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Car washes and detailers in Okeechobee County, FL

How Okeechobee 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 · out of 100

Score 37 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,057 of 1,451 scored counties
#35 of 45 scored counties in Florida

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $828 a household
Spending per listing
$2.1M
17% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.0
5% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
42,608
+7.4% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Okeechobee County comes to about $12.5M a year: $828 per household, 14% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.1M per location, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Okeechobee County has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.0 for every 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Okeechobee County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 3,778 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Okeechobee County grew 7.4%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Okeechobee County scores 37 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #1,057 of 1,451 scored counties and #35 of 45 scored counties in Florida.

How Okeechobee 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.

Car washes and detailing in Okeechobee County, FL compared with Florida and the U.S.
MeasureOkeechobee CountyFloridaU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.04.13.8
Spending per listing$2.1M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment3,7785,2476,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+29.4%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.4%+8.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$828$835$958
Median household income$57,984$74,568$80,734
Groundwork market score3727

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 4
Employees, 2023
13
Annual payroll, 2023
$288K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee County

Population, 2025 estimate
42,608+7.4% since 2020
Households
15,113
Median age
41.7
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
769 sq. mi.
People per square mile
53
Median household income
$57,984+38.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$75,029
Median home value
$193,000
Jobs located here
11,546
Daytime population
37,214Residents 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 counties in Florida for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Florida, with Okeechobee County marked.

Top counties in Florida

Counties in Florida ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sumter County, FL75152.1$3.4M+21.1%#125 of 1,451
2Clay County, FL72293.5$2.8M+9.4%#186 of 1,451
3St. Johns County, FL69403.5$2.8M+25.0%#257 of 1,451
4Putnam County, FL6492.9$2.8M+5.9%#363 of 1,451
5Nassau County, FL64184.6$2.2M+17.4%#379 of 1,451
6Flagler County, FL60193.6$2.4M+21.0%#470 of 1,451
7Walton County, FL58133.8$2.5M+22.9%#517 of 1,451
8Charlotte County, FL58333.6$2.2M+15.5%#524 of 1,451
9Lake County, FL57543.3$2.6M+18.1%#538 of 1,451
10Alachua County, FL52383.3$2.4M+3.7%#682 of 1,451
35Okeechobee County, FL3764.0$2.1M+7.4%#1,057 of 1,451

Other business types in Okeechobee County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Okeechobee County, FL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in Okeechobee County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. 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 Okeechobee County, FL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.5M a year, or $828 per household. That is 14% below the U.S. average (an index of 86, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.1M 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 15,113 households in Okeechobee County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Okeechobee County has 4.0 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 5% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.1M, 17% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Okeechobee County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,778 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Okeechobee County, FL growing?

Population estimates put Okeechobee County at 42,608 people in 2025, up 7.4% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,113 households. The median household income in Okeechobee County is $57,984 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.9% 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. Okeechobee County scores 37 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,057 of 1,451 scored counties.

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