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

The oil change and quick-lube shops in Roanoke 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
3 chain locations (75%)
Official establishments
6
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$31.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $732 a household
Spending per listing
$8M
42% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.9
29% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
99,111
−0.8% 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 Roanoke city comes to about $31.9M a year: $732 per household, 24% below the U.S. average. That works out to $8M per shop, 42% 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.

Roanoke city has 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.9, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Roanoke city in 2023. That is one for every 7,263 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Roanoke city from 2020 to 2025 at −0.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, Roanoke city isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Roanoke 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 Roanoke city, VA compared with Virginia and the U.S.
MeasureRoanoke cityVirginiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.90.50.7
Spending per listing$8M$19.2M$13.7M
Households per official establishment7,26313,30314,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+42.9%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.8%+2.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$732$968$958
Median household income$55,378$93,170$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored58

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 6
Employees, 2023
48
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
43 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 Roanoke 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 Roanoke city

Population, 2025 estimate
99,111−0.8% since 2020
Households
43,575
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
43 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2,313
Median household income
$55,378+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,578
Median home value
$190,500
Jobs located here
69,862
Daytime population
125,030Residents 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 Roanoke 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
Roanoke city, VANot scored40.9$8M−0.8%

Other business types in Roanoke 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 Roanoke city, VA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 oil change and quick-lube shops in Roanoke city. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 6 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Roanoke city, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $31.9M a year, or $732 per household. That is 24% below the U.S. average (an index of 76, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $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 43,575 households in Roanoke city and national spending patterns by income.

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

Roanoke city has 0.9 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $8M, 42% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Roanoke city would have about 2, against 4 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,263 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Roanoke city, VA growing?

Population estimates put Roanoke city at 99,111 people in 2025, down 0.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 43,575 households. Median household income in Roanoke city is $55,378, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.2%, 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. Roanoke 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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