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Car washes and detailers in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
How Matanuska-Susitna 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 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #469 of 1,451 scored counties
#3 of 4 scored counties in Alaska
- Listings
- 20
- 4 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $49.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,247 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.0
- 32% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,666
- +10.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 20 car washes and detailers in Matanuska-Susitna Borough. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.0 for every 10,000 households, 32% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Matanuska-Susitna Borough comes to about $49.7M a year: $1,247 per household, 30% above the U.S. average. Spread across 20 car washes and detailers, that is $2.5M per location, in line with 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.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough in 2023. That is one for every 2,848 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Matanuska-Susitna Borough grew 10.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is 60 (upper middle), #469 of 1,451 scored counties and #3 of 4 scored counties in Alaska.
How Matanuska-Susitna 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 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Alaska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,848 | 5,881 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +48.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +10.4% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,247 | $1,043 | $958 |
| Median household income | $94,031 | $92,788 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 51 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 108
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 20The 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 Matanuska-Susitna 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,666+10.4% since 2020
- Households
- 39,869
- Median age
- 37.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 24,703 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $94,031+24.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $115,954
- Median home value
- $346,600
- 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 Matanuska-Susitna 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 Matanuska-Susitna 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 care72
- Auto repair shops74
- Collision repair and body shops92
- Car washes and detailing60
- Tire shops88
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations86
- Insurance agencies72
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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK?
There are 20 car washes and detailers on map listings in Matanuska-Susitna Borough as of September 2026. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $49.7M a year, or $1,247 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 39,869 households in Matanuska-Susitna Borough and national spending patterns by income.
How does Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 5.0 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 32% 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,848 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK growing?
Population estimates put Matanuska-Susitna Borough at 118,666 people in 2025, up 10.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 39,869 households. Median household income in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is $94,031, 16% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.6%, 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. Matanuska-Susitna Borough scores 60 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #469 of 1,451 scored counties.
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