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Car washes and detailers in Sherman County, KS

How Sherman 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,396 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
55% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
12.2
3.2 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
5,763
−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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 car washes and detailers in Sherman County. That comes to 12.2 for every 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sherman County comes to about $3.4M a year: $1,396 per household, 46% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.1M per location, 55% 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 Sherman County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Sherman County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Sherman 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 Sherman County, KS compared with Kansas and the U.S.
MeasureSherman CountyKansasU.S.
Listings per 10k households12.24.13.8
Spending per listing$1.1M$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$1,396$1,140$958
Median household income$61,750$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
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Sherman 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 Sherman County

Population, 2025 estimate
5,763−2.4% since 2020
Households
2,449
Median age
41.1
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
1,056 sq. mi.
People per square mile
6
Median household income
$61,750
Average household income
$86,958
Median home value
$136,700
Jobs located here
2,299
Daytime population
5,493Residents 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 Sherman 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
Sherman County, KSNot scored312.2$1.1M−2.4%

Other business types in Sherman County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

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

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

About $3.4M a year, or $1,396 per household. That is 46% above the U.S. average (an index of 146, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 2,449 households in Sherman County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Sherman County has 12.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 3.2 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.1M, 55% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Sherman County would have about 1, against 3 on map listings.

How fast is Sherman County, KS growing?

Population estimates put Sherman County at 5,763 people in 2025, down 2.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 2,449 households. Median household income in Sherman County is $61,750, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Sherman County

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