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Car washes and detailers in Gadsden County, FL
How Gadsden County, FL 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $14M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $827 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.5M
- 39% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- 37% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 44,298
- +2.0% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Gadsden County comes to about $14M a year: $827 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That is about $3.5M of household spending for each location on map listings, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Gadsden County has 4 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 2.4 for every 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Gadsden County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Gadsden County grew 2.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, Gadsden County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Gadsden County 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.
| Measure | Gadsden County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.5M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,247 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +29.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.0% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $827 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $48,801 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 27 |
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
- 40 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Gadsden 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 Gadsden County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 44,298+2.0% since 2020
- Households
- 16,872
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 85
- Median household income
- $48,801+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $63,879
- Median home value
- $174,900
- Jobs located here
- 16,761
- Daytime population
- 43,252Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Florida
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sumter County, FL | 75 | 15 | 2.1 | $3.4M | +21.1% | #125 of 1,451 |
| 2Clay County, FL | 72 | 29 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +9.4% | #186 of 1,451 |
| 3St. Johns County, FL | 69 | 40 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +25.0% | #257 of 1,451 |
| 4Putnam County, FL | 64 | 9 | 2.9 | $2.8M | +5.9% | #363 of 1,451 |
| 5Nassau County, FL | 64 | 18 | 4.6 | $2.2M | +17.4% | #379 of 1,451 |
| 6Flagler County, FL | 60 | 19 | 3.6 | $2.4M | +21.0% | #470 of 1,451 |
| 7Walton County, FL | 58 | 13 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +22.9% | #517 of 1,451 |
| 8Charlotte County, FL | 58 | 33 | 3.6 | $2.2M | +15.5% | #524 of 1,451 |
| 9Lake County, FL | 57 | 54 | 3.3 | $2.6M | +18.1% | #538 of 1,451 |
| 10Alachua County, FL | 52 | 38 | 3.3 | $2.4M | +3.7% | #682 of 1,451 |
| Gadsden County, FL | Not scored | 4 | 2.4 | $3.5M | +2.0% |
Other business types in Gadsden 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 Gadsden County, FL?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 car washes and detailers in Gadsden County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Gadsden County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Gadsden County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $14M a year, or $827 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.5M 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 16,872 households in Gadsden County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Gadsden County, FL compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Gadsden County has 2.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 37% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.5M, 39% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Gadsden County would have about 6, against 4 on map listings.
How fast is Gadsden County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Gadsden County at 44,298 people in 2025, up 2.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,872 households. The median household income in Gadsden County is $48,801 a year, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.9% 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. Gadsden County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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