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Car washes and detailers in Rapides Parish, LA
How Rapides Parish, LA compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,084 of 1,451 scored counties
#10 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana
- Listings
- 20
- 4 chain locations (20%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $38.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $784 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.1
- 8% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 125,877
- −2.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 20 car washes and detailers in Rapides Parish. Chain locations make up 20% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.1, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $784 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in Rapides Parish spend about $38.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $1.9M of household spending for each location on map listings, 24% 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.
In 2023, official counts showed 5 businesses with payroll in Rapides Parish classed as car washes. That is one for every 9,791 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Rapides Parish declined 2.9% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. Rapides Parish scores 36 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #1,084 of 1,451 scored counties and #10 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana.
How Rapides 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 | Rapides Parish | Louisiana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $1.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 9,791 | 8,473 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.9% | −0.7% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $784 | $802 | $958 |
| Median household income | $54,967 | $60,756 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 24 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 6 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 39
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $773K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 204 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Rapides 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 Rapides Parish
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 125,877−2.9% since 2020
- Households
- 48,954
- Median age
- 39.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 65%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,324 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 96
- Median household income
- $54,967+16.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,854
- Median home value
- $181,100
- Jobs located here
- 54,365
- Daytime population
- 133,944Residents 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 |
Other business types in Rapides 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 care16
- Auto repair shops22
- Collision repair and body shops15
- Car washes and detailing36
- Tire shops8
- Oil change and quick lube12
- Gas stations16
- Insurance agencies33
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 Rapides Parish, LA?
Rapides Parish has 20 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (20%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Rapides Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $38.4M a year, or $784 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 20 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 48,954 households in Rapides Parish and national spending patterns by income.
How does Rapides Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Rapides Parish has 4.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 8% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.9M, 24% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Rapides Parish would have about 15, against 20 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 9,791 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Rapides Parish, LA growing?
Population estimates put Rapides Parish at 125,877 people in 2025, down 2.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 48,954 households. Median household income in Rapides Parish is $54,967, 32% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 16.3%, 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. Rapides Parish scores 36 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,084 of 1,451 scored counties.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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