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Car washes and detailers in St. Tammany Parish, LA

The car washes and detailers in St. Tammany Parish, LA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #692 of 1,451 scored counties
#4 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana

Listings
58
9 chain locations (16%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$97.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $928 a household
Spending per listing
$1.7M
33% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
279,108
+5.3% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 58 car washes and detailers in St. Tammany Parish. 9 of them (16%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.5 per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in St. Tammany Parish comes to about $97.5M a year: $928 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. Spread across 58 car washes and detailers, that is $1.7M per location, 33% 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 St. Tammany Parish was 10 in 2023. That is one for every 10,508 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in St. Tammany Parish from 2020 to 2025 at +5.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, St. Tammany Parish has a Groundwork market score of 52 (upper middle): #692 of 1,451 scored counties and #4 of 31 scored counties in Louisiana.

How St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish, LA compared with Louisiana and the U.S.
MeasureSt. Tammany ParishLouisianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.54.13.8
Spending per listing$1.7M$1.9M$2.5M
Households per official establishment10,5088,4736,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.1%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+5.3%−0.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$928$802$958
Median household income$81,202$60,756$80,734
Groundwork market score5224

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
9 → 10
Employees, 2023
54
Annual payroll, 2023
$1.8M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
589 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
39The 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. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish

Population, 2025 estimate
279,108+5.3% since 2020
Households
105,082
Median age
41.5
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
845 sq. mi.
People per square mile
322
Median household income
$81,202+17.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$109,896
Median home value
$284,000
Jobs located here
97,233
Daytime population
260,408Residents 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. Tammany 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

Other business types in St. Tammany 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. Tammany Parish, LA?

There are 58 car washes and detailers on map listings in St. Tammany Parish as of September 2026. 9 of them (16%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

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

About $97.5M a year, or $928 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 58 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.7M 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 105,082 households in St. Tammany Parish and national spending patterns by income.

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

St. Tammany 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 $1.7M, 33% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, St. Tammany Parish would have about 39, against 58 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,508 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is St. Tammany Parish, LA growing?

Population estimates put St. Tammany Parish at 279,108 people in 2025, up 5.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 105,082 households. Median household income in St. Tammany Parish is $81,202, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.9%, 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. Tammany Parish scores 52 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #692 of 1,451 scored counties.

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