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Car washes and detailers in Crittenden County, AR

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Crittenden County, AR, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 5 out of 100: Very low

Ranked #1,445 of 1,451 scored counties
#22 of 22 scored counties in Arkansas

Listings
12
5 chain locations (42%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$13.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $739 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.6
74% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
46,210
−3.9% 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

For car washes and detailers, Crittenden County has a Groundwork market score of 5 (very low): #1,445 of 1,451 scored counties and #22 of 22 scored counties in Arkansas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Crittenden County comes to about $13.5M a year: $739 per household, 23% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per location, 55% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Crittenden County has 12 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 42%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.6, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Crittenden County classed as car washes. That is one for every 3,641 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Population estimates show Crittenden County declined 3.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How Crittenden 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.

Car washes and detailing in Crittenden County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureCrittenden CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.64.43.8
Spending per listing$1.1M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,6415,8836,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.5%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.9%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$739$886$958
Median household income$55,358$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market score526

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 5
Employees, 2023
88
Annual payroll, 2023
$2.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
125 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Crittenden 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 Crittenden County

Population, 2025 estimate
46,210−3.9% since 2020
Households
18,203
Median age
36.7
Homes lived in by their owners
57%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
612 sq. mi.
People per square mile
77
Median household income
$55,358+37.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$70,945
Median home value
$160,200
Jobs located here
15,960
Daytime population
41,943Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Arkansas

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

Top counties in Arkansas

Counties in Arkansas ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Saline County, AR65102.0$4.8M+7.6%#331 of 1,451
2Crawford County, AR55114.7$2M+4.1%#614 of 1,451
3Lonoke County, AR52124.2$2.3M+3.5%#684 of 1,451
4Benton County, AR45605.4$1.9M+16.0%#861 of 1,451
5Hot Spring County, AR4354.1$2.3M+1.1%#900 of 1,451
6Washington County, AR43454.6$2M+9.9%#911 of 1,451
7Jefferson County, AR4283.3$2.4M−5.7%#927 of 1,451
8White County, AR42165.4$1.6M+4.2%#947 of 1,451
9Baxter County, AR4094.7$1.8M+3.1%#990 of 1,451
10Miller County, AR3653.1$2.5M−0.5%#1,074 of 1,451
22Crittenden County, AR5126.6$1.1M−3.9%#1,445 of 1,451

Other business types in Crittenden County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Crittenden County, AR?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 car washes and detailers in Crittenden County. 5 of them (42%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Crittenden County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $13.5M a year, or $739 per household. That is 23% below the U.S. average (an index of 77, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 18,203 households in Crittenden County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Crittenden County has 6.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.1M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Crittenden County would have about 5, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,641 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Crittenden County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Crittenden County at 46,210 people in 2025, down 3.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 18,203 households. The median household income in Crittenden County is $55,358 a year, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.8% 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. Crittenden County scores 5 for car washes and detailers (very low), #1,445 of 1,451 scored counties.

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