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Oil change and quick-lube shops in Skagit County, WA

How Skagit County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #242 of 479 scored counties
#9 of 11 scored counties in Washington

Listings
7
5 chain locations (71%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$64.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,235 a household
Spending per listing
$9.2M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.3
86% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
132,975
+2.4% 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 $1,235 per household (29% above the U.S. average), households in Skagit County spend about $64.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 7 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $9.2M per shop, 33% 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.

Skagit County has 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 71%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.3, 86% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Skagit County classed as oil change and lubrication shops. That is one for every 13,082 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $64K has gone to businesses classed as oil change and lubrication shops in Skagit County.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Skagit County grew 2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Skagit County scores 52 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #242 of 479 scored counties and #9 of 11 scored counties in Washington.

How Skagit County compares

The same measures for Washington 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 Skagit County, WA compared with Washington and the U.S.
MeasureSkagit CountyWashingtonU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.30.70.7
Spending per listing$9.2M$15.5M$13.7M
Households per official establishment13,08213,80514,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+1.8%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.4%+3.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,235$1,104$958
Median household income$89,263$98,141$80,734
Groundwork market score5260

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
41
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
75 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$64K

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

Population, 2025 estimate
132,975+2.4% since 2020
Households
52,329
Median age
43.1
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,730 sq. mi.
People per square mile
76
Median household income
$89,263+33.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$111,733
Median home value
$545,100
Jobs located here
49,731
Daytime population
119,306Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Washington

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The highest-scoring counties in Washington for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Washington, with Skagit County marked.

Top counties in Washington

Counties in Washington ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kitsap County, WA8150.5$25.7M+2.7%#4 of 479
2Clark County, WA75140.7$16.4M+5.3%#34 of 479
3King County, WA71450.5$20.5M+3.1%#57 of 479
4Pierce County, WA70220.6$18.5M+2.5%#70 of 479
5Whatcom County, WA6670.7$15M+3.9%#104 of 479
6Snohomish County, WA66280.9$13.5M+4.9%#106 of 479
7Thurston County, WA5890.8$14.8M+2.8%#176 of 479
8Benton County, WA5691.2$10M+6.9%#206 of 479
9Skagit County, WA5271.3$9.2M+2.4%#242 of 479
10Yakima County, WA5091.0$11.5M+1.0%#253 of 479

Other business types in Skagit 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 Skagit County, WA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 oil change and quick-lube shops in Skagit County. 5 of them (71%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

How much do households in Skagit County, WA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $64.6M a year, or $1,235 per household. That is 29% above the U.S. average (an index of 129, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $9.2M 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 52,329 households in Skagit County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Skagit County has 1.3 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 86% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $9.2M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, Skagit County would have about 5, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,082 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is Skagit County, WA growing?

Population estimates put Skagit County at 132,975 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 52,329 households. Median household income in Skagit County is $89,263, 11% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.2%, 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. Skagit County scores 52 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #242 of 479 scored counties.

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