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Car washes and detailers in Phillips County, AR
How Phillips 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 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $3.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $654 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,255
- −13.0% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Phillips County
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What this means
At $654 per household (32% below the U.S. average), households in Phillips County spend about $3.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 2 car washes and detailers on map listings in Phillips County as of September 2026. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Phillips County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Phillips County declined 13.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Phillips County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Phillips 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 | Phillips County | Arkansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $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 | −13.0% | +3.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $654 | $886 | $958 |
| Median household income | $40,134 | $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
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Phillips 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 Phillips County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,255−13.0% since 2020
- Households
- 6,023
- Median age
- 39.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 51%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.5
- Land area
- 690 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $40,134+36.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $54,873
- Median home value
- $78,200
- Jobs located here
- 4,448
- Daytime population
- 14,386Residents 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 |
| Phillips County, AR | Not scored | 2 | 3.3 | $2M | −13.0% |
Other business types in Phillips 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 Phillips County, AR?
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 car washes and detailers in Phillips County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Phillips County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Phillips County, AR spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $3.9M a year, or $654 per household. That is 32% below the U.S. average (an index of 68, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 6,023 households in Phillips County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Phillips County, AR compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Phillips County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending.
How fast is Phillips County, AR growing?
Population estimates put Phillips County at 14,255 people in 2025, down 13.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,023 households. The median household income in Phillips County is $40,134 a year, 50% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.9% 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. Phillips County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Phillips 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.
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