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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area
How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 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 54 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #133 of 290 scored metro areas
#2 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas
- Listings
- 82
- 68 chain locations (83%)
- Official establishments
- 80
- +13.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $905.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $11M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.8
- 14% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,620,945
- +14.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area comes to about $905.3M a year: $915 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. That works out to $11M per shop, 20% 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 82 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 68 of them (83%) are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.8, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.
In 2023, official counts showed 80 businesses with payroll in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 13.0% from 2019. That is one for every 12,368 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $2.1M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +14.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 54 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #133 of 290 scored metro areas and #2 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas.
How the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $11M | $8.3M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 12,368 | 9,618 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +13.0% | +11.8% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +14.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $915 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $100,431 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 54 | 31 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 80+13.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 791
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $26.9M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 8268 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 66The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 4
- Amount
- $2.1M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,620,945+14.0% since 2020
- Households
- 989,434
- Median age
- 37.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 4,220 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 575
- Median household income
- $100,431+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $137,444
- Median home value
- $465,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,303,265
- Daytime population
- 2,543,902Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 56 | 223 | 0.8 | $11M | +10.3% | #121 of 290 |
| 2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 54 | 82 | 0.8 | $11M | +14.0% | #133 of 290 |
| 3Waco, TX | 48 | 9 | 0.8 | $11.2M | +4.2% | #162 of 290 |
| 4College Station-Bryan, TX | 47 | 10 | 0.9 | $9.3M | +6.9% | #171 of 290 |
| 5Laredo, TX | 44 | 7 | 0.9 | $10.5M | +5.2% | #180 of 290 |
| 6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 42 | 303 | 1.0 | $9.1M | +10.6% | #193 of 290 |
| 7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 40 | 91 | 0.9 | $9.6M | +9.5% | #203 of 290 |
| 8Sherman-Denison, TX | 36 | 6 | 1.1 | $8.8M | +12.8% | #219 of 290 |
| 9Corpus Christi, TX | 32 | 15 | 0.9 | $9.4M | +1.1% | #232 of 290 |
| 10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX | 29 | 17 | 1.2 | $6.9M | +3.0% | #246 of 290 |
Other business types in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 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 care70
- Auto repair shops66
- Collision repair and body shops52
- Car washes and detailing58
- Tire shops72
- Oil change and quick lube54
- Gas stations69
- Insurance agencies68
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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 82 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area. 68 of them (83%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 80 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 13.0% from 2019.
How much do households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $905.3M a year, or $915 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 82 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $11M 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 989,434 households in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area has 0.8 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 14% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $11M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area would have about 66, against 82 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 12,368 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 13.0% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.
How fast is the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area at 2,620,945 people in 2025, up 14.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 989,434 households. Median household income in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area is $100,431, 24% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.7%, 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metro area scores 54 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #133 of 290 scored metro areas.
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