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Oil change and quick-lube shops in the Madison, WI metro area

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 64 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #71 of 290 scored metro areas
#2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin

Listings
22
19 chain locations (86%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$307.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,019 a household
Spending per listing
$14M
2% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
0.7
In line with the U.S.
Population, 2025
709,685
+4.1% 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 the Madison metro area comes to about $307.4M a year: $1,019 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. Spread across 22 oil change and quick-lube shops, that is $14M per shop, 2% 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 Madison metro area has 22 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings as of September 2026. 19 of them (86%) 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 Madison metro area was 20 in 2023. That is one for every 15,079 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

Population estimates show the Madison metro area grew 4.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Madison metro area scores 64 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for oil change and quick-lube shops, ranking #71 of 290 scored metro areas and #2 of 10 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.

How the Madison 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 Madison, WI metro area compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureMadison metro areaWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.70.80.7
Spending per listing$14M$13M$13.7M
Households per official establishment15,07913,18914,222
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+23.7%+12.1%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,019$1,061$958
Median household income$88,804$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market score6444

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
20
Employees, 2023
134
Annual payroll, 2023
$4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
2219 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
22The 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 Madison 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 Madison metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
709,685+4.1% since 2020
Households
301,580
Median age
39.0
Homes lived in by their owners
60%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
3,309 sq. mi.
People per square mile
209
Median household income
$88,804+22.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$116,647
Median home value
$372,400
Jobs located here
417,554
Daytime population
747,946Residents 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison, WI metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 22 oil change and quick-lube shops in the Madison metro area. 19 of them (86%) are chain locations. The listings count oil change and quick-lube shops. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as oil change and lubrication shops in 2023.

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

About $307.4M a year, or $1,019 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 22 oil change and quick-lube shops on map listings, it comes to $14M 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 301,580 households in the Madison metro area and national spending patterns by income.

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

The Madison 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 $14M, 2% above the U.S. figure of $13.7M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of oil change and quick-lube shops to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 15,079 households, against one for every 14,222 across the U.S.

How fast is the Madison, WI metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Madison metro area at 709,685 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 301,580 households. Median household income in the Madison metro area is $88,804, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 22.7%, 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 Madison metro area scores 64 for oil change and quick-lube shops (upper middle), #71 of 290 scored metro areas.

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