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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the El Campo, TX area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the El Campo, TX area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Too few small-town markets have 5 or more listings to score them against each other.

Listings
5
1 chain location (20%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$15.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $961 a household
Spending per listing
$3.1M
78% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
4.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,060
+1.2% 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

At $961 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in the El Campo area spend about $15.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 5 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $3.1M per shop, 78% 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.

There are 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings in the El Campo area as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the El Campo area in 2023. That is one for every 5,297 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the El Campo area grew 1.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Too few small-town markets have 5 or more oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings to score them against each other.

How the El Campo 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.

Oil change and quick lube in El Campo, TX area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureEl Campo areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.11.10.7
Spending per listing$3.1M$8.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment5,2979,61814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$961$918$958
Median household income$66,924$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored31

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$686K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
51 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 El Campo 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 El Campo area

Population, 2025 estimate
42,060+1.2% since 2020
Households
15,890
Median age
37.8
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,086 sq. mi.
People per square mile
38
Median household income
$66,924+38.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$95,050
Median home value
$189,900
Jobs located here
15,145
Daytime population
34,718Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Other business types in the El Campo area

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Questions

How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the El Campo, TX area?

As of September 2026, map listings count 5 oil change and quick-lube shops in the El Campo area. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in the El Campo, TX area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $15.3M a year, or $961 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $3.1M 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 15,890 households in the El Campo area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the El Campo, TX area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The El Campo area has 3.1 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 4.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $3.1M, 78% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the El Campo area would have about 1, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,297 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the El Campo, TX area growing?

Population estimates put the El Campo area at 42,060 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,890 households. Median household income in the El Campo area is $66,924, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 38.5%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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. Too few small-town markets have 5 or more oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings to score them against each other.

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