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Car washes and detailers in Noble County, IN
How Noble 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 · out of 100
Score 48 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #783 of 1,451 scored counties
#36 of 49 scored counties in Indiana
- Listings
- 10
- 4 chain locations (40%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,111 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 20% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.5
- 45% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 47,937
- +1.0% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 car washes and detailers in Noble County. Chain locations make up 40% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,111 per household (16% above the U.S. average), households in Noble County spend about $20.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 10 car washes and detailers, that is $2M per location, 20% below 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.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Noble County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Noble County grew 1.0%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Noble County is 48 (lower middle), #783 of 1,451 scored counties and #36 of 49 scored counties in Indiana.
How Noble 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 | Noble County | Indiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $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 | +1.0% | +2.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,111 | $1,072 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,723 | $71,957 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 48 | 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
- 104 chain locations
- 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Noble 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 Noble County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 47,937+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 18,179
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 411 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 116
- Median household income
- $71,723+26.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $86,740
- Median home value
- $196,800
- Jobs located here
- 16,886
- Daytime population
- 42,342Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 36Noble County, IN | 48 | 10 | 5.5 | $2M | +1.0% | #783 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Noble 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 care51
- Auto repair shops53
- Collision repair and body shops47
- Car washes and detailing48
- Tire shops69
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations44
- Insurance agencies52
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 Noble County, IN?
Noble County has 10 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (40%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Noble County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Noble County, IN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.2M a year, or $1,111 per household. That is 16% above the U.S. average (an index of 116, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2M 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 18,179 households in Noble County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Noble County, IN compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Noble County has 5.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2M, 20% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Noble County would have about 8, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Noble County, IN growing?
Population estimates put Noble County at 47,937 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,179 households. Median household income in Noble County is $71,723, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.3%, 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. Noble County scores 48 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #783 of 1,451 scored counties.
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