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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Kingston, NY metro area

How the Kingston, NY 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.

Listings
3
2 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$65.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $877 a household
Spending per listing
$21.7M
58% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
183,330
+1.1% 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

Households in the Kingston metro area spend about $65.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $877 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. Spread across 3 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $21.7M per shop, 58% 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 Kingston metro area has 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Kingston metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 18,570 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Kingston metro area grew 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Kingston metro area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Kingston metro area compares

The same measures for New York 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 Kingston, NY metro area compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureKingston metro areaNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.30.7
Spending per listing$21.7M$23.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment18,57030,33314,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.1%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$877$642$958
Median household income$86,271$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored57

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
55
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.1M
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
5The 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 the Kingston 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 Kingston metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
183,330+1.1% since 2020
Households
74,278
Median age
45.2
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,124 sq. mi.
People per square mile
162
Median household income
$86,271+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$117,353
Median home value
$352,500
Jobs located here
57,240
Daytime population
161,256Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across New York

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

Top metro areas in New York

Metro areas in New York ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY7480.3$28.8M+3.0%#28 of 290
2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ651610.2$30M+0.6%#64 of 290
3Rochester, NY57180.4$19.7M−0.7%#111 of 290
4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY55180.5$17.4M+1.9%#126 of 290
5Utica-Rome, NY5250.4$18.8M−2.0%#142 of 290
6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY52240.5$15.9M−0.8%#143 of 290
7Syracuse, NY39180.7$11.8M−1.3%#207 of 290
Kingston, NYNot scored30.4$21.7M+1.1%

Other business types in the Kingston 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 Kingston, NY metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Kingston metro area. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

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

About $65.1M a year, or $877 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $21.7M 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 74,278 households in the Kingston metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Kingston metro area has 0.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $21.7M, 58% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Kingston metro area would have about 5, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 18,570 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Kingston, NY metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Kingston metro area at 183,330 people in 2025, up 1.1% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 74,278 households. Median household income in the Kingston metro area is $86,271, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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 Kingston metro area 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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