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Car washes and detailers in the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area
How the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 73 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #32 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona
- Listings
- 36
- 5 chain locations (14%)
- Official establishments
- 20
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $122.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,100 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 35% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.2
- 16% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 252,552
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area scores 73 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #32 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 7 scored metro areas based in Arizona. That puts it in the top 10% of metro areas for car washes and detailers.
At $1,100 per household (15% above the U.S. average), households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area spend about $122.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $3.4M of household spending for each location on map listings, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has 36 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 5 of them (14%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.2, 16% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 20 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area in 2023. That is one for every 5,558 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 3 SBA-backed loans worth $1.7M have gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area. Population estimates show the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area grew 6.5% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area 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.
| Measure | Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area | Arizona | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,558 | 7,105 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | +6.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,100 | $1,037 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,613 | $79,964 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 73 | 66 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 20
- Employees, 2023
- 154
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 365 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 49The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 3
- Amount
- $1.7M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro 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 Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 252,552+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 111,157
- Median age
- 52.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 8,123 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $69,613+32.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,313
- Median home value
- $425,200
- Jobs located here
- 67,568
- Daytime population
- 218,945Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Arizona market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Arizona for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Arizona, with the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Arizona
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yuma, AZ | 74 | 24 | 3.0 | $3.2M | +9.2% | #27 of 387 |
| 2Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ | 73 | 36 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +6.5% | #32 of 387 |
| 3Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 73 | 713 | 3.8 | $2.8M | +7.3% | #35 of 387 |
| 4Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ | 69 | 15 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +0.6% | #49 of 387 |
| 5Flagstaff, AZ | 57 | 16 | 2.9 | $3.7M | −0.6% | #143 of 387 |
| 6Tucson, AZ | 57 | 169 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +2.8% | #148 of 387 |
| 7Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | 39 | 62 | 6.1 | $1.7M | +6.5% | #285 of 387 |
Other business types in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area
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 care65
- Auto repair shops60
- Collision repair and body shops78
- Car washes and detailing73
- Tire shops76
- Oil change and quick lube78
- Gas stations78
- Insurance agencies73
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 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 36 car washes and detailers in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area. 5 of them (14%) 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 the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $122.2M a year, or $1,100 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 36 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 111,157 households in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area has 3.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 16% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.4M, 35% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area would have about 49, against 36 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,558 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area at 252,552 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 111,157 households. The median household income in the Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area is $69,613 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 32.7% 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. The Prescott Valley-Prescott metro area scores 73 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #32 of 387 scored metro areas.
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