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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Wilmington, NC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Wilmington, NC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 56 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #124 of 290 scored metro areas
#5 of 12 scored metro areas based in North Carolina
- Listings
- 23
- 20 chain locations (87%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $183.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $922 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8M
- 42% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.2
- 71% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 492,772
- +15.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Wilmington metro area spend about $183.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $922 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 23 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $8M per shop, 42% 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 Wilmington metro area has 23 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 87% of them, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 71% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Wilmington metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 22,141 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Wilmington metro area grew 15.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Wilmington metro area scores 56 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #124 of 290 scored metro areas and #5 of 12 scored metro areas based in North Carolina.
How the Wilmington metro 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.
| Measure | Wilmington metro area | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $8M | $11.6M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 22,141 | 12,977 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +17.9% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +15.9% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $922 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $76,471 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 56 | 45 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 2320 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The 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 Wilmington 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 Wilmington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 492,772+15.9% since 2020
- Households
- 199,271
- Median age
- 45.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 72%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 1,913 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 237
- Median household income
- $76,471
- Average household income
- $104,427
- Median home value
- $362,400
- Jobs located here
- 180,798
- Daytime population
- 448,307Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in North Carolina for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in North Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Wilmington metro area marked.
Top metro areas in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 79 | 9 | 0.4 | $24.7M | +7.5% | #11 of 290 |
| 2Raleigh-Cary, NC | 64 | 33 | 0.6 | $16.9M | +12.6% | #69 of 290 |
| 3Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | 64 | 12 | 0.8 | $12.3M | +3.2% | #73 of 290 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 63 | 33 | 0.5 | $19.6M | +0.9% | #76 of 290 |
| 4Jacksonville, NC | 56 | 6 | 0.8 | $11.4M | +6.0% | #120 of 290 |
| 5Wilmington, NC | 56 | 23 | 1.2 | $8M | +15.9% | #124 of 290 |
| 6Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 54 | 94 | 0.9 | $10.9M | +10.1% | #135 of 290 |
| 7Greensboro-High Point, NC | 48 | 28 | 0.9 | $10.3M | +4.1% | #163 of 290 |
| 8Fayetteville, NC | 46 | 8 | 0.5 | $16M | +1.6% | #173 of 290 |
| 9Greenville, NC | 44 | 7 | 0.9 | $8.7M | +5.4% | #183 of 290 |
Other business types in the Wilmington 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 care60
- Auto repair shops60
- Collision repair and body shops69
- Car washes and detailing49
- Tire shops56
- Oil change and quick lube56
- Gas stations79
- Insurance agencies81
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 Wilmington, NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 23 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Wilmington metro area. 20 of them (87%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Wilmington, NC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $183.7M a year, or $922 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 23 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $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 199,271 households in the Wilmington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Wilmington, NC metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Wilmington metro area has 1.2 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $8M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Wilmington metro area would have about 13, against 23 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 22,141 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Wilmington, NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Wilmington metro area at 492,772 people in 2025, up 15.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 199,271 households. Median household income in the Wilmington metro area is $76,471, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Wilmington metro area scores 56 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #124 of 290 scored metro areas.
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