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Car washes and detailers in Labette County, KS

How Labette County, KS 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 2.

Listings
2
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$9.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,126 a household
Spending per listing
$4.5M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.5
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
19,685
−2.4% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 2 car washes and detailers in Labette County. That is 2.5 per 10,000 households.

Households in Labette County spend about $9.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,126 per household, 18% above the U.S. average. That is about $4.5M of household spending for each location on map listings. 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 Labette County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Labette County declined 2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Labette County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Labette County compares

The same measures for Kansas 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 Labette County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureLabette CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.54.13.8
Spending per listing$4.5M$2.8M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,6186,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+30.6%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.4%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,126$1,140$958
Median household income$56,325$74,275$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
20 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Labette 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 Labette County

Population, 2025 estimate
19,685−2.4% since 2020
Households
8,078
Median age
42.5
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
645 sq. mi.
People per square mile
31
Median household income
$56,325+18.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$72,847
Median home value
$94,600
Jobs located here
8,992
Daytime population
20,393Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Kansas

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

Top counties in Kansas

Counties in Kansas ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Leavenworth County, KS76113.6$3.4M+3.2%#109 of 1,451
2Butler County, KS76114.3$3M+3.1%#112 of 1,451
3Miami County, KS7453.6$3.6M+5.9%#136 of 1,451
4Harvey County, KS6853.6$3.3M−1.2%#277 of 1,451
5Johnson County, KS68994.0$2.9M+4.2%#280 of 1,451
6Douglas County, KS67193.8$2.7M+1.8%#302 of 1,451
7Wyandotte County, KS66213.4$3.1M+1.0%#316 of 1,451
8Crawford County, KS6553.2$3.3M+0.1%#337 of 1,451
9Sedgwick County, KS59894.3$2.5M+2.6%#488 of 1,451
10Shawnee County, KS54273.6$2.8M0.0%#623 of 1,451
Labette County, KSNot scored22.5$4.5M−2.4%

Other business types in Labette County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Labette County, KS?

Labette County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Labette County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Labette County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $9.1M a year, or $1,126 per household. That is 18% above the U.S. average (an index of 118, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $4.5M 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 8,078 households in Labette County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Labette County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Labette County would have about 4, against 2 on map listings.

How fast is Labette County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Labette County at 19,685 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,078 households. Median household income in Labette County is $56,325, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.2%, 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. Labette County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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