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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Barnstable County, MA

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Barnstable County, MA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
8
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$99.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $938 a household
Spending per listing
$33.1M
2.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.3
57% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
233,539
+2.4% 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

At $938 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Barnstable County spend about $99.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $33.1M per shop, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Barnstable County has 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.3, 57% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 8 businesses with payroll in Barnstable County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 13,222 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Barnstable County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Barnstable County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Barnstable County 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.

Oil change and quick lube in Barnstable County, MA compared with Massachusetts and the U.S.
MeasureBarnstable CountyMassachusettsU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.30.40.7
Spending per listing$33.1M$19.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment13,22215,64614,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+19.5%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+2.4%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$938$841$958
Median household income$95,241$103,960$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored51

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 8
Employees, 2023
51
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Barnstable 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 Barnstable County

Population, 2025 estimate
233,539+2.4% since 2020
Households
105,777
Median age
53.8
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
394 sq. mi.
People per square mile
588
Median household income
$95,241+28.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$134,349
Median home value
$629,000
Jobs located here
87,424
Daytime population
221,377Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Massachusetts

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

Top counties in Massachusetts

Counties in Massachusetts ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Plymouth County, MA6870.3$28.9M+3.5%#83 of 479
2Worcester County, MA66140.4$21.8M+3.7%#100 of 479
3Essex County, MA64130.4$21.1M+2.3%#117 of 479
4Suffolk County, MA6170.2$24.4M+0.1%#141 of 479
5Middlesex County, MA58330.5$16.6M+2.8%#174 of 479
6Norfolk County, MA57130.5$19.4M+2.2%#184 of 479
7Hampden County, MA4790.5$16.1M+0.2%#275 of 479
8Bristol County, MA45190.8$10.7M+2.9%#301 of 479
Barnstable County, MANot scored30.3$33.1M+2.4%

Other business types in Barnstable 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 Barnstable County, MA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in Barnstable County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 8 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Barnstable County, MA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $99.2M a year, or $938 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $33.1M 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 105,777 households in Barnstable County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Barnstable County has 0.3 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 57% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $33.1M, 2.4 times the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Barnstable County would have about 7, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,222 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Barnstable County, MA growing?

Population estimates put Barnstable County at 233,539 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,777 households. Median household income in Barnstable County is $95,241, 18% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.1%, 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. Barnstable County has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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