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Car washes and detailers in Lyon County, KY

How Lyon County, KY 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
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$3.1M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $895 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
9,123
+5.2% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lyon County comes to about $3.1M a year: $895 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Lyon County. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Lyon County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Lyon County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lyon County grew 5.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Lyon County compares

The same measures for Kentucky 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 Lyon County, KY compared with Kentucky and the U.S.
MeasureLyon CountyKentuckyU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.04.03.8
Spending per listingn/a$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a8,1006,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+2.8%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.2%+2.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$895$889$958
Median household income$65,066$63,726$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored42

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
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 Lyon 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 Lyon County

Population, 2025 estimate
9,123+5.2% since 2020
Households
3,419
Median age
47.7
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
214 sq. mi.
People per square mile
42
Median household income
$65,066
Average household income
$86,212
Median home value
$189,500
Jobs located here
2,324
Daytime population
8,336Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Kentucky

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

Top counties in Kentucky

Counties in Kentucky ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Oldham County, KY77104.3$2.7M+4.9%#101 of 1,451
2Jessamine County, KY7352.5$3.7M+7.8%#156 of 1,451
3Boone County, KY70152.9$3.4M+6.5%#232 of 1,451
4Bullitt County, KY69123.8$2.7M+5.0%#260 of 1,451
5Shelby County, KY6873.8$2.7M+6.2%#283 of 1,451
6Kenton County, KY61172.5$3.6M+3.9%#428 of 1,451
7Scott County, KY59104.4$2.3M+8.2%#499 of 1,451
8Campbell County, KY58153.8$2.3M+2.5%#522 of 1,451
9Madison County, KY56154.0$2.3M+9.4%#575 of 1,451
10Nelson County, KY5594.7$2.2M+4.8%#605 of 1,451
Lyon County, KYNot scored00.0n/a+5.2%

Other business types in Lyon 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 Lyon County, KY?

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

How much do households in Lyon County, KY spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $3.1M a year, or $895 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 3,419 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Lyon County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Lyon County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Lyon County, KY growing?

Population estimates put Lyon County at 9,123 people in 2025, up 5.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 3,419 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $65,066 a year, 19% 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 Lyon County

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