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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Reno, NV metro area

How the Reno, NV metro area compares with other metro areas 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 76 out of 100: High

Ranked #24 of 290 scored metro areas
#1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada

Listings
15
14 chain locations (93%)
Official establishments
13
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$251.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,117 a household
Spending per listing
$16.7M
22% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
578,734
+5.0% 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 Reno metro area scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #24 of 290 scored metro areas and #1 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for oil change and quick-lube shops.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Reno metro area comes to about $251.2M a year: $1,117 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. Spread across 15 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $16.7M per shop, 22% 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.

The Reno metro area has 15 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 14 of them (93%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That comes to 0.7 for every 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Reno metro area in 2023. That is one for every 17,303 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Reno metro area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Reno metro area grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Reno metro area compares

The same measures for Nevada 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 Reno, NV metro area compared with Nevada and the U.S.
MeasureReno metro areaNevadaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.60.7
Spending per listing$16.7M$17.9M$13.7M
Households per official establishment17,30316,93814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a−9.0%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,117$1,012$958
Median household income$87,485$78,260$80,734
Groundwork market score7666

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
13
Employees, 2023
113
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
1514 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
$1.3M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
578,734+5.0% since 2020
Households
224,933
Median age
40.6
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
8,583 sq. mi.
People per square mile
66
Median household income
$87,485
Average household income
$118,079
Median home value
$502,300
Jobs located here
274,907
Daytime population
561,282Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Nevada

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

Top metro areas in Nevada

Metro areas in Nevada ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Reno, NV76150.7$16.7M+5.0%#24 of 290
2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV73440.5$18.9M+5.8%#32 of 290
3Carson City, NV2752.1$5.1M−0.2%#251 of 290

Other business types in the Reno 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 Reno, NV metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 15 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Reno metro area. 14 of them (93%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 13 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

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

About $251.2M a year, or $1,117 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 15 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $16.7M 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 224,933 households in the Reno metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Reno metro area has 0.7 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $16.7M, 22% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Reno metro area would have about 18, against 15 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 17,303 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Reno, NV metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Reno metro area at 578,734 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 224,933 households. Median household income in the Reno metro area is $87,485, 8% 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 Reno metro area scores 76 for oil change and quick-lube shops (high), #24 of 290 scored metro areas.

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