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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Douglas County, NE

How Douglas County, NE 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 · out of 100

Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #49 of 479 scored counties
#1 of 2 scored counties in Nebraska

Listings
13
8 chain locations (62%)
Official establishments
14
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$245.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,030 a household
Spending per listing
$18.9M
38% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
606,460
+3.6% 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 Douglas County comes to about $245.6M a year: $1,030 per household, 8% above the U.S. average. That works out to $18.9M per shop, 38% above 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 13 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in Douglas County as of September 2026. 8 of them (62%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Douglas County in 2023. That is one for every 17,031 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $521K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Douglas County.

Population estimates put the population change in Douglas County from 2020 to 2025 at +3.6%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Douglas County is 72 (upper middle), #49 of 479 scored counties and #1 of 2 scored counties in Nebraska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Douglas County compares

The same measures for Nebraska 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 Douglas County, NE compared with Nebraska and the U.S.
MeasureDouglas CountyNebraskaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.50.7
Spending per listing$18.9M$23.5M$13.7M
Households per official establishment17,03115,34314,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.6%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,030$1,146$958
Median household income$80,391$76,475$80,734
Groundwork market score7274

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 14
Employees, 2023
135
Annual payroll, 2023
$4.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
138 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
18The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$521K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Douglas 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 Douglas County

Population, 2025 estimate
606,460+3.6% since 2020
Households
238,430
Median age
36.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
327 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,809
Median household income
$80,391+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$114,185
Median home value
$266,100
Jobs located here
360,817
Daytime population
660,547Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Nebraska

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

Top counties in Nebraska

Counties in Nebraska ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, NE72130.5$18.9M+3.6%#49 of 479
2Lancaster County, NE5990.7$15.9M+3.4%#161 of 479

Other business types in Douglas 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 Douglas County, NE?

As of September 2026, map listings count 13 oil change and quick-lube shops in Douglas County. 8 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Douglas County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $245.6M a year, or $1,030 per household. That is 8% above the U.S. average (an index of 108, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $18.9M 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 238,430 households in Douglas County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Douglas County has 0.5 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $18.9M, 38% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Douglas County would have about 18, against 13 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,031 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Douglas County, NE growing?

Population estimates put Douglas County at 606,460 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 238,430 households. Median household income in Douglas County is $80,391, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Douglas County scores 72 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #49 of 479 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for oil change and quick-lube shops · All 56 business types in Douglas County

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