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Car washes and detailers in Anchorage Municipality, AK
The car washes and detailers in Anchorage Municipality, AK, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 45 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #847 of 1,451 scored counties
#4 of 4 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 48
- 8 chain locations (17%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $114.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,054 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.4
- 16% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 287,155
- −1.3% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 48 car washes and detailers in Anchorage Municipality. Chain locations make up 17% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.4 for every 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in Anchorage Municipality spend about $114.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,054 per household, 10% above the U.S. average. That works out to $2.4M per location, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Anchorage Municipality was 21 in 2023. That is one for every 5,171 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Anchorage Municipality from 2020 to 2025 at −1.3%, against +3.1% for the U.S. For car washes and detailers, Anchorage Municipality has a Groundwork market score of 45 (lower middle): #847 of 1,451 scored counties and #4 of 4 scored counties in Alaska.
How Anchorage Municipality compares
The same measures for Alaska 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 | Anchorage Municipality | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,171 | 5,881 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.3% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,054 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $103,284 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 45 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 19 → 21
- Employees, 2023
- 143
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.3M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 488 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 45The 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 Anchorage Municipality, 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 Anchorage Municipality
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 287,155−1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 108,597
- Median age
- 36.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,707 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 169
- Median household income
- $103,284+21.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $132,200
- Median home value
- $395,900
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Alaska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK | 72 | 11 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +5.1% | #192 of 1,451 |
| 2Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 68 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.9M | −1.4% | #273 of 1,451 |
| 3Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 60 | 20 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +10.4% | #469 of 1,451 |
| 4Anchorage Municipality, AK | 45 | 48 | 4.4 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #847 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Anchorage Municipality
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 care54
- Auto repair shops51
- Collision repair and body shops67
- Car washes and detailing45
- Tire shops75
- Oil change and quick lube73
- Gas stations66
- Insurance agencies49
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 Anchorage Municipality, AK?
Anchorage Municipality has 48 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 8 of them (17%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Anchorage Municipality, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $114.4M a year, or $1,054 per household. That is 10% above the U.S. average (an index of 110, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 48 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 108,597 households in Anchorage Municipality and national spending patterns by income.
How does Anchorage Municipality, AK compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Anchorage Municipality has 4.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 16% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.4M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Anchorage Municipality would have about 45, against 48 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,171 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Anchorage Municipality, AK growing?
Population estimates put Anchorage Municipality at 287,155 people in 2025, down 1.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 108,597 households. Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $103,284, 28% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 21.6%, 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. Anchorage Municipality scores 45 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #847 of 1,451 scored counties.
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