per square mile
99
Median household income
$74,355+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$93,803
Median home value
$207,900
Jobs located here
5,894
Daytime population
23,204Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kenton County, KY5460.9$10.1M+3.9%#219 of 479
2Warren County, KY4850.9$9.8M+10.6%#272 of 479
3Boone County, KY4391.8$5.7M+6.5%#322 of 479
4Fayette County, KY37110.8$10.3M+2.2%#357 of 479
5Madison County, KY3571.9$4.8M+9.4%#375 of 479
6Jefferson County, KY23321.0$8.3M+1.6%#436 of 479
7Hardin County, KY1971.6$5.6M+2.4%#449 of 479
Meade County, KYNot scored10.9$11.2M+2.2%

Other business types in Meade 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 Meade County, KY?

There is 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings in Meade County as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in Meade County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Meade County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $11.2M a year, or $1,016 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, it comes to $11.2M 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 11,007 households in Meade County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Meade County has 1 oil change or quick-lube shop on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending.

How fast is Meade County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Meade County at 30,699 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 11,007 households. The median household income in Meade County is $74,355 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% 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. Meade County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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