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Car washes and detailers in St. Bernard Parish, LA

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in St. Bernard Parish, LA, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 23 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,339 of 1,451 scored counties
#22 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
9
3 chain locations (33%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$12.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $788 a household
Spending per listing
$1.4M
44% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
45,642
+4.1% 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

The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in St. Bernard Parish is 23 (low), #1,339 of 1,451 scored counties and #22 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

At $788 per household (18% below the U.S. average), households in St. Bernard Parish spend about $12.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.4M per location, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

St. Bernard Parish has 9 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in St. Bernard Parish classed as car washes. That is one for every 4,055 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of St. Bernard Parish grew 4.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How St. Bernard 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.

Car washes and detailing in St. Bernard Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Bernard ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.54.13.8
Spending per listing$1.4M$1.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,0558,4736,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+4.1%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$788$802$958
Median household income$58,651$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score2324

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
22
Annual payroll, 2023
$424K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
93 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
5The 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 St. Bernard 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 St. Bernard Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
45,642+4.1% since 2020
Households
16,219
Median age
37.0
Homes lived in by their owners
70%
Vehicles per household
1.6
Land area
378 sq. mi.
People per square mile
118
Median household income
$58,651+31.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$80,188
Median home value
$202,500
Jobs located here
11,689
Daytime population
35,960Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Louisiana

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The highest-scoring counties in Louisiana for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Louisiana, with St. Bernard Parish marked.

Top counties in Louisiana

Counties in Louisiana ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Livingston Parish, LA61244.5$2M+8.5%#450 of 1,451
2Ascension Parish, LA53306.3$1.6M+6.4%#665 of 1,451
3Orleans Parish, LA52322.1$3M−5.5%#668 of 1,451
4St. Tammany Parish, LA52585.5$1.7M+5.3%#692 of 1,451
5St. Landry Parish, LA4572.2$3.4M−1.9%#842 of 1,451
6Bossier Parish, LA42244.7$1.8M+2.5%#941 of 1,451
7Tangipahoa Parish, LA39203.8$2.2M+5.8%#1,004 of 1,451
8Calcasieu Parish, LA39324.1$2.1M−3.7%#1,007 of 1,451
9Beauregard Parish, LA3664.4$2.1M+0.2%#1,078 of 1,451
10Rapides Parish, LA36204.1$1.9M−2.9%#1,084 of 1,451
22St. Bernard Parish, LA2395.5$1.4M+4.1%#1,339 of 1,451

Other business types in St. Bernard Parish

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in St. Bernard Parish, LA?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 car washes and detailers in St. Bernard Parish. 3 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in St. Bernard Parish, LA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $12.8M a year, or $788 per household. That is 18% below the U.S. average (an index of 82, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.4M 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 16,219 households in St. Bernard Parish and national spending patterns by income.

How does St. Bernard Parish, LA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

St. Bernard Parish has 5.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.4M, 44% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, St. Bernard Parish would have about 5, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,055 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Bernard Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Bernard Parish at 45,642 people in 2025, up 4.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 16,219 households. The median household income in St. Bernard Parish is $58,651 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.3% 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. St. Bernard Parish scores 23 for car washes and detailers (low), #1,339 of 1,451 scored counties.

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