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Car washes and detailers in Troup County, GA
How Troup 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 65 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #341 of 1,451 scored counties
#11 of 68 scored counties in Georgia
- Listings
- 8
- 2 chain locations (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $24.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $900 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3M
- 20% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.0
- 21% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 72,844
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $900 per household (6% below the U.S. average), households in Troup County spend about $24.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 8 car washes and detailers, that is $3M per location, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Troup County has 8 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 25% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.0 per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Troup County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Troup County grew 5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Troup County scores 65 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #341 of 1,451 scored counties and #11 of 68 scored counties in Georgia. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Troup 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.
| Measure | Troup County | Georgia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3M | $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 | +5.0% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $900 | $923 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,776 | $77,353 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 65 | 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
- 82 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Troup 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 Troup County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 72,844+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 26,904
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 61%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 414 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 170
- Median household income
- $56,776+24.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,010
- Median home value
- $217,200
- Jobs located here
- 37,073
- Daytime population
- 75,224Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Georgia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walton County, GA | 89 | 9 | 2.5 | $4.3M | +16.0% | #11 of 1,451 |
| 2Newton County, GA | 78 | 15 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +11.2% | #83 of 1,451 |
| 3Bryan County, GA | 78 | 7 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +15.6% | #85 of 1,451 |
| 4Effingham County, GA | 73 | 9 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +14.1% | #166 of 1,451 |
| 5Lumpkin County, GA | 73 | 5 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +7.5% | #169 of 1,451 |
| 6Catoosa County, GA | 72 | 6 | 2.3 | $4.4M | +2.3% | #173 of 1,451 |
| 7Cherokee County, GA | 69 | 43 | 4.2 | $2.5M | +11.6% | #263 of 1,451 |
| 8Pickens County, GA | 69 | 6 | 4.5 | $2.4M | +11.4% | #265 of 1,451 |
| 9Henry County, GA | 68 | 37 | 4.3 | $2.4M | +9.5% | #291 of 1,451 |
| 10Paulding County, GA | 67 | 26 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +12.7% | #306 of 1,451 |
| 11Troup County, GA | 65 | 8 | 3.0 | $3M | +5.0% | #341 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Troup County
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 care41
- Auto repair shops41
- Collision repair and body shops30
- Car washes and detailing65
- Tire shops38
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations31
- Insurance agencies54
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 Troup County, GA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 8 car washes and detailers in Troup County. 2 of them (25%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Troup County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Troup County, GA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $24.2M a year, or $900 per household. That is 6% below the U.S. average (an index of 94, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 26,904 households in Troup County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Troup County, GA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Troup County has 3.0 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 21% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3M, 20% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Troup County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.
How fast is Troup County, GA growing?
Population estimates put Troup County at 72,844 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 26,904 households. The median household income in Troup County is $56,776 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 24.4% 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. Troup County scores 65 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #341 of 1,451 scored counties.
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