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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the York-Hanover, PA metro area

How the York-Hanover, PA 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 74 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #29 of 290 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania

Listings
9
7 chain locations (78%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$175.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $966 a household
Spending per listing
$19.5M
42% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.5
29% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
473,197
+3.6% 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

For oil change and quick-lube shops, the York-Hanover metro area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #29 of 290 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Pennsylvania. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for oil change and quick-lube shops.

Households in the York-Hanover metro area spend about $175.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $966 per household, in line with the U.S. average. Spread across 9 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $19.5M per shop, 42% 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.

There are 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the York-Hanover metro area as of September 2026. 7 of them (78%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 9 businesses with payroll in the York-Hanover metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 20,176 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Population estimates show the York-Hanover metro area grew 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the York-Hanover metro area 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 York-Hanover, PA metro area compared with Pennsylvania and the U.S.
MeasureYork-Hanover metro areaPennsylvaniaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.50.40.7
Spending per listing$19.5M$21.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment20,17625,11814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.6%+0.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$966$837$958
Median household income$84,829$77,971$80,734
Groundwork market score7455

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9
Employees, 2023
166
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.1M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
97 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 York-Hanover 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 York-Hanover metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
473,197+3.6% since 2020
Households
181,583
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
904 sq. mi.
People per square mile
512
Median household income
$84,829+27.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$104,143
Median home value
$248,600
Jobs located here
187,332
Daytime population
423,675Residents 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 metro areas in Pennsylvania for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Pennsylvania, with the York-Hanover metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Pennsylvania

Metro areas in Pennsylvania ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ76100.3$31M+3.0%#20 of 290
2York-Hanover, PA7490.5$19.5M+3.6%#29 of 290
3Lancaster, PA7180.4$24.2M+1.9%#40 of 290
4Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA70100.4$21.9M+4.2%#46 of 290
5Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD66850.3$23.9M+1.4%#61 of 290
6Reading, PA6670.4$21.5M+2.7%#62 of 290
7Scranton–Wilkes-Barre, PA58120.5$15.7M+1.4%#102 of 290
8Pittsburgh, PA41650.6$13.3M−1.3%#196 of 290
9State College, PA3850.8$9.7M−0.4%#210 of 290
10Erie, PA3680.7$10.6M−1.8%#217 of 290

Other business types in the York-Hanover 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 York-Hanover, PA metro area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 oil change and quick-lube shops in the York-Hanover metro area. 7 of them (78%) 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 York-Hanover, PA metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $175.4M a year, or $966 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 101, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $19.5M 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 181,583 households in the York-Hanover metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The York-Hanover metro area has 0.5 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $19.5M, 42% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the York-Hanover metro area would have about 13, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 20,176 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the York-Hanover, PA metro area growing?

Population estimates put the York-Hanover metro area at 473,197 people in 2025, up 3.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 181,583 households. Median household income in the York-Hanover metro area is $84,829, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 27.6%, 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 York-Hanover metro area scores 74 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #29 of 290 scored metro areas.

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