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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Kenosha, WI metro area
How the Kenosha, WI metro area compares with other metro areas 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 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #103 of 290 scored metro areas
#4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 5
- 5 chain locations (100%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $75.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,097 a household
- Spending per listing
- $15.1M
- 10% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.7
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 168,448
- −0.4% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Kenosha metro area comes to about $75.6M a year: $1,097 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $15.1M per shop, 10% 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 Kenosha metro area has 5 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 0.7, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in the Kenosha metro area was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 13,781 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Kenosha metro area from 2020 to 2025 at −0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Kenosha metro area scores 58 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #103 of 290 scored metro areas and #4 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin.
How the Kenosha 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.
| Measure | Kenosha metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Spending per listing | $15.1M | $13M | $13.7M |
| Households per official establishment | 13,781 | 13,189 | 14,222 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.7% | +12.1% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.4% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,097 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $81,239 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 44 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $962K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 55 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Kenosha 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 Kenosha metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 168,448−0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 68,904
- Median age
- 40.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 67%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 272 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 620
- Median household income
- $81,239
- Average household income
- $103,301
- Median home value
- $265,500
- Jobs located here
- 76,591
- Daytime population
- 157,773Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →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 Kenosha metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 72 | 84 | 0.6 | $19.2M | +2.6% | #38 of 290 |
| 1Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 64 | 5 | 0.6 | $17.1M | +0.4% | #68 of 290 |
| 2Madison, WI | 64 | 22 | 0.7 | $14M | +4.1% | #71 of 290 |
| 3Oshkosh-Neenah, WI | 60 | 5 | 0.7 | $15.1M | +1.4% | #93 of 290 |
| 4Kenosha, WI | 58 | 5 | 0.7 | $15.1M | −0.4% | #103 of 290 |
| 5Appleton, WI | 53 | 10 | 1.0 | $11.3M | +2.7% | #139 of 290 |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 52 | 11 | 0.9 | $11.8M | +0.2% | #145 of 290 |
| 6Wausau, WI | 49 | 6 | 1.0 | $10.9M | +1.0% | #159 of 290 |
| 7Fond du Lac, WI | 43 | 5 | 1.2 | $9.4M | +0.5% | #187 of 290 |
| 8Green Bay, WI | 40 | 16 | 1.2 | $9.3M | +2.5% | #204 of 290 |
Other business types in the Kenosha 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 care72
- Auto repair shops62
- Collision repair and body shops64
- Car washes and detailing75
- Tire shops76
- Oil change and quick lube58
- Gas stations44
- Insurance agencies65
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 Kenosha, WI metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 5 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Kenosha metro area. 5 of them (100%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.
How much do households in the Kenosha, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $75.6M a year, or $1,097 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $15.1M 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 68,904 households in the Kenosha metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Kenosha, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for oil change and quick-lube shops?
The Kenosha metro area has 0.7 oil change and quick-lube shops per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 0.7. Spending per shop is $15.1M, 10% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. At the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending, the Kenosha metro area would have about 6, against 5 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 13,781 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.
How fast is the Kenosha, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Kenosha metro area at 168,448 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 68,904 households. Median household income in the Kenosha metro area is $81,239, in line with 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 Kenosha metro area scores 58 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #103 of 290 scored metro areas.
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