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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area
How the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA 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
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $54M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $869 a household
- Spending per listing
- $27M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 164,065
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area. That is 0.3 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area comes to about $54M a year: $869 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. Spread across 2 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $27M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.
In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 15,529 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area compares
The same measures for Massachusetts 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 | Amherst Town-Northampton metro area | Massachusetts | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $27M | $19.3M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 15,529 | 15,646 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +19.5% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +2.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $869 | $841 | $958 |
| Median household income | $87,001 | $103,960 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $927K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 Amherst Town-Northampton 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 164,065+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 62,114
- Median age
- 40.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 527 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 307
- Median household income
- $87,001
- Average household income
- $117,338
- Median home value
- $390,300
- Jobs located here
- 70,980
- Daytime population
- 165,358Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Massachusetts market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Massachusetts for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Massachusetts (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Massachusetts
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Worcester, MA | 67 | 14 | 0.4 | $21.8M | +3.7% | #57 of 290 |
| 2Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 55 | 91 | 0.5 | $17.9M | +2.3% | #125 of 290 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | 54 | 44 | 0.7 | $13.2M | +2.1% | #132 of 290 |
| 3Springfield, MA | 46 | 9 | 0.5 | $16.1M | +0.2% | #172 of 290 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | Not scored | 2 | 0.3 | $27M | +10.4% |
Other business types in the Amherst Town-Northampton 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 care69
- Auto repair shops54
- Collision repair and body shops45
- Car washes and detailing78
- Tire shops69
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations75
- Insurance agencies79
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 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area?
There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $54M a year, or $869 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $27M 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 62,114 households in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area would have about 4, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,529 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area at 164,065 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 62,114 households. The median household income in the Amherst Town-Northampton metro area is $87,001 a year, 8% above 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 Amherst Town-Northampton metro area has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
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