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Car washes and detailers in Habersham County, GA

How Habersham County, GA 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 36 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,092 of 1,451 scored counties
#46 of 68 scored counties in Georgia

Listings
12
4 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$16.6M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $989 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
45% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.2
89% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
50,416
+9.3% 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

For car washes and detailers, Habersham County has a Groundwork market score of 36 (lower middle): #1,092 of 1,451 scored counties and #46 of 68 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $989 per household (3% above the U.S. average), households in Habersham County spend about $16.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 12 car washes and detailers, that is $1.4M per location, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Habersham County has 12 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 33%, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.2, 89% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in Habersham County classed as car washes. That is one for every 4,188 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Habersham County grew 9.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Habersham County compares

The same measures for Georgia 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 Habersham County, GA compared with Georgia and the U.S.
MeasureHabersham CountyGeorgiaU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.24.43.8
Spending per listing$1.4M$2.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,1885,8966,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.9%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.3%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$989$923$958
Median household income$67,309$77,353$80,734
Groundwork market score3635

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
20
Annual payroll, 2023
$616K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
124 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
7The 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 Habersham 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 Habersham County

Population, 2025 estimate
50,416+9.3% since 2020
Households
16,753
Median age
39.8
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
277 sq. mi.
People per square mile
173
Median household income
$67,309+33.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,702
Median home value
$238,300
Jobs located here
13,258
Daytime population
41,101Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Georgia

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The highest-scoring counties in Georgia for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Georgia, with Habersham County marked.

Top counties in Georgia

Counties in Georgia ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Walton County, GA8992.5$4.3M+16.0%#11 of 1,451
2Newton County, GA78153.6$2.7M+11.2%#83 of 1,451
3Bryan County, GA7874.2$2.6M+15.6%#85 of 1,451
4Effingham County, GA7393.7$2.9M+14.1%#166 of 1,451
5Lumpkin County, GA7354.3$2.6M+7.5%#169 of 1,451
6Catoosa County, GA7262.3$4.4M+2.3%#173 of 1,451
7Cherokee County, GA69434.2$2.5M+11.6%#263 of 1,451
8Pickens County, GA6964.5$2.4M+11.4%#265 of 1,451
9Henry County, GA68374.3$2.4M+9.5%#291 of 1,451
10Paulding County, GA67264.3$2.5M+12.7%#306 of 1,451
46Habersham County, GA36127.2$1.4M+9.3%#1,092 of 1,451

Other business types in Habersham County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Habersham County, GA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 12 car washes and detailers in Habersham County. 4 of them (33%) 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 Habersham County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $16.6M a year, or $989 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 12 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 16,753 households in Habersham County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Habersham County has 7.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 89% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.4M, 45% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Habersham County would have about 7, against 12 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,188 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Habersham County, GA growing?

Population estimates put Habersham County at 50,416 people in 2025, up 9.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,753 households. The median household income in Habersham County is $67,309 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.1% 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. Habersham County scores 36 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,092 of 1,451 scored counties.

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