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Car washes and detailers in Garrett County, MD
How Garrett County, MD 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 27 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #1,261 of 1,451 scored counties
#22 of 22 scored counties in Maryland
- Listings
- 6
- 1 chain location (17%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $913 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.9M
- 24% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 28,370
- −1.5% since 2020
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What this means
Garrett County scores 27 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #1,261 of 1,451 scored counties and #22 of 22 scored counties in Maryland. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
At $913 per household (5% below the U.S. average), households in Garrett County spend about $11.5M 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. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Garrett County has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (17%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Garrett County, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Garrett County declined 1.5%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Garrett County compares
The same measures for Maryland 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 | Garrett County | Maryland | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.9M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 8,205 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.2% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.5% | +1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $913 | $908 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,688 | $103,678 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 27 | 61 |
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
- 61 chain location
- 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 Garrett County, 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 Garrett County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 28,370−1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 12,578
- Median age
- 47.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 649 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 44
- Median household income
- $67,688+28.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $97,358
- Median home value
- $235,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,219
- Daytime population
- 28,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Maryland
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederick County, MD | 87 | 31 | 3.0 | $3.6M | +11.0% | #21 of 1,451 |
| 2Howard County, MD | 79 | 25 | 2.1 | $5M | +1.9% | #62 of 1,451 |
| 3Carroll County, MD | 75 | 21 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +2.2% | #121 of 1,451 |
| 4Queen Anne’s County, MD | 74 | 9 | 4.5 | $2.5M | +8.8% | #148 of 1,451 |
| 5Cecil County, MD | 73 | 13 | 3.2 | $3.2M | +3.2% | #163 of 1,451 |
| 6Montgomery County, MD | 72 | 77 | 2.0 | $4.6M | +1.3% | #172 of 1,451 |
| 7Calvert County, MD | 71 | 15 | 4.5 | $2.8M | +1.7% | #211 of 1,451 |
| 8St. Mary’s County, MD | 69 | 17 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +2.4% | #259 of 1,451 |
| 9Prince George’s County, MD | 61 | 104 | 3.0 | $2.9M | +0.5% | #433 of 1,451 |
| 10Harford County, MD | 60 | 39 | 3.8 | $2.6M | +2.0% | #463 of 1,451 |
| 22Garrett County, MD | 27 | 6 | 4.8 | $1.9M | −1.5% | #1,261 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Garrett County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
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Groceries and convenience
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Clothing and laundry
Home services
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Funeral services
Questions
How many car washes and detailers are in Garrett County, MD?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in Garrett County. One of them (17%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Garrett County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Garrett County, MD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.5M a year, or $913 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.9M 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 12,578 households in Garrett County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Garrett County, MD compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Garrett County has 4.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 26% 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 U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Garrett County would have about 5, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is Garrett County, MD growing?
Population estimates put Garrett County at 28,370 people in 2025, down 1.5% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,578 households. The median household income in Garrett County is $67,688 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.6% 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. Garrett County scores 27 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,261 of 1,451 scored counties.
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