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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Boone, NC area

How the Boone, NC area compares with other small-town markets 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
1 chain location (33%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$19.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $917 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
54,786
+0.6% 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 3 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Boone area. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Boone area comes to about $19.4M a year: $917 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That is about $6.5M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 53% below 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.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Boone area: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Boone area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, the Boone area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How the Boone area compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Boone, NC area compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBoone areaNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.40.80.7
Spending per listing$6.5M$11.6M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a12,97714,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+17.9%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.6%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$917$939$958
Median household income$51,693$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
31 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Boone 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 Boone area

Population, 2025 estimate
54,786+0.6% since 2020
Households
21,198
Median age
35.8
Homes lived in by their owners
62%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
312 sq. mi.
People per square mile
176
Median household income
$51,693+8.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$83,665
Median home value
$358,900
Jobs located here
24,062
Daytime population
59,737Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the Boone area

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Boone, NC area?

The Boone area has 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Boone area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Boone, NC area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $19.4M a year, or $917 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 21,198 households in the Boone area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Boone, NC area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Boone area has 1.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $6.5M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the national ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Boone area would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is the Boone, NC area growing?

Population estimates put the Boone area at 54,786 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,198 households. The median household income in the Boone area is $51,693 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 8.8% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Boone 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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