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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Tarrant County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for oil change and quick-lube shops in Tarrant County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 46 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #294 of 479 scored counties
#17 of 48 scored counties in Texas

Listings
84
63 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
60
+7.1% since 2019
Household spending a year
$736M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $941 a household
Spending per listing
$8.8M
36% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.1
57% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
2,248,466
+6.3% 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 $941 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Tarrant County spend about $736M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $8.8M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 36% 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.

Tarrant County has 84 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 63 are chain locations, or 75%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.1, 57% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Tarrant County was 60 in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019. That is one for every 13,040 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $3.8M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Tarrant County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Tarrant County grew 6.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in Tarrant County is 46 (lower middle), #294 of 479 scored counties and #17 of 48 scored counties in Texas.

How Tarrant County 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 Tarrant County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTarrant CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.11.10.7
Spending per listing$8.8M$8.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment13,0409,61814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+7.1%+11.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$941$918$958
Median household income$84,207$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score4631

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
56 → 60+7.1% over the period
Employees, 2023
463
Annual payroll, 2023
$18.9M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
8463 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
54The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$3.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
2,248,466+6.3% since 2020
Households
782,419
Median age
36.4
Homes lived in by their owners
59%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
865 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,504
Median household income
$84,207+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$115,895
Median home value
$323,900
Jobs located here
1,082,620
Daytime population
2,204,028Residents 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 counties in Texas for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Texas, with Tarrant County marked.

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Fort Bend County, TX73240.8$13M+17.4%#43 of 479
2Brazoria County, TX63110.8$12.7M+12.2%#129 of 479
3Denton County, TX60290.8$12.6M+16.9%#158 of 479
4Montgomery County, TX54281.1$8.9M+24.9%#220 of 479
5Travis County, TX53460.8$11M+7.2%#230 of 479
6Hays County, TX53101.0$9.9M+24.8%#233 of 479
7Parker County, TX5261.1$10.4M+23.5%#241 of 479
8Harris County, TX511460.8$10.4M+6.6%#248 of 479
9Williamson County, TX50241.0$10.2M+22.3%#254 of 479
10Rockwall County, TX5061.5$7.9M+28.9%#257 of 479
17Tarrant County, TX46841.1$8.8M+6.3%#294 of 479

Other business types in Tarrant 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 Tarrant County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 84 oil change and quick-lube shops in Tarrant County. 63 of them (75%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 60 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 7.1% from 2019.

How much do households in Tarrant County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $736M a year, or $941 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 84 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $8.8M 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 782,419 households in Tarrant County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Tarrant County has 1.1 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 57% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $8.8M, 36% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Tarrant County would have about 54, against 84 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,040 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 7.1% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Tarrant County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Tarrant County at 2,248,466 people in 2025, up 6.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 782,419 households. Median household income in Tarrant County is $84,207, 4% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.4%, 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. Tarrant County scores 46 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #294 of 479 scored counties.

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