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Car washes and detailers in Bonneville County, ID

How Bonneville County, ID 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 50 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #736 of 1,451 scored counties
#12 of 13 scored counties in Idaho

Listings
34
5 chain locations (15%)
Official establishments
9
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$53.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,209 a household
Spending per listing
$1.6M
38% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
7.7
Twice the U.S.
Population, 2025
135,771
+8.9% 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 Bonneville County comes to about $53.4M a year: $1,209 per household, 26% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.6M per location, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

There are 34 car washes and detailers on map listings in Bonneville County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 15% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.7, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Bonneville County in 2023. That is one for every 4,909 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $5M have gone to businesses classed as car washes in Bonneville County.

Population estimates put the population change in Bonneville County from 2020 to 2025 at +8.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Bonneville County scores 50 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #736 of 1,451 scored counties and #12 of 13 scored counties in Idaho.

How Bonneville County compares

The same measures for Idaho 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 Bonneville County, ID compared with Idaho and the U.S.
MeasureBonneville CountyIdahoU.S.
Listings per 10k households7.74.53.8
Spending per listing$1.6M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,9095,1306,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+24.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.9%+9.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,209$1,196$958
Median household income$79,068$77,800$80,734
Groundwork market score5064

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4 → 9
Employees, 2023
62
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
345 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
21The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
2
Amount
$5M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Bonneville 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 Bonneville County

Population, 2025 estimate
135,771+8.9% since 2020
Households
44,184
Median age
34.4
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.1
Land area
1,866 sq. mi.
People per square mile
69
Median household income
$79,068+30.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$102,874
Median home value
$368,800
Jobs located here
70,908
Daytime population
141,771Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Idaho

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

Top counties in Idaho

Counties in Idaho ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Bingham County, ID9353.1$4.3M+6.4%#4 of 1,451
2Bonner County, ID7983.9$2.9M+14.8%#69 of 1,451
3Canyon County, ID75344.0$3.2M+18.1%#126 of 1,451
4Nez Perce County, ID7063.5$3.4M+1.8%#233 of 1,451
5Twin Falls County, ID70154.3$2.6M+7.9%#243 of 1,451
6Ada County, ID61984.8$2.4M+9.6%#445 of 1,451
7Kootenai County, ID59344.8$2.5M+11.0%#491 of 1,451
8Jefferson County, ID5776.9$2.1M+13.6%#550 of 1,451
9Cassia County, ID5478.2$1.5M+6.6%#637 of 1,451
10Bannock County, ID51175.1$2.2M+4.9%#706 of 1,451
12Bonneville County, ID50347.7$1.6M+8.9%#736 of 1,451

Other business types in Bonneville County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Bonneville County, ID?

As of September 2026, map listings count 34 car washes and detailers in Bonneville County. 5 of them (15%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Bonneville County, ID spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $53.4M a year, or $1,209 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 34 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.6M 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 44,184 households in Bonneville County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bonneville County has 7.7 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.6M, 38% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Bonneville County would have about 21, against 34 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,909 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Bonneville County, ID growing?

Population estimates put Bonneville County at 135,771 people in 2025, up 8.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 44,184 households. The median household income in Bonneville County is $79,068 a year, 2% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.4% 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. Bonneville County scores 50 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #736 of 1,451 scored counties.

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