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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Lewis and Clark County, MT

How Lewis and Clark County, MT compares with other counties 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 3.

Listings
3
2 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$34.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,116 a household
Spending per listing
$11.6M
15% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.0
43% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
75,331
+5.8% 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

At $1,116 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in Lewis and Clark County spend about $34.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 3 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $11.6M per shop, 15% 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.

There are 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Lewis and Clark County as of September 2026. That is 1.0 per 10,000 households, 43% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 3 businesses with payroll in Lewis and Clark County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 10,405 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lewis and Clark County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Lewis and Clark County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lewis and Clark County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Lewis and Clark County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureLewis and Clark CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.00.90.7
Spending per listing$11.6M$12.6M$13.7M
Households per official establishment10,4058,34314,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+25.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,116$1,157$958
Median household income$78,237$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored46

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
36
Annual payroll, 2023
$998K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
32 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County

Population, 2025 estimate
75,331+5.8% since 2020
Households
31,215
Median age
42.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
3,458 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21
Median household income
$78,237+18.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,055
Median home value
$393,500
Jobs located here
41,168
Daytime population
78,294Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Gallatin County, MT5951.0$12.6M+7.7%#166 of 479
2Yellowstone County, MT5360.9$13.2M+4.5%#226 of 479
3Flathead County, MT4761.4$8.5M+10.1%#284 of 479
4Missoula County, MT3861.1$9.3M+4.4%#350 of 479
Lewis and Clark County, MTNot scored31.0$11.6M+5.8%

Other business types in Lewis and Clark 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 Lewis and Clark County, MT?

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in Lewis and Clark County. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Lewis and Clark County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $34.9M a year, or $1,116 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.6M 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 31,215 households in Lewis and Clark County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lewis and Clark County, MT compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Lewis and Clark County 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 $11.6M, 15% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,405 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Lewis and Clark County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Lewis and Clark County at 75,331 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 31,215 households. Median household income in Lewis and Clark County is $78,237, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.9%, 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. Lewis and Clark 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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