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Car washes and detailers in Boone County, IL

How Boone County, IL 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 77 out of 100: High

Ranked #91 of 1,451 scored counties
#3 of 54 scored counties in Illinois

Listings
6
1 chain location (17%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$23.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,198 a household
Spending per listing
$3.9M
54% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.1
18% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,568
+0.4% 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

The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Boone County is 77 (high), #91 of 1,451 scored counties and #3 of 54 scored counties in Illinois. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for car washes and detailers.

Households in Boone County spend about $23.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,198 per household, 25% above the U.S. average. That is about $3.9M of household spending for each location on map listings, 54% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Boone County has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.1, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Boone County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates put the population change in Boone County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Boone County compares

The same measures for Illinois 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 Boone County, IL compared with Illinois and the U.S.
MeasureBoone CountyIllinoisU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.13.63.8
Spending per listing$3.9M$2.7M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,4326,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.6%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+0.4%−0.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,198$975$958
Median household income$84,571$83,390$80,734
Groundwork market score7746

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
61 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
9The 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 Boone 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 Boone County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,568+0.4% since 2020
Households
19,460
Median age
40.7
Homes lived in by their owners
82%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
281 sq. mi.
People per square mile
190
Median household income
$84,571+22.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$106,291
Median home value
$216,900
Jobs located here
13,351
Daytime population
43,266Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Illinois

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

Top counties in Illinois

Counties in Illinois ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Will County, IL79943.8$3.3M+2.2%#66 of 1,451
2Kendall County, IL79194.2$3.1M+9.9%#68 of 1,451
3Boone County, IL7763.1$3.9M+0.4%#91 of 1,451
4Lake County, IL74722.8$4.3M+0.8%#134 of 1,451
5Monroe County, IL6353.6$3.5M−0.3%#381 of 1,451
6DuPage County, IL631273.6$3.1M+0.3%#385 of 1,451
7Winnebago County, IL62403.4$2.8M−0.4%#410 of 1,451
8Macoupin County, IL6174.0$2.9M−2.6%#436 of 1,451
9Woodford County, IL6064.1$3M−0.8%#456 of 1,451
10McHenry County, IL58605.1$2.4M+2.5%#521 of 1,451

Other business types in Boone County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Boone County, IL?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in Boone County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Boone County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Boone County, IL spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $23.3M a year, or $1,198 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.9M 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 19,460 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Boone County has 3.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.9M, 54% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Boone County would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.

How fast is Boone County, IL growing?

Population estimates put Boone County at 53,568 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,460 households. The median household income in Boone County is $84,571 a year, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.1% 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. Boone County scores 77 for car washes and detailers (high), #91 of 1,451 scored counties.

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How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Boone County

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