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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 35 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #225 of 290 scored metro areas
#2 of 13 scored metro areas based in Michigan

Listings
71
51 chain locations (72%)
Official establishments
47
+24.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$483.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,097 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
50% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.6
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,183,645
+2.8% 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

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 35 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #225 of 290 scored metro areas and #2 of 13 scored metro areas based in Michigan. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area comes to about $483.1M a year: $1,097 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M per shop, 50% 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.

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 71 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 51 are chain locations, or 72%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.6, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 47 businesses with payroll in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 24.3% from 2019. That is one for every 9,368 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.5M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +2.8%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area compares

The same measures for Michigan 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compared with Michigan and the U.S.
MeasureGrand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro areaMichiganU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.61.30.7
Spending per listing$6.8M$7.8M$13.7M
Households per official establishment9,3687,82414,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+24.3%+7.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.8%+0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,097$1,022$958
Median household income$82,874$72,875$80,734
Groundwork market score3515

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
47+24.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
663
Annual payroll, 2023
$22M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
7151 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
35The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
1,183,645+2.8% since 2020
Households
440,316
Median age
38.3
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
358
Median household income
$82,874
Average household income
$107,922
Median home value
$285,300
Jobs located here
566,419
Daytime population
1,215,585Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Michigan

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Michigan for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Michigan (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Michigan

Metro areas in Michigan ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI7160.5$21.5M+0.1%#42 of 290
1Traverse City, MI4281.2$9M+2.2%#194 of 290
2Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI35711.6$6.8M+2.8%#225 of 290
3Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI34152.2$4.6M+1.8%#227 of 290
4Ann Arbor, MI33171.1$9.1M−0.4%#229 of 290
5Saginaw, MI3270.9$11.1M−1.1%#231 of 290
6Monroe, MI3091.4$7.9M+0.7%#242 of 290
7Flint, MI29161.0$10.3M−1.1%#244 of 290
8Jackson, MI2771.1$9.1M−0.4%#250 of 290
9Battle Creek, MI2561.1$8.7M−0.6%#256 of 290

Other business types in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area

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 the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 71 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area. 51 of them (72%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 47 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 24.3% from 2019.

How much do households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $483.1M a year, or $1,097 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 71 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 440,316 households in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area has 1.6 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $6.8M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area would have about 35, against 71 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,368 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 24.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.

How fast is the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area at 1,183,645 people in 2025, up 2.8% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 440,316 households. Median household income in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area is $82,874, 3% 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood metro area scores 35 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #225 of 290 scored metro areas.

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