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Car washes and detailers in Marion County, AR

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
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 · $936 a household
Spending per listing
$7.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,593
+4.3% since 2020

See the car washes and detailers around any address in Marion County

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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 1 car wash or detailer in Marion County. That is 1.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Marion County comes to about $7.2M a year: $936 per household, 2% below the U.S. average. That is about $7.2M of household spending for each location on map listings. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Marion County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Marion County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Marion County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Marion 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 Marion County, AR compared with Arkansas and the U.S.
MeasureMarion CountyArkansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.34.43.8
Spending per listing$7.2M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,8836,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+38.5%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.3%+3.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$936$886$958
Median household income$48,619$60,773$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored26

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
10 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 Marion 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 Marion County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,593+4.3% since 2020
Households
7,664
Median age
50.1
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
597 sq. mi.
People per square mile
29
Median household income
$48,619+32.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$65,215
Median home value
$163,300
Jobs located here
3,596
Daytime population
15,570Residents 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 Marion 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
Marion County, ARNot scored11.3$7.2M+4.3%

Other business types in Marion County

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

Questions

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

There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Marion County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Marion County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $7.2M a year, or $936 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $7.2M 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 7,664 households in Marion County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Marion County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Marion County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Marion County, AR growing?

Population estimates put Marion County at 17,593 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,664 households. Median household income in Marion County is $48,619, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 32.4%, 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. Marion County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Marion County. It maps the car washes and detailers on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

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

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