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Car washes and detailers in Nez Perce County, ID
How Nez Perce 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 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #233 of 1,451 scored counties
#4 of 13 scored counties in Idaho
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,168 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- 8% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 42,905
- +1.8% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 6 car washes and detailers in Nez Perce County. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.5, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Nez Perce County comes to about $20.2M a year: $1,168 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. Spread across 6 car washes and detailers, that is $3.4M per location, 33% above 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.
Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Nez Perce County in 2023. That is one for every 5,757 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $425K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Nez Perce County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Nez Perce County grew 1.8%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Nez Perce County is 70 (upper middle), #233 of 1,451 scored counties and #4 of 13 scored counties in Idaho. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Nez Perce 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.
| Measure | Nez Perce County | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,757 | 5,130 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.8% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,168 | $1,196 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,599 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 3
- Employees, 2023
- 35
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $862K
- 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
- 8The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $425K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Nez Perce 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 Nez Perce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 42,905+1.8% since 2020
- Households
- 17,270
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 848 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 50
- Median household income
- $72,599+24.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $91,379
- Median home value
- $334,700
- Jobs located here
- 21,904
- Daytime population
- 44,762Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Idaho for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Idaho, with Nez Perce County marked.
Top counties in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Bingham County, ID | 93 | 5 | 3.1 | $4.3M | +6.4% | #4 of 1,451 |
| 2Bonner County, ID | 79 | 8 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +14.8% | #69 of 1,451 |
| 3Canyon County, ID | 75 | 34 | 4.0 | $3.2M | +18.1% | #126 of 1,451 |
| 4Nez Perce County, ID | 70 | 6 | 3.5 | $3.4M | +1.8% | #233 of 1,451 |
| 5Twin Falls County, ID | 70 | 15 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +7.9% | #243 of 1,451 |
| 6Ada County, ID | 61 | 98 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +9.6% | #445 of 1,451 |
| 7Kootenai County, ID | 59 | 34 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +11.0% | #491 of 1,451 |
| 8Jefferson County, ID | 57 | 7 | 6.9 | $2.1M | +13.6% | #550 of 1,451 |
| 9Cassia County, ID | 54 | 7 | 8.2 | $1.5M | +6.6% | #637 of 1,451 |
| 10Bannock County, ID | 51 | 17 | 5.1 | $2.2M | +4.9% | #706 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Nez Perce 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 care45
- Auto repair shops45
- Collision repair and body shops43
- Car washes and detailing70
- Tire shops43
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations56
- Insurance agencies36
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 Nez Perce County, ID?
Nez Perce County has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Nez Perce County, ID spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.2M a year, or $1,168 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 17,270 households in Nez Perce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Nez Perce County, ID compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Nez Perce County has 3.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 8% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.4M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Nez Perce County would have about 8, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,757 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Nez Perce County, ID growing?
Population estimates put Nez Perce County at 42,905 people in 2025, up 1.8% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 17,270 households. Median household income in Nez Perce County is $72,599, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 24.9%, 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. Nez Perce County scores 70 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #233 of 1,451 scored counties.
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