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Car washes and detailers in Osage County, KS
The car washes and detailers in Osage County, KS, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $8.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,290 a household
- Spending per listing
- $8.3M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.6
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 15,693
- −0.3% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Osage County
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What this means
At $1,290 per household (35% above the U.S. average), households in Osage County spend about $8.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $8.3M of household spending for each location on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Osage County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings as of September 2026. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Osage County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Osage County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Osage County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Osage 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.
| Measure | Osage County | Kansas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $8.3M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,618 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +30.6% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,290 | $1,140 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,467 | $74,275 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Osage 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 Osage County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 15,693−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 6,432
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 82%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 706 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $74,467+37.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,289
- Median home value
- $156,800
- Jobs located here
- 3,860
- Daytime population
- 11,508Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Osage County?
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Top counties in Kansas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Leavenworth County, KS | 76 | 11 | 3.6 | $3.4M | +3.2% | #109 of 1,451 |
| 2Butler County, KS | 76 | 11 | 4.3 | $3M | +3.1% | #112 of 1,451 |
| 3Miami County, KS | 74 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.6M | +5.9% | #136 of 1,451 |
| 4Harvey County, KS | 68 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.3M | −1.2% | #277 of 1,451 |
| 5Johnson County, KS | 68 | 99 | 4.0 | $2.9M | +4.2% | #280 of 1,451 |
| 6Douglas County, KS | 67 | 19 | 3.8 | $2.7M | +1.8% | #302 of 1,451 |
| 7Wyandotte County, KS | 66 | 21 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +1.0% | #316 of 1,451 |
| 8Crawford County, KS | 65 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +0.1% | #337 of 1,451 |
| 9Sedgwick County, KS | 59 | 89 | 4.3 | $2.5M | +2.6% | #488 of 1,451 |
| 10Shawnee County, KS | 54 | 27 | 3.6 | $2.8M | 0.0% | #623 of 1,451 |
| Osage County, KS | Not scored | 1 | 1.6 | $8.3M | −0.3% |
Other business types in Osage 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 Osage County, KS?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 car wash or detailer in Osage County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Osage County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Osage County, KS spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.3M a year, or $1,290 per household. That is 35% above the U.S. average (an index of 135, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $8.3M 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 6,432 households in Osage County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Osage County, KS compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Osage County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Osage County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Osage County, KS growing?
Population estimates put Osage County at 15,693 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,432 households. The median household income in Osage County is $74,467 a year, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 37.7% 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. Osage County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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