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Car washes and detailers in Mohave County, AZ

How Mohave County, AZ 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 45 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #867 of 1,451 scored counties
#10 of 11 scored counties in Arizona

Listings
62
16 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
20
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$104.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,029 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.1
61% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
228,102
+6.5% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 62 car washes and detailers in Mohave County. 16 of them (26%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.1 per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $1,029 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in Mohave County spend about $104.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 62 car washes and detailers, that is $1.7M per location, 33% 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.

Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Mohave County in 2023. That is one for every 5,099 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.4M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Mohave County.

Population estimates show Mohave County grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Mohave County scores 45 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #867 of 1,451 scored counties and #10 of 11 scored counties in Arizona.

How Mohave County compares

The same measures for Arizona 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.

Car washes and detailing in Mohave County, AZ compared with Arizona and the U.S.
MeasureMohave CountyArizonaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.14.03.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishment5,0997,1056,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+6.5%+6.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,029$1,037$958
Median household income$57,684$79,964$80,734
Groundwork market score4566

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
16 → 20
Employees, 2023
193
Annual payroll, 2023
$5.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
6216 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
42The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$1.4M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Mohave County, 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 Mohave County

Population, 2025 estimate
228,102+6.5% since 2020
Households
101,973
Median age
51.3
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
13,332 sq. mi.
People per square mile
17
Median household income
$57,684+26.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$79,027
Median home value
$281,000
Jobs located here
53,985
Daytime population
194,436Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Arizona

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The highest-scoring counties in Arizona for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Arizona, with Mohave County marked.

Top counties in Arizona

Counties in Arizona ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Pinal County, AZ88513.1$3.5M+25.4%#19 of 1,451
2Yuma County, AZ74243.0$3.2M+9.2%#140 of 1,451
3Yavapai County, AZ73363.2$3.4M+6.5%#161 of 1,451
4Maricopa County, AZ716623.8$2.7M+5.5%#212 of 1,451
5Cochise County, AZ70152.9$3.6M+0.6%#229 of 1,451
6Coconino County, AZ59162.9$3.7M−0.6%#476 of 1,451
7Pima County, AZ591693.9$2.5M+2.8%#489 of 1,451
8Navajo County, AZ55215.2$1.9M+3.0%#617 of 1,451
9Graham County, AZ4697.1$1.7M+4.0%#837 of 1,451
10Mohave County, AZ45626.1$1.7M+6.5%#867 of 1,451

Other business types in Mohave County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Mohave County, AZ?

There are 62 car washes and detailers on map listings in Mohave County as of September 2026. 16 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Mohave County, AZ spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $104.9M a year, or $1,029 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 62 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 101,973 households in Mohave County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Mohave County, AZ compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Mohave County has 6.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 61% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.7M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Mohave County would have about 42, against 62 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,099 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Mohave County, AZ growing?

Population estimates put Mohave County at 228,102 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 101,973 households. Median household income in Mohave County is $57,684, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.5%, 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. Mohave County scores 45 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #867 of 1,451 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Mohave County

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