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Car washes and detailers in Hardee County, FL
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Hardee County, FL, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $7.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $937 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.4
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 25,932
- +2.4% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 car washes and detailers in Hardee County. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.
At $937 per household (2% below the U.S. average), households in Hardee County spend about $7.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 2 car washes and detailers, that is $3.9M per location. 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 Hardee County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Hardee County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Hardee County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Hardee 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 | Hardee County | Florida | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.9M | $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 | +2.4% | +8.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $937 | $835 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,489 | $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
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Hardee 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 Hardee County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 25,932+2.4% since 2020
- Households
- 8,219
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 638 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 40
- Median household income
- $60,489+56.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,981
- Median home value
- $153,600
- Jobs located here
- 6,991
- Daytime population
- 22,490Residents 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 |
| Hardee County, FL | Not scored | 2 | 2.4 | $3.9M | +2.4% |
Other business types in Hardee 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 Hardee County, FL?
There are 2 car washes and detailers on map listings in Hardee County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Hardee County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Hardee County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $7.7M a year, or $937 per household. That is 2% below the U.S. average (an index of 98, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.9M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 8,219 households in Hardee County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Hardee County, FL compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Hardee County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Hardee County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Hardee County, FL growing?
Population estimates put Hardee County at 25,932 people in 2025, up 2.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 8,219 households. Median household income in Hardee County is $60,489, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 56.4%, 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. Hardee 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?
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