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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Springfield, MO metro area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Springfield, MO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #146 of 290 scored metro areas
#3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
19
17 chain locations (89%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$209.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,053 a household
Spending per listing
$11M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
500,694
+5.1% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Springfield metro area comes to about $209.5M a year: $1,053 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. Spread across 19 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $11M per shop, 20% 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 Springfield metro area has 19 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 89% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.0, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Springfield metro area was 19 in 2023. That is one for every 10,468 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $359K have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Springfield metro area.

Population estimates put the population change in the Springfield metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +5.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Springfield metro area scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #146 of 290 scored metro areas and #3 of 5 scored metro areas based in Missouri.

How the Springfield metro 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 Springfield, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureSpringfield metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.80.7
Spending per listing$11M$13.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment10,46811,88714,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.9%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.1%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,053$1,058$958
Median household income$65,071$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score5245

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19
Employees, 2023
173
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1917 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
15The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$359K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Springfield 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 Springfield metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
500,694+5.1% since 2020
Households
198,884
Median age
38.5
Homes lived in by their owners
64%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
3,007 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$65,071+34.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$87,400
Median home value
$230,700
Jobs located here
224,104
Daytime population
505,510Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Springfield metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Jefferson City, MO6950.9$13.6M+2.2%#51 of 290
2Kansas City, MO-KS65640.7$15.3M+3.4%#66 of 290
3Springfield, MO52191.0$11M+5.1%#146 of 290
4St. Louis, MO-IL471010.9$12M−0.2%#168 of 290
5Joplin, MO-KS37101.3$8.6M+3.9%#215 of 290

Other business types in the Springfield 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 Springfield, MO metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Springfield metro area. 17 of them (89%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

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

About $209.5M a year, or $1,053 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 198,884 households in the Springfield metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Springfield metro area has 1.0 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $11M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Springfield metro area would have about 15, against 19 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,468 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Springfield, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Springfield metro area at 500,694 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 198,884 households. Median household income in the Springfield metro area is $65,071, 19% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.0%, 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. The Springfield metro area scores 52 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #146 of 290 scored metro areas.

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