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Car washes and detailers in Lafayette Parish, LA
The car washes and detailers in Lafayette Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 32 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,183 of 1,451 scored counties
#14 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 64
- 20 chain locations (31%)
- Official establishments
- 18
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $81.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $806 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.3M
- 50% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.3
- 66% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 257,949
- +6.5% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Lafayette Parish is 32 (lower middle), #1,183 of 1,451 scored counties and #14 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 64 car washes and detailers in Lafayette Parish. Chain locations make up 31% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 6.3 for every 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lafayette Parish comes to about $81.4M a year: $806 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $1.3M per location, 50% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Lafayette Parish was 18 in 2023. That is one for every 5,606 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.9M have gone to businesses classed as car washes in Lafayette Parish. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lafayette Parish grew 6.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lafayette 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 | Lafayette Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.3M | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,606 | 8,473 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +6.5% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $806 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,451 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 32 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 15 → 18
- Employees, 2023
- 120
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 6420 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.9M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Lafayette 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 Lafayette Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 257,949+6.5% since 2020
- Households
- 100,903
- Median age
- 38.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.6
- Land area
- 269 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 922
- Median household income
- $67,451+18.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,745
- Median home value
- $242,900
- Jobs located here
- 135,780
- Daytime population
- 279,185Residents 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 |
| 14Lafayette Parish, LA | 32 | 64 | 6.3 | $1.3M | +6.5% | #1,183 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Lafayette Parish
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care27
- Auto repair shops34
- Collision repair and body shops33
- Car washes and detailing32
- Tire shops24
- Oil change and quick lube35
- Gas stations46
- Insurance agencies36
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 Lafayette Parish, LA?
There are 64 car washes and detailers on map listings in Lafayette Parish as of September 2026. 20 of them (31%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 18 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Lafayette Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $81.4M a year, or $806 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 64 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.3M 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 100,903 households in Lafayette Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lafayette Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Lafayette Parish has 6.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 66% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.3M, 50% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Lafayette Parish would have about 32, against 64 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,606 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Lafayette Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Lafayette Parish at 257,949 people in 2025, up 6.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 100,903 households. Median household income in Lafayette Parish is $67,451, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 18.3%, 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. Lafayette Parish scores 32 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,183 of 1,451 scored counties.
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