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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Queens County, NY

How Queens County, NY 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #133 of 479 scored counties
#5 of 13 scored counties in New York

Listings
9
2 chain locations (22%)
Official establishments
15
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$395.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $470 a household
Spending per listing
$43.9M
3.2 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.1
86% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,358,182
−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 Queens County spend about $395.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $470 per household, 51% below the U.S. average. That works out to $43.9M per shop, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Queens County has 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.1, 86% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Queens County in 2023. That is one for every 56,067 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $3.6M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Queens County.

Population estimates show Queens County declined 1.1% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Queens County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #133 of 479 scored counties and #5 of 13 scored counties in New York.

How Queens County 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 Queens County, NY compared with New York and the U.S.
MeasureQueens CountyNew YorkU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.10.30.7
Spending per listing$43.9M$23.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment56,06730,33314,222
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$470$642$958
Median household income$86,136$85,974$80,734
Groundwork market score6257

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
18 → 15
Employees, 2023
165
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
92 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
29The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$3.6M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,358,182−1.1% since 2020
Households
841,003
Median age
41.6
Homes lived in by their owners
45%
Vehicles per household
0.9
Land area
109 sq. mi.
People per square mile
21,371
Median household income
$86,136+25.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,404
Median home value
$723,800
Jobs located here
728,428
Daytime population
2,069,814Residents 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 counties in New York for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in New York, with Queens County marked.

Top counties in New York

Counties in New York ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Suffolk County, NY79170.3$31.4M+1.6%#10 of 479
2Nassau County, NY73130.3$35.8M+0.6%#39 of 479
3Orange County, NY7060.4$21M+4.2%#68 of 479
4Westchester County, NY64100.3$30.2M+1.4%#116 of 479
5Queens County, NY6290.1$43.9M−1.1%#133 of 479
6Kings County, NY6160.1$50.2M−2.5%#138 of 479
7Bronx County, NY5860.1$24.1M−3.8%#172 of 479
8Erie County, NY53190.5$16.2M−0.6%#222 of 479
9Monroe County, NY52150.5$16.2M−1.0%#236 of 479
10Niagara County, NY5150.5$14.6M−1.5%#245 of 479

Other business types in Queens 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 Queens County, NY?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 oil change and quick-lube shops in Queens County. 2 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 15 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Queens County, NY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $395.1M a year, or $470 per household. That is 51% below the U.S. average (an index of 49, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $43.9M 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 841,003 households in Queens County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Queens County has 0.1 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 86% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $43.9M, 3.2 times the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Queens County would have about 29, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 56,067 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Queens County, NY growing?

Population estimates put Queens County at 2,358,182 people in 2025, down 1.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 841,003 households. Median household income in Queens County is $86,136, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.4%, 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. Queens County scores 62 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #133 of 479 scored counties.

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