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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Odessa, TX metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Odessa, TX metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 19 out of 100: Low

Ranked #276 of 290 scored metro areas
#21 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas

Listings
14
5 chain locations (36%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$56.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $868 a household
Spending per listing
$4M
71% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.2
3.1 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
173,801
+5.0% 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 Odessa metro area has a Groundwork market score of 19 (low): #276 of 290 scored metro areas and #21 of 25 scored metro areas based in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Odessa metro area comes to about $56.1M a year: $868 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per shop, 71% 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 Odessa metro area has 14 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 36% of them, against 73% across the U.S. That is 2.2 per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 10 businesses with payroll in the Odessa metro area classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 6,456 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Population estimates show the Odessa metro area grew 5.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Odessa 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.

Oil change and quick lube in Odessa, TX metro area compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureOdessa metro areaTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.21.10.7
Spending per listing$4M$8.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment6,4569,61814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+11.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$868$918$958
Median household income$71,536$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1931

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
154
Annual payroll, 2023
$6.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
145 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Odessa 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 Odessa metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
173,801+5.0% since 2020
Households
64,563
Median age
32.0
Homes lived in by their owners
65%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
898 sq. mi.
People per square mile
183
Median household income
$71,536+13.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,485
Median home value
$200,200
Jobs located here
73,944
Daytime population
162,861Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Texas

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Texas for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with the Odessa metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Texas

Metro areas in Texas ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX562230.8$11M+10.3%#121 of 290
2Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX54820.8$11M+14.0%#133 of 290
3Waco, TX4890.8$11.2M+4.2%#162 of 290
4College Station-Bryan, TX47100.9$9.3M+6.9%#171 of 290
5Laredo, TX4470.9$10.5M+5.2%#180 of 290
6Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX423031.0$9.1M+10.6%#193 of 290
7San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX40910.9$9.6M+9.5%#203 of 290
8Sherman-Denison, TX3661.1$8.8M+12.8%#219 of 290
9Corpus Christi, TX32150.9$9.4M+1.1%#232 of 290
10Brownsville-Harlingen, TX29171.2$6.9M+3.0%#246 of 290
21Odessa, TX19142.2$4M+5.0%#276 of 290

Other business types in the Odessa 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 Odessa, TX metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Odessa metro area. 5 of them (36%) 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 the Odessa, TX metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $56.1M a year, or $868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 64,563 households in the Odessa metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Odessa metro area has 2.2 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 3.1 times the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $4M, 71% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Odessa metro area would have about 4, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,456 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Odessa, TX metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Odessa metro area at 173,801 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 64,563 households. Median household income in the Odessa metro area is $71,536, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 13.6%, 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 Odessa metro area scores 19 for oil change and quick-lube shops (low), #276 of 290 scored metro areas.

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