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Car washes and detailers in Franklin County, IN
How Franklin County, IN compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $12.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,362 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 23,286
- +2.2% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Franklin County
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What this means
There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in Franklin County as of September 2026. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Franklin County would have about 5, against none on map listings.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Franklin County comes to about $12.5M a year: $1,362 per household, 42% above the U.S. average. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Franklin County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Franklin County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With no car washes and detailers on map listings, Franklin County isn’t given a market score for them.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Indiana 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 | Franklin County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $2.7M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,513 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.2% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,362 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $78,074 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 61 |
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
- 0
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 23,286+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,211
- Median age
- 43.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 384 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 60
- Median household income
- $78,074+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,859
- Median home value
- $249,500
- Jobs located here
- 4,893
- Daytime population
- 16,628Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Franklin County?
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Top counties in Indiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hancock County, IN | 91 | 13 | 3.9 | $3.2M | +13.5% | #7 of 1,451 |
| 2Hamilton County, IN | 82 | 50 | 3.6 | $3.4M | +10.9% | #50 of 1,451 |
| 3Morgan County, IN | 74 | 14 | 5.0 | $2.5M | +4.4% | #147 of 1,451 |
| 4Allen County, IN | 72 | 52 | 3.3 | $3.1M | +4.2% | #180 of 1,451 |
| 5Whitley County, IN | 72 | 6 | 4.3 | $2.8M | +2.1% | #185 of 1,451 |
| 6Johnson County, IN | 72 | 32 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +7.4% | #194 of 1,451 |
| 7Shelby County, IN | 71 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +1.8% | #200 of 1,451 |
| 8Clark County, IN | 71 | 20 | 3.9 | $2.7M | +7.5% | #214 of 1,451 |
| 9Boone County, IN | 71 | 13 | 4.5 | $2.7M | +13.5% | #215 of 1,451 |
| 10Hendricks County, IN | 70 | 27 | 4.0 | $3M | +10.2% | #237 of 1,451 |
| Franklin County, IN | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | +2.2% |
Other business types in Franklin County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Franklin County, IN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Franklin County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Franklin County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $12.5M a year, or $1,362 per household. That is 42% above the U.S. average (an index of 142, where 100 is the U.S. average). The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers. It is estimated from the incomes of the 9,211 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, IN compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Franklin County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Franklin County would have about 5, against none on map listings.
How fast is Franklin County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 23,286 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,211 households. Median household income in Franklin County is $78,074, 3% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.0%, 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. Franklin County has no market score for car washes and detailers, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Franklin County. It maps the car washes and detailers on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.
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