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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Lynchburg city, VA

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Lynchburg city, VA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.

Listings
4
4 chain locations (100%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$21.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $761 a household
Spending per listing
$5.5M
60% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
81,347
+3.0% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lynchburg city comes to about $21.8M a year: $761 per household, 21% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $5.5M per shop, 60% 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.

Lynchburg city has 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Lynchburg city was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 9,567 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show Lynchburg city grew 3.0% from 2020 to 2025, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Lynchburg city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Lynchburg city compares

The same measures for Virginia 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 Lynchburg city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureLynchburg cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.40.50.7
Spending per listing$5.5M$19.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment9,56713,30314,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.9%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+3.0%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$761$968$958
Median household income$57,947$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3
Employees, 2023
32
Annual payroll, 2023
$897K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
44 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Lynchburg city, 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 Lynchburg city

Population, 2025 estimate
81,347+3.0% since 2020
Households
28,701
Median age
33.0
Homes lived in by their owners
49%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
49 sq. mi.
People per square mile
1,625
Median household income
$57,947+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,031
Median home value
$229,800
Jobs located here
48,991
Daytime population
99,233Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Virginia

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The highest-scoring counties in Virginia for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Virginia, with Lynchburg city marked.

Top counties in Virginia

Counties in Virginia ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Prince William County, VA7980.5$21.8M+4.2%#12 of 479
2Loudoun County, VA7560.4$27.1M+6.4%#33 of 479
3Fairfax County, VA72120.3$34.5M+1.7%#44 of 479
4Chesapeake city, VA5750.5$18.8M+2.3%#185 of 479
5Chesterfield County, VA57100.7$14.8M+8.7%#187 of 479
6Virginia Beach city, VA49100.6$17M−1.3%#258 of 479
7Hanover County, VA4751.2$10M+5.6%#279 of 479
8Henrico County, VA39100.7$12.8M+2.3%#341 of 479
9Roanoke County, VA2661.5$6.5M+0.2%#427 of 479
Lynchburg city, VANot scored41.4$5.5M+3.0%

Other business types in Lynchburg city

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 Lynchburg city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 oil change and quick-lube shops in Lynchburg city. 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 Lynchburg city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $21.8M a year, or $761 per household. That is 21% below the U.S. average (an index of 79, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $5.5M 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 28,701 households in Lynchburg city and national spending patterns by income.

How does Lynchburg city, VA compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

Lynchburg city has 1.4 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $5.5M, 60% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Lynchburg city would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,567 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Lynchburg city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Lynchburg city at 81,347 people in 2025, up 3.0% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,701 households. Median household income in Lynchburg city is $57,947, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Lynchburg city has no market score for oil change and quick-lube shops: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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