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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Syracuse, NY metro area
How the Syracuse, 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 · out of 100
Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #207 of 290 scored metro areas
#7 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York
- Listings
- 18
- 14 chain locations (78%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $212.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $783 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11.8M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 652,273
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
At $783 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in the Syracuse metro area spend about $212.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 18 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $11.8M per shop, 14% below 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 Syracuse metro area has 18 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 78% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.7, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Syracuse metro area was 16 in 2023. That is one for every 16,953 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Syracuse metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Syracuse metro area scores 39 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #207 of 290 scored metro areas and #7 of 7 scored metro areas based in New York.
How the Syracuse 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.
| Measure | Syracuse metro area | New York | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11.8M | $23.3M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,953 | 30,333 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | −0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $783 | $642 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,492 | $85,974 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 39 | 57 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 16
- Employees, 2023
- 129
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $5.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1814 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Syracuse 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 Syracuse metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 652,273−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 271,251
- Median age
- 41.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 2,385 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 275
- Median household income
- $75,492+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,360
- Median home value
- $187,700
- Jobs located here
- 309,260
- Daytime population
- 669,341Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in New York
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 74 | 8 | 0.3 | $28.8M | +3.0% | #28 of 290 |
| 2New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 65 | 161 | 0.2 | $30M | +0.6% | #64 of 290 |
| 3Rochester, NY | 57 | 18 | 0.4 | $19.7M | −0.7% | #111 of 290 |
| 4Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | 55 | 18 | 0.5 | $17.4M | +1.9% | #126 of 290 |
| 5Utica-Rome, NY | 52 | 5 | 0.4 | $18.8M | −2.0% | #142 of 290 |
| 6Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 52 | 24 | 0.5 | $15.9M | −0.8% | #143 of 290 |
| 7Syracuse, NY | 39 | 18 | 0.7 | $11.8M | −1.3% | #207 of 290 |
Other business types in the Syracuse metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care24
- Auto repair shops20
- Collision repair and body shops35
- Car washes and detailing45
- Tire shops28
- Oil change and quick lube39
- Gas stations33
- Insurance agencies27
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Syracuse, NY metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Syracuse metro area. 14 of them (78%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Syracuse, NY metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $212.5M a year, or $783 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11.8M 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 271,251 households in the Syracuse metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Syracuse, NY metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Syracuse 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 $11.8M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Syracuse metro area would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,953 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Syracuse, NY metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Syracuse metro area at 652,273 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 271,251 households. Median household income in the Syracuse metro area is $75,492, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, 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 Syracuse metro area scores 39 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #207 of 290 scored metro areas.
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