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Car washes and detailers in Clark County, AR
How Clark County, AR compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 3.
- Listings
- 3
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $883 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 20,938
- −2.2% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Clark County spend about $7.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $883 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each location on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 3 car washes and detailers on map listings in Clark County as of September 2026. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Clark County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Clark County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, Clark County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Clark County compares
The same measures for Arkansas 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 | Clark County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,883 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +38.5% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.2% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $883 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $52,034 | $60,773 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 26 |
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
- 30 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Clark 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 Clark County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 20,938−2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 8,121
- Median age
- 36.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 866 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 24
- Median household income
- $52,034+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $71,512
- Median home value
- $155,000
- Jobs located here
- 7,786
- Daytime population
- 20,730Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Arkansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Saline County, AR | 65 | 10 | 2.0 | $4.8M | +7.6% | #331 of 1,451 |
| 2Crawford County, AR | 55 | 11 | 4.7 | $2M | +4.1% | #614 of 1,451 |
| 3Lonoke County, AR | 52 | 12 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +3.5% | #684 of 1,451 |
| 4Benton County, AR | 45 | 60 | 5.4 | $1.9M | +16.0% | #861 of 1,451 |
| 5Hot Spring County, AR | 43 | 5 | 4.1 | $2.3M | +1.1% | #900 of 1,451 |
| 6Washington County, AR | 43 | 45 | 4.6 | $2M | +9.9% | #911 of 1,451 |
| 7Jefferson County, AR | 42 | 8 | 3.3 | $2.4M | −5.7% | #927 of 1,451 |
| 8White County, AR | 42 | 16 | 5.4 | $1.6M | +4.2% | #947 of 1,451 |
| 9Baxter County, AR | 40 | 9 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +3.1% | #990 of 1,451 |
| 10Miller County, AR | 36 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.5M | −0.5% | #1,074 of 1,451 |
| Clark County, AR | Not scored | 3 | 3.7 | $2.4M | −2.2% |
Other business types in Clark County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Clark County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 3 car washes and detailers in Clark County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Clark County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Clark County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.2M a year, or $883 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 8,121 households in Clark County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Clark County, AR compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Clark County has 3.7 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.4M, 5% below 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 Clark County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Clark County at 20,938 people in 2025, down 2.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,121 households. The median household income in Clark County is $52,034 a year, 36% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Clark County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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