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Car washes and detailers in the Pocatello, ID metro area
How the Pocatello, ID metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #202 of 387 scored metro areas
#5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 17
- 3 chain locations (18%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $37.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,123 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 12% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 91,591
- +4.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in the Pocatello metro area spend about $37.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,123 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each location on map listings, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Pocatello metro area has 17 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 18% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.1 per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Pocatello metro area was 9 in 2023. That is one for every 3,732 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Pocatello metro area grew 4.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in the Pocatello metro area is 49 (lower middle), #202 of 387 scored metro areas and #5 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho.
How the Pocatello metro area 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 | Pocatello metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,732 | 5,130 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.9% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,123 | $1,196 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,499 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 64 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 9
- Employees, 2023
- 55
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 173 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 the Pocatello metro 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 Pocatello metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 91,591+4.9% since 2020
- Households
- 33,590
- Median age
- 35.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 1,113 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $66,499
- Average household income
- $87,434
- Median home value
- $300,700
- Jobs located here
- 35,810
- Daytime population
- 86,430Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Pocatello metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewiston, ID-WA | 74 | 7 | 2.6 | $4.5M | +1.5% | #24 of 387 |
| 2Boise City, ID | 69 | 133 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +12.2% | #52 of 387 |
| 3Twin Falls, ID | 68 | 19 | 4.4 | $2.7M | +8.1% | #59 of 387 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 63 | 24 | 4.9 | $2.6M | +8.8% | #101 of 387 |
| 4Coeur d’Alene, ID | 58 | 34 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +11.0% | #135 of 387 |
| 5Pocatello, ID | 49 | 17 | 5.1 | $2.2M | +4.9% | #202 of 387 |
| 6Idaho Falls, ID | 46 | 41 | 7.4 | $1.7M | +9.8% | #235 of 387 |
Other business types in the Pocatello metro 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 care55
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops47
- Car washes and detailing49
- Tire shops61
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations48
- Insurance agencies38
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 Pocatello, ID metro area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 17 car washes and detailers in the Pocatello metro area. 3 of them (18%) 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 the Pocatello, ID metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $37.7M a year, or $1,123 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 17 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 33,590 households in the Pocatello metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Pocatello, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Pocatello metro area has 5.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.2M, 12% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Pocatello metro area would have about 15, against 17 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,732 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Pocatello, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Pocatello metro area at 91,591 people in 2025, up 4.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 33,590 households. The median household income in the Pocatello metro area is $66,499 a year, 18% 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. 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 Pocatello metro area scores 49 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #202 of 387 scored metro areas.
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