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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Berks County, PA

How Berks County, PA 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #109 of 479 scored counties
#8 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania

Listings
7
4 chain locations (57%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$150.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $920 a household
Spending per listing
$21.5M
56% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.4
43% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
440,072
+2.7% 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

Households in Berks County spend about $150.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $920 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 7 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $21.5M per shop, 56% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only oil change and quick-lube shops.

Berks County has 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 57%, against 73% across the U.S. That is 0.4 per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Berks County was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 16,324 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $426K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Berks County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Berks County grew 2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). Berks County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #109 of 479 scored counties and #8 of 18 scored counties in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Berks County compares

The same measures for Pennsylvania 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 Berks County, PA compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureBerks CountyPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.40.40.7
Spending per listing$21.5M$21.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment16,32425,11814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.7%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$920$837$958
Median household income$79,777$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score6555

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
8 → 10
Employees, 2023
105
Annual payroll, 2023
$3.3M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
74 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$426K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
440,072+2.7% since 2020
Households
163,236
Median age
40.9
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
856 sq. mi.
People per square mile
506
Median household income
$79,777+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,265
Median home value
$257,300
Jobs located here
179,513
Daytime population
404,462Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Pennsylvania

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The highest-scoring counties in Pennsylvania for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with Berks County marked.

Top counties in Pennsylvania

Counties in Pennsylvania ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Chester County, PA8190.4$23.4M+4.2%#5 of 479
2Montgomery County, PA73140.4$22.8M+2.4%#41 of 479
3Bucks County, PA72100.4$25.4M+0.3%#46 of 479
4Lehigh County, PA7250.3$25.3M+2.7%#47 of 479
5York County, PA7290.5$19.5M+3.6%#48 of 479
6Lancaster County, PA7080.4$24.2M+1.9%#66 of 479
7Cumberland County, PA6860.6$16.3M+6.5%#89 of 479
8Berks County, PA6570.4$21.5M+2.7%#109 of 479
9Luzerne County, PA6260.4$18M+2.1%#136 of 479
10Philadelphia County, PA6190.1$38.8M−1.6%#140 of 479

Other business types in Berks 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 Berks County, PA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in Berks County. 4 of them (57%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Berks County, PA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $150.2M a year, or $920 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $21.5M 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 163,236 households in Berks County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Berks County has 0.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 43% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $21.5M, 56% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Berks County would have about 11, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,324 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Berks County, PA growing?

Population estimates put Berks County at 440,072 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 163,236 households. Median household income in Berks County is $79,777, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Berks County scores 65 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #109 of 479 scored counties.

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