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Car washes and detailers in the Selma, AL area
How the Selma, AL area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $702 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.5
- 34% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 35,140
- −7.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Selma area spend about $11.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $702 per household, 27% below the U.S. average. Spread across 4 car washes and detailers, that is $2.8M per location, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 4 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Selma area as of September 2026. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in the Selma area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in the Selma area from 2020 to 2025 at −7.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, the Selma area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Selma area compares
The same measures for Alabama and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all vehicle maintenance and repairs by the car washes and detailers 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 | Selma area | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.5 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,159 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +43.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −7.9% | +3.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $702 | $929 | $958 |
| Median household income | $35,627 | $63,999 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 car washes in the Selma 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 Selma area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 35,140−7.9% since 2020
- Households
- 15,947
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 979 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 38
- Median household income
- $35,627+5.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $53,885
- Median home value
- $94,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,268
- Daytime population
- 34,961Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alabama market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Alabama for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Alabama (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Selma area marked.
Top small-town markets in Alabama
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Enterprise, AL | 70 | 8 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +6.3% | #74 of 441 |
| 2Cullman, AL | 65 | 13 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +6.7% | #103 of 441 |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 65 | 13 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #104 of 441 |
| 3Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 62 | 11 | 2.9 | $3.2M | 0.0% | #123 of 441 |
| 4Fort Payne, AL | 58 | 12 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +3.4% | #154 of 441 |
| 5Scottsboro, AL | 55 | 10 | 4.6 | $2.1M | +3.3% | #177 of 441 |
| 6Alexander City, AL | 52 | 6 | 3.5 | $2.6M | −0.8% | #197 of 441 |
| 7Albertville, AL | 44 | 27 | 7.4 | $1.4M | +6.0% | #276 of 441 |
| 8Ozark, AL | 38 | 10 | 5.1 | $1.8M | +1.3% | #317 of 441 |
| 9Troy, AL | 35 | 6 | 4.8 | $1.7M | +2.4% | #341 of 441 |
| Selma, AL | Not scored | 4 | 2.5 | $2.8M | −7.9% |
Other business types in the Selma area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many car washes and detailers are in the Selma, AL area?
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 car washes and detailers in the Selma area. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Selma area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Selma, AL area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.2M a year, or $702 per household. That is 27% below the U.S. average (an index of 73, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.8M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 15,947 households in the Selma area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Selma, AL area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Selma area has 2.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 34% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending.
How fast is the Selma, AL area growing?
Population estimates put the Selma area at 35,140 people in 2025, down 7.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 15,947 households. The median household income in the Selma area is $35,627 a year, 56% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 5.3% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Selma area has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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