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Car washes and detailers in Dolores County, CO

How Dolores County, CO 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$1.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,434 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
2,466
+5.8% 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

There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in Dolores County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Dolores County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

At $1,434 per household (50% above the U.S. average), households in Dolores County spend about $1.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. 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 Dolores County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Dolores County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Dolores County compares

The same measures for Colorado 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 Dolores County, CO compared with Colorado and the U.S.
MeasureDolores CountyColoradoU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.13.8
Spending per listingn/a$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,0886,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+6.9%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.8%+3.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,434$1,112$958
Median household income$64,907$95,470$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored63

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
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Dolores 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 Dolores County

Population, 2025 estimate
2,466+5.8% since 2020
Households
1,254
Median age
52.6
Homes lived in by their owners
81%
Vehicles per household
2.7
Land area
1,067 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$64,907
Average household income
$86,999
Median home value
$247,600
Jobs located here
521
Daytime population
2,156Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Colorado

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

Top counties in Colorado

Counties in Colorado ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Douglas County, CO88493.5$3.6M+10.9%#18 of 1,451
2Broomfield County, CO86103.1$3.5M+6.3%#29 of 1,451
3Garfield County, CO7993.8$3.1M+2.7%#67 of 1,451
4Boulder County, CO72423.1$3.5M−0.7%#175 of 1,451
5Weld County, CO72584.7$2.7M+14.2%#189 of 1,451
6Denver County, CO71942.8$3.2M+3.2%#203 of 1,451
7Morgan County, CO6854.5$2.5M+4.2%#289 of 1,451
8Jefferson County, CO661064.4$2.6M−0.5%#322 of 1,451
9Larimer County, CO65805.2$2.2M+4.8%#351 of 1,451
10Adams County, CO61965.1$2.3M+6.6%#446 of 1,451
Dolores County, CONot scored00.0n/a+5.8%

Other business types in Dolores County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Dolores County, CO?

Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Dolores County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Dolores County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Dolores County, CO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $1.8M a year, or $1,434 per household. That is 50% above the U.S. average (an index of 150, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 1,254 households in Dolores County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Dolores County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Dolores County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Dolores County, CO growing?

Population estimates put Dolores County at 2,466 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 1,254 households. Median household income in Dolores County is $64,907, 20% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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 score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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