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

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Travis County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 53 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #230 of 479 scored counties
#5 of 48 scored counties in Texas

Listings
46
37 chain locations (80%)
Official establishments
40
+14.3% since 2019
Household spending a year
$507.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $869 a household
Spending per listing
$11M
20% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.8
14% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
1,389,670
+7.2% 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 $869 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in Travis County spend about $507.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. 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.

Travis County has 46 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 37 of them (80%) 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 40 businesses with payroll in Travis County classed as oil change and lubrication shops, up 14.3% from 2019. That is one for every 14,594 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.1M have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Travis County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Travis County grew 7.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For oil change and quick-lube shops, Travis County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #230 of 479 scored counties and #5 of 48 scored counties in Texas.

How Travis 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 Travis County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureTravis CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.81.10.7
Spending per listing$11M$8.3M$13.7M
Households per official establishment14,5949,61814,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+14.3%+11.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.2%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$869$918$958
Median household income$99,611$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score5331

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
35 → 40+14.3% over the period
Employees, 2023
372
Annual payroll, 2023
$13.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
4637 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
37The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$1.1M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
1,389,670+7.2% since 2020
Households
583,747
Median age
37.2
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
994 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,338
Median household income
$99,611+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$143,003
Median home value
$523,000
Jobs located here
947,590
Daytime population
1,630,736Residents 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 Travis 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

Other business types in Travis 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 Travis County, TX?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 46 oil change and quick-lube shops in Travis County. 37 of them (80%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 40 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023, up 14.3% from 2019.

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

About $507.2M a year, or $869 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 46 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 583,747 households in Travis County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Travis County 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, Travis County would have about 37, against 46 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,594 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. The official count rose 14.3% from 2019 to 2023, against +12.1% for the U.S.

How fast is Travis County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Travis County at 1,389,670 people in 2025, up 7.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 583,747 households. Median household income in Travis County is $99,611, 23% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.3%, 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. Travis County scores 53 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #230 of 479 scored counties.

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