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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lawton, OK metro area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lawton, OK metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 17 out of 100: Low

Ranked #277 of 290 scored metro areas
#3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma

Listings
6
4 chain locations (67%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $837 a household
Spending per listing
$6.5M
52% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
86% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
127,590
+0.7% 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

For oil change and quick-lube shops, the Lawton metro area has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #277 of 290 scored metro areas and #3 of 3 scored metro areas based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Lawton metro area comes to about $39.3M a year: $837 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. Spread across 6 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $6.5M per shop, 52% 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 Lawton metro area has 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in the Lawton metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 9,388 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in the Lawton metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Lawton metro area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Lawton, OK metro area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureLawton metro areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.31.10.7
Spending per listing$6.5M$8M$13.7M
Households per official establishment9,38811,16014,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.1%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.7%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$837$911$958
Median household income$60,665$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score1727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
5
Employees, 2023
21
Annual payroll, 2023
$675K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
64 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Lawton 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 Lawton metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
127,590+0.7% since 2020
Households
46,938
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,702 sq. mi.
People per square mile
75
Median household income
$60,665+16.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$78,396
Median home value
$161,000
Jobs located here
38,111
Daytime population
121,235Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Oklahoma for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Oklahoma (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Lawton metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Oklahoma

Metro areas in Oklahoma ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tulsa, OK40441.1$8.5M+5.1%#205 of 290
2Oklahoma City, OK40651.1$8M+5.8%#206 of 290
Fort Smith, AR-OK24131.4$6.3M+3.1%#266 of 290
3Lawton, OK1761.3$6.5M+0.7%#277 of 290

Other business types in the Lawton 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 Lawton, OK metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Lawton metro area. 4 of them (67%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

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

About $39.3M a year, or $837 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 46,938 households in the Lawton metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Lawton metro area has 1.3 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $6.5M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Lawton metro area would have about 3, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,388 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Lawton, OK metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Lawton metro area at 127,590 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,938 households. Median household income in the Lawton metro area is $60,665, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.5%, 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 Lawton metro area scores 17 for oil change and quick-lube shops (low), #277 of 290 scored metro areas.

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