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Car washes and detailers in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 34 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #314 of 387 scored metro areas
#16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida

Listings
124
32 chain locations (26%)
Official establishments
66
+11.9% since 2019
Household spending a year
$247.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $841 a household
Spending per listing
$2M
21% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.2
11% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
746,933
+11.2% since 2020

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What this means

For car washes and detailers, the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area has a Groundwork market score of 34 (lower middle): #314 of 387 scored metro areas and #16 of 22 scored metro areas based in Florida. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.

Households in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area spend about $247.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $841 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2M per location, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area has 124 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 26% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.2, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019. That is one for every 4,462 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 4 SBA-backed loans worth $5.6M have gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area. Population estimates show the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area grew 11.2% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area compares

The same measures for Florida 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 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureDeltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro areaFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.24.13.8
Spending per listing$2M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,4625,2476,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023+11.9%+29.4%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+11.2%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$841$835$958
Median household income$71,277$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3427

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
66+11.9% over the period
Employees, 2023
310
Annual payroll, 2023
$9.2M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
12432 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
98The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
4
Amount
$5.6M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro 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 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
746,933+11.2% since 2020
Households
294,463
Median age
47.1
Homes lived in by their owners
75%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,587 sq. mi.
People per square mile
445
Median household income
$71,277+41.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$94,746
Median home value
$324,300
Jobs located here
214,274
Daytime population
625,423Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Florida

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Florida for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Florida, with the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Florida

Metro areas in Florida ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Wildwood-The Villages, FL76152.1$3.4M+21.1%#17 of 387
2Punta Gorda, FL57333.6$2.2M+15.5%#151 of 387
3Gainesville, FL54483.4$2.4M+5.4%#170 of 387
4Jacksonville, FL492523.8$2.3M+10.7%#201 of 387
5Tallahassee, FL48623.9$2.1M+3.1%#216 of 387
6Sebring, FL48204.3$1.8M+9.7%#218 of 387
7Homosassa Springs, FL46253.5$2.3M+11.1%#231 of 387
8Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL46384.3$2.1M+15.7%#234 of 387
9Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL45864.3$2.1M+6.5%#242 of 387
10Ocala, FL43573.5$2.4M+17.3%#250 of 387
16Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL341244.2$2M+11.2%#314 of 387

Other business types in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area

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Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 124 car washes and detailers in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area. 32 of them (26%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 66 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023, up 11.9% from 2019.

How much do households in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $247.5M a year, or $841 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 124 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 294,463 households in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area has 4.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area would have about 98, against 124 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,462 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. The official count rose 11.9% from 2019 to 2023, against +16.7% for the U.S.

How fast is the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area at 746,933 people in 2025, up 11.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 294,463 households. The median household income in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area is $71,277 a year, 12% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 41.5% 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. The Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach metro area scores 34 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #314 of 387 scored metro areas.

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