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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area
How the Paducah, KY-IL 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 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #278 of 290 scored metro areas
#5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky
- Listings
- 6
- 4 chain locations (67%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $38.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $918 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.4M
- 54% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.4
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,259
- −1.2% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Paducah metro area is 17 (low), #278 of 290 scored metro areas and #5 of 5 scored metro areas based in Kentucky. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
At $918 per household (4% below the U.S. average), households in the Paducah metro area spend about $38.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 6 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $6.4M per shop, 54% 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.
There are 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Paducah metro area as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 67%, against 73% across the U.S. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in the Paducah metro area, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show the Paducah metro area declined 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Paducah 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 | Paducah metro area | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $6.4M | $9.7M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 12,514 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +10.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.2% | +2.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $918 | $889 | $958 |
| Median household income | $64,160 | $63,726 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 25 |
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
- 64 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Paducah 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 Paducah metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,259−1.2% since 2020
- Households
- 41,735
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,236 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $64,160
- Average household income
- $88,236
- Median home value
- $168,700
- Jobs located here
- 48,716
- Daytime population
- 107,914Residents 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 Paducah 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 Paducah 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 care13
- Auto repair shops15
- Collision repair and body shops12
- Car washes and detailing14
- Tire shops22
- Oil change and quick lube17
- Gas stations30
- Insurance agencies42
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 Paducah, KY-IL metro area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Paducah metro area. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Paducah metro area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Paducah, KY-IL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.3M a year, or $918 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $6.4M 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 41,735 households in the Paducah metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Paducah, KY-IL metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Paducah metro area has 1.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $6.4M, 54% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Paducah metro area would have about 3, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Paducah, KY-IL metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Paducah metro area at 102,259 people in 2025, down 1.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 41,735 households. Median household income in the Paducah metro area is $64,160, 21% 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 Paducah metro area scores 17 for oil change and quick-lube shops (low), #278 of 290 scored metro areas.
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