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Car washes and detailers in the Steamboat Springs, CO area
The car washes and detailers in the Steamboat Springs, CO area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #125 of 441 scored small-town markets
#5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado
- Listings
- 8
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,208 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,451
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Steamboat Springs area comes to about $20.1M a year: $1,208 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. Spread across 8 car washes and detailers, that is $2.5M per location, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Steamboat Springs area has 8 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Steamboat Springs area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 4,168 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Steamboat Springs area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, the Steamboat Springs area has a Groundwork market score of 62 (upper middle): #125 of 441 scored small-town markets and #5 of 8 scored small-town markets based in Colorado.
How the Steamboat Springs area 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.
| Measure | Steamboat Springs area | Colorado | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,168 | 6,088 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +6.9% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +3.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,208 | $1,112 | $958 |
| Median household income | $95,400 | $95,470 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 63 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 12
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $388K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 80 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 the Steamboat Springs area, 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 the Steamboat Springs area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,451+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 16,671
- Median age
- 42.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 7,105 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $95,400
- Average household income
- $129,770
- Median home value
- $564,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,359
- Daytime population
- 36,698Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Colorado market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Colorado for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Colorado, with the Steamboat Springs area marked.
Top small-town markets in Colorado
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rifle, CO | 76 | 9 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +1.2% | #32 of 441 |
| 2Fort Morgan, CO | 75 | 5 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +4.2% | #47 of 441 |
| 3Breckenridge, CO | 71 | 7 | 4.5 | $2.6M | +1.1% | #70 of 441 |
| 4Edwards, CO | 64 | 10 | 4.5 | $2.7M | −2.4% | #112 of 441 |
| 5Steamboat Springs, CO | 62 | 8 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +0.9% | #125 of 441 |
| 6Cañon City, CO | 62 | 8 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +2.4% | #126 of 441 |
| 7Durango, CO | 52 | 13 | 5.3 | $2.2M | +2.2% | #203 of 441 |
| 8Montrose, CO | 42 | 12 | 6.6 | $1.7M | +4.1% | #290 of 441 |
Other business types in the Steamboat Springs area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care54
- Auto repair shops53
- Collision repair and body shops70
- Car washes and detailing62
- Tire shops44
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations58
- Insurance agencies50
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 the Steamboat Springs, CO area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 car washes and detailers in the Steamboat Springs area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in the Steamboat Springs, CO area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.1M a year, or $1,208 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 16,671 households in the Steamboat Springs area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Steamboat Springs, CO area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Steamboat Springs area has 4.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.5M, in line with 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. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,168 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Steamboat Springs, CO area growing?
Population estimates put the Steamboat Springs area at 38,451 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,671 households. The median household income in the Steamboat Springs area is $95,400 a year, 18% above 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Steamboat Springs area scores 62 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #125 of 441 scored small-town markets.
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