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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area

The oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 43 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #187 of 290 scored metro areas
#7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
5
3 chain locations (60%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$47.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,090 a household
Spending per listing
$9.4M
31% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
71% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
104,669
+0.5% 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 $1,090 per household (14% above the U.S. average), households in the Fond du Lac metro area spend about $47.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 5 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $9.4M per shop, 31% 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.

The Fond du Lac metro area has 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 3 are chain locations, or 60%, against 73% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.2, 71% above the U.S. rate of 0.7.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for oil change and lubrication shops in the Fond du Lac metro area, since they leave out counts under 3.

Population estimates put the population change in the Fond du Lac metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fond du Lac metro area is 43 (lower middle), #187 of 290 scored metro areas and #7 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.

How the Fond du Lac metro area compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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 Fond du Lac, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureFond du Lac metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.20.80.7
Spending per listing$9.4M$13M$13.7M
Households per official establishmentn/a13,18914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.5%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,090$1,061$958
Median household income$74,275$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score4344

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
53 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 the Fond du Lac 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 Fond du Lac metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
104,669+0.5% since 2020
Households
43,243
Median age
42.0
Homes lived in by their owners
71%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
720 sq. mi.
People per square mile
145
Median household income
$74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,084
Median home value
$222,800
Jobs located here
49,885
Daytime population
99,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Oil change and quick lube across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for oil change and quick-lube shops, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fond du Lac metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Wisconsin

Metro areas in Wisconsin ranked for oil change and quick-lube shops by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI72840.6$19.2M+2.6%#38 of 290
1Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI6450.6$17.1M+0.4%#68 of 290
2Madison, WI64220.7$14M+4.1%#71 of 290
3Oshkosh-Neenah, WI6050.7$15.1M+1.4%#93 of 290
4Kenosha, WI5850.7$15.1M−0.4%#103 of 290
5Appleton, WI53101.0$11.3M+2.7%#139 of 290
Duluth, MN-WI52110.9$11.8M+0.2%#145 of 290
6Wausau, WI4961.0$10.9M+1.0%#159 of 290
7Fond du Lac, WI4351.2$9.4M+0.5%#187 of 290
8Green Bay, WI40161.2$9.3M+2.5%#204 of 290

Other business types in the Fond du Lac metro area

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 the Fond du Lac, WI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Fond du Lac metro area. 3 of them (60%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. No official count is published for oil change and lubrication shops in the Fond du Lac metro area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $47.1M a year, or $1,090 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $9.4M 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 43,243 households in the Fond du Lac metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?

The Fond du Lac metro area has 1.2 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, 71% above the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $9.4M, 31% below the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Fond du Lac metro area would have about 3, against 5 on map listings.

How fast is the Fond du Lac, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Fond du Lac metro area at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in the Fond du Lac metro area is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. The Fond du Lac metro area scores 43 for oil change and quick-lube shops (lower middle), #187 of 290 scored metro areas.

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