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Car washes and detailers in the Thomasville, GA area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in the Thomasville, GA area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 29 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #385 of 441 scored small-town markets
#17 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Georgia
- Listings
- 16
- 4 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $25M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $868 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.6M
- 38% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.6
- 47% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,958
- +1.3% since 2020
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What this means
For car washes and detailers, the Thomasville area has a Groundwork market score of 29 (lower middle): #385 of 441 scored small-town markets and #17 of 20 scored small-town markets based in Georgia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 car washes and detailers in the Thomasville area. Of those, 4 are chain locations, or 25%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.6 per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Thomasville area comes to about $25M a year: $868 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $1.6M of household spending for each location on map listings, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. 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 the Thomasville area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $100K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Thomasville area. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Thomasville area grew 1.3%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Thomasville area 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.
| Measure | Thomasville area | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.6M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,896 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.9% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.3% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $868 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $60,262 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 29 | 35 |
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
- 164 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $100K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Thomasville 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 Thomasville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,958+1.3% since 2020
- Households
- 28,792
- Median age
- 40.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 72
- Median household income
- $60,262
- Average household income
- $80,075
- Median home value
- $180,600
- Jobs located here
- 27,454
- Daytime population
- 70,004Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Georgia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Georgia for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Georgia, with the Thomasville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson, GA | 68 | 16 | 5.6 | $2M | +29.3% | #88 of 441 |
| 2Kingsland, GA | 67 | 8 | 3.7 | $2.5M | +9.5% | #92 of 441 |
| 3Calhoun, GA | 67 | 9 | 4.2 | $2.3M | +6.9% | #93 of 441 |
| 4LaGrange, GA-AL | 65 | 13 | 3.2 | $2.8M | +3.0% | #104 of 441 |
| 5Moultrie, GA | 62 | 5 | 3.0 | $2.9M | +3.3% | #124 of 441 |
| 6Statesboro, GA | 60 | 12 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +8.0% | #137 of 441 |
| 7Cedartown, GA | 57 | 7 | 4.4 | $2.2M | +6.0% | #160 of 441 |
| 8Toccoa, GA | 55 | 5 | 4.8 | $2M | +3.8% | #178 of 441 |
| 9Douglas, GA | 41 | 10 | 5.4 | $1.6M | +2.9% | #299 of 441 |
| 10Cornelia, GA | 40 | 12 | 7.2 | $1.4M | +9.3% | #310 of 441 |
| 17Thomasville, GA | 29 | 16 | 5.6 | $1.6M | +1.3% | #385 of 441 |
Other business types in the Thomasville area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care44
- Auto repair shops37
- Collision repair and body shops52
- Car washes and detailing29
- Tire shops60
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations48
- Insurance agencies42
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 the Thomasville, GA area?
There are 16 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Thomasville area as of September 2026. 4 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Thomasville area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Thomasville, GA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $25M a year, or $868 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 28,792 households in the Thomasville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Thomasville, GA area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Thomasville area has 5.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 47% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Thomasville area would have about 10, against 16 on map listings.
How fast is the Thomasville, GA area growing?
Population estimates put the Thomasville area at 72,958 people in 2025, up 1.3% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,792 households. Median household income in the Thomasville area is $60,262, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Thomasville area scores 29 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #385 of 441 scored small-town markets.
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