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Car washes and detailers in Franklin Parish, LA
The car washes and detailers in Franklin Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 5 out of 100: Very low
Ranked #1,444 of 1,451 scored counties
#30 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 5
- 1 chain location (20%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $800 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.2M
- 52% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.6
- 74% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 19,002
- −3.6% since 2020
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What this means
Franklin Parish scores 5 (very low) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #1,444 of 1,451 scored counties and #30 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $800 per household (17% below the U.S. average), households in Franklin Parish spend about $6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.2M per location, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 5 car washes and detailers on map listings in Franklin Parish as of September 2026. One of them (20%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.6 per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Franklin Parish, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Franklin Parish declined 3.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Franklin Parish compares
The same measures for Louisiana 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 | Franklin Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.2M | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,473 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −3.6% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $800 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $47,020 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 5 | 24 |
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
- 51 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Franklin Parish, 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 Franklin Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,002−3.6% since 2020
- Households
- 7,525
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 624 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $47,020+33.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $69,255
- Median home value
- $113,000
- Jobs located here
- 4,479
- Daytime population
- 16,909Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Louisiana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Livingston Parish, LA | 61 | 24 | 4.5 | $2M | +8.5% | #450 of 1,451 |
| 2Ascension Parish, LA | 53 | 30 | 6.3 | $1.6M | +6.4% | #665 of 1,451 |
| 3Orleans Parish, LA | 52 | 32 | 2.1 | $3M | −5.5% | #668 of 1,451 |
| 4St. Tammany Parish, LA | 52 | 58 | 5.5 | $1.7M | +5.3% | #692 of 1,451 |
| 5St. Landry Parish, LA | 45 | 7 | 2.2 | $3.4M | −1.9% | #842 of 1,451 |
| 6Bossier Parish, LA | 42 | 24 | 4.7 | $1.8M | +2.5% | #941 of 1,451 |
| 7Tangipahoa Parish, LA | 39 | 20 | 3.8 | $2.2M | +5.8% | #1,004 of 1,451 |
| 8Calcasieu Parish, LA | 39 | 32 | 4.1 | $2.1M | −3.7% | #1,007 of 1,451 |
| 9Beauregard Parish, LA | 36 | 6 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #1,078 of 1,451 |
| 10Rapides Parish, LA | 36 | 20 | 4.1 | $1.9M | −2.9% | #1,084 of 1,451 |
| 30Franklin Parish, LA | 5 | 5 | 6.6 | $1.2M | −3.6% | #1,444 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Franklin Parish
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 Franklin Parish, LA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 5 car washes and detailers in Franklin Parish. One of them (20%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Franklin Parish: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Franklin Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6M a year, or $800 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 5 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.2M 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 7,525 households in Franklin Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Franklin Parish has 6.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 74% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.2M, 52% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Franklin Parish would have about 2, against 5 on map listings.
How fast is Franklin Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin Parish at 19,002 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,525 households. The median household income in Franklin Parish is $47,020 a year, 42% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.3% 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. Franklin Parish scores 5 for car washes and detailers (very low), #1,444 of 1,451 scored counties.
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