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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Passaic County, NJ

How Passaic County, NJ 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 59 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #160 of 479 scored counties
#11 of 12 scored counties in New Jersey

Listings
9
4 chain locations (44%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$144.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $810 a household
Spending per listing
$16.1M
17% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
531,624
+1.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 oil change and quick-lube shops in Passaic County. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 44%, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.5 per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Passaic County comes to about $144.9M a year: $810 per household, 15% below the U.S. average. That works out to $16.1M per shop, 17% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which oil change and quick-lube shops share with other businesses in the trade.

In 2023, official counts showed 6 businesses with payroll in Passaic County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 29,823 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Passaic County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, Passaic County has a Groundwork market score of 59 (upper middle): #160 of 479 scored counties and #11 of 12 scored counties in New Jersey.

How Passaic County compares

The same measures for New Jersey 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 Passaic County, NJ compared with New Jersey and the U.S.
MeasurePassaic CountyNew JerseyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.7
Spending per listing$16.1M$22.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment29,82327,62014,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.6%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.6%+3.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$810$865$958
Median household income$87,522$103,556$80,734
Groundwork market score5968

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5 → 6
Employees, 2023
38
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.7M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
94 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Passaic 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 Passaic County

Population, 2025 estimate
531,624+1.6% since 2020
Households
178,936
Median age
39.1
Homes lived in by their owners
53%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
186 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,799
Median household income
$87,522+25.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,487
Median home value
$459,500
Jobs located here
183,159
Daytime population
455,260Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across New Jersey

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

Top counties in New Jersey

Counties in New Jersey ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burlington County, NJ7980.5$21.8M+4.3%#13 of 479
2Somerset County, NJ7860.5$22.4M+3.5%#17 of 479
3Ocean County, NJ7790.4$24.5M+5.6%#21 of 479
4Bergen County, NJ74100.3$32.1M+2.4%#35 of 479
5Gloucester County, NJ7360.5$18.8M+3.3%#42 of 479
6Mercer County, NJ7150.3$24.5M+3.3%#53 of 479
7Morris County, NJ71110.6$18M+3.2%#62 of 479
8Monmouth County, NJ70130.5$19.3M+1.4%#69 of 479
9Union County, NJ6880.4$22.4M+5.0%#85 of 479
10Middlesex County, NJ67160.5$17.6M+2.6%#93 of 479
11Passaic County, NJ5990.5$16.1M+1.6%#160 of 479

Other business types in Passaic 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 Passaic County, NJ?

Passaic County has 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (44%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Passaic County, NJ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $144.9M a year, or $810 per household. That is 15% below the U.S. average (an index of 85, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $16.1M 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 178,936 households in Passaic County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Passaic 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 $16.1M, 17% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Passaic County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 29,823 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Passaic County, NJ growing?

Population estimates put Passaic County at 531,624 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 178,936 households. The median household income in Passaic County is $87,522 a year, 8% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.6% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Passaic County scores 59 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #160 of 479 scored counties.

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