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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Lafayette Parish, LA
The oil change and quick-lube shops in Lafayette Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #370 of 479 scored counties
#2 of 11 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 9
- 4 chain locations (44%)
- Official establishments
- 10
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $81.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- 34% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
For oil change and quick-lube shops, Lafayette Parish has a Groundwork market score of 35 (lower middle): #370 of 479 scored counties and #2 of 11 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $806 per household (16% below the U.S. average), households in Lafayette Parish spend about $81.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $9M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 34% 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 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 44% of them, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.9 for every 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Lafayette Parish was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 10,090 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Lafayette Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lafayette Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $8.2M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,090 | 11,423 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +1.3% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $806 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 35 | 9 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 8 → 10
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 94 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Lafayette Parish, 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Orleans Parish, LA | 46 | 6 | 0.4 | $15.8M | −5.5% | #285 of 479 |
| 2Lafayette Parish, LA | 35 | 9 | 0.9 | $9M | +6.5% | #370 of 479 |
| 3St. Tammany Parish, LA | 34 | 12 | 1.1 | $8.1M | +5.3% | #378 of 479 |
| 4East Baton Rouge Parish, LA | 33 | 16 | 0.9 | $8.7M | +0.1% | #384 of 479 |
| 5Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 33 | 8 | 1.5 | $5.4M | +5.8% | #390 of 479 |
| 6Calcasieu Parish, LA | 22 | 8 | 1.0 | $8.3M | −3.7% | #439 of 479 |
| 7Bossier Parish, LA | 18 | 9 | 1.8 | $4.9M | +2.5% | #453 of 479 |
| 8Jefferson Parish, LA | 16 | 18 | 1.0 | $7.6M | −1.9% | #458 of 479 |
| 9Ouachita Parish, LA | 12 | 8 | 1.3 | $6.1M | −1.0% | #468 of 479 |
| 10Rapides Parish, LA | 12 | 7 | 1.4 | $5.5M | −2.9% | #470 of 479 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
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 care27
- Auto repair shops34
- Collision repair and body shops33
- Car washes and detailing32
- Tire shops24
- Oil change and quick lube35
- Gas stations46
- Insurance agencies36
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 Lafayette Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 9 oil change and quick-lube shops in Lafayette Parish. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $81.4M a year, or $806 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
Lafayette Parish 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 $9M, 34% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 6, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,090 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 35 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #370 of 479 scored counties.
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