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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Poplar Bluff, MO area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Poplar Bluff, MO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.

Listings
2
1 chain location (50%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$15.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $936 a household
Spending per listing
$7.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.2
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
41,904
−0.4% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Poplar Bluff area. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households.

At $936 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in the Poplar Bluff area spend about $15.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 2 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $7.8M per shop. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Poplar Bluff area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show the Poplar Bluff area declined 0.4% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Poplar Bluff area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Poplar Bluff area compares

The same measures for Missouri 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 Poplar Bluff, MO area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasurePoplar Bluff areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.20.80.7
Spending per listing$7.8M$13.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a11,88714,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.9%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$936$1,058$958
Median household income$49,089$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
21 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area

Population, 2025 estimate
41,904−0.4% since 2020
Households
16,594
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
695 sq. mi.
People per square mile
60
Median household income
$49,089
Average household income
$67,066
Median home value
$145,100
Jobs located here
18,059
Daytime population
43,334Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Poplar Bluff area

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Poplar Bluff, MO area?

There are 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the Poplar Bluff area as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Poplar Bluff area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Poplar Bluff, MO area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $15.5M a year, or $936 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $7.8M 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 16,594 households in the Poplar Bluff area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Poplar Bluff, MO area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Poplar Bluff 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 Poplar Bluff area would have about 1, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is the Poplar Bluff, MO area growing?

Population estimates put the Poplar Bluff area at 41,904 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 16,594 households. The median household income in the Poplar Bluff area is $49,089 a year, 39% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Poplar Bluff 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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