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Car washes and detailers in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
How Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 72 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #192 of 1,451 scored counties
#1 of 4 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 11
- 1 chain location (9%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $27.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,146 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 61,951
- +5.1% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,146 per household (20% above the U.S. average), households in Kenai Peninsula Borough spend about $27.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 11 car washes and detailers, that is $2.5M per location, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 11 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (9%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.5, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Kenai Peninsula Borough, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.6M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Population estimates show Kenai Peninsula Borough grew 5.1% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Kenai Peninsula Borough has a Groundwork market score of 72 (upper middle): #192 of 1,451 scored counties and #1 of 4 scored counties in Alaska. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,881 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.1% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,146 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,538 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 72 | 51 |
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
- 111 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.6M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Kenai Peninsula Borough, 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 61,951+5.1% since 2020
- Households
- 24,371
- Median age
- 42.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 16,017 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 4
- Median household income
- $80,538+21.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,973
- Median home value
- $323,200
- Jobs located here
- n/a
- Daytime population
- n/aResidents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Alaska market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Alaska for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Alaska, with Kenai Peninsula Borough marked.
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 Kenai Peninsula Borough
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 care57
- Auto repair shops57
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing72
- Tire shops74
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations66
- Insurance agencies71
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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 11 car washes and detailers in Kenai Peninsula Borough. One of them (9%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Kenai Peninsula Borough: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $27.9M a year, or $1,146 per household. That is 20% above the U.S. average (an index of 120, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 11 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 24,371 households in Kenai Peninsula Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Kenai Peninsula Borough has 4.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.5M, in line with 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Kenai Peninsula Borough at 61,951 people in 2025, up 5.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 24,371 households. The median household income in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $80,538 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.9% 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. 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. Kenai Peninsula Borough scores 72 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #192 of 1,451 scored counties.
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