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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area
The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 63 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #76 of 290 scored metro areas
#1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Virginia
- Listings
- 33
- 33 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 42
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $646.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $915 a household
- Spending per listing
- $19.6M
- 43% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.5
- 29% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 1,797,213
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
At $915 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area spend about $646.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $19.6M of household spending for each shop on map listings, 43% above 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area has 33 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. All of them are chain locations, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 0.5, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area was 42 in 2023. That is one for every 16,843 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $512K have gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area grew 0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area is 63 (upper middle), #76 of 290 scored metro areas and #1 of 6 scored metro areas based in Virginia.
How the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area 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.
| Measure | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $19.6M | $19.2M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 16,843 | 13,303 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +42.9% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $915 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $82,330 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 63 | 58 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 42
- Employees, 2023
- 457
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $12.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 3333 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 47The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $512K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk 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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 1,797,213+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 707,408
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 3,202 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 558
- Median household income
- $82,330
- Average household income
- $108,120
- Median home value
- $340,900
- Jobs located here
- 729,464
- Daytime population
- 1,773,219Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Virginia for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 72 | 88 | 0.4 | $24.3M | +3.3% | #36 of 290 |
| 1Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 63 | 33 | 0.5 | $19.6M | +0.9% | #76 of 290 |
| 2Winchester, VA-WV | 61 | 5 | 0.9 | $11.4M | +6.5% | #91 of 290 |
| 3Lynchburg, VA | 60 | 7 | 0.7 | $14.6M | +2.9% | #94 of 290 |
| 4Richmond, VA | 56 | 30 | 0.6 | $17.2M | +5.5% | #117 of 290 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 48 | 13 | 1.0 | $9.4M | +2.3% | #165 of 290 |
| 5Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA | 43 | 8 | 1.5 | $6.3M | +3.2% | #190 of 290 |
| 6Roanoke, VA | 25 | 14 | 1.1 | $8.7M | +0.4% | #257 of 290 |
Other business types in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care53
- Auto repair shops53
- Collision repair and body shops60
- Car washes and detailing50
- Tire shops45
- Oil change and quick lube63
- Gas stations71
- Insurance agencies75
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many oil change and quick-lube shops are in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 33 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area. 33 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 42 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $646.9M a year, or $915 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 33 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $19.6M 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 707,408 households in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area has 0.5 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 29% below the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $19.6M, 43% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area would have about 47, against 33 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 16,843 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area at 1,797,213 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 707,408 households. Median household income in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area is $82,330, 2% above the U.S. median of $80,734.
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 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk metro area scores 63 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #76 of 290 scored metro areas.
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