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Car washes and detailers in Van Buren County, MI
How Van Buren County, MI 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 69 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #251 of 1,451 scored counties
#6 of 55 scored counties in Michigan
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $33.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,084 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.3M
- 32% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 76,071
- +0.7% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Van Buren County comes to about $33.2M a year: $1,084 per household, 13% above the U.S. average. Spread across 10 car washes and detailers, that is $3.3M per location, 32% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Van Buren County has 10 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Van Buren County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.3M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Van Buren County.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Van Buren County grew 0.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Van Buren County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #251 of 1,451 scored counties and #6 of 55 scored counties in Michigan. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Van Buren County compares
The same measures for Michigan 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 | Van Buren County | Michigan | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.3M | $2.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,102 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +13.2% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.7% | +0.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,084 | $1,022 | $958 |
| Median household income | $68,114 | $72,875 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 31 |
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
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 13The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.3M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 76,071+0.7% since 2020
- Households
- 30,622
- Median age
- 42.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 608 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 125
- Median household income
- $68,114+25.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $85,909
- Median home value
- $206,500
- Jobs located here
- 19,397
- Daytime population
- 64,659Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Michigan market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Michigan for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Michigan, with Van Buren County marked.
Top counties in Michigan
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clinton County, MI | 82 | 11 | 3.5 | $3.5M | +1.6% | #49 of 1,451 |
| 2Livingston County, MI | 75 | 28 | 3.7 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #123 of 1,451 |
| 3Shiawassee County, MI | 71 | 10 | 3.6 | $3.1M | −0.4% | #204 of 1,451 |
| 4Hillsdale County, MI | 70 | 5 | 2.8 | $3.9M | 0.0% | #225 of 1,451 |
| 5Lapeer County, MI | 70 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +1.0% | #231 of 1,451 |
| 6Van Buren County, MI | 69 | 10 | 3.3 | $3.3M | +0.7% | #251 of 1,451 |
| 7Washtenaw County, MI | 68 | 45 | 3.0 | $3.4M | −0.4% | #274 of 1,451 |
| 8Eaton County, MI | 68 | 17 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +0.4% | #282 of 1,451 |
| 9Allegan County, MI | 68 | 22 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +2.1% | #290 of 1,451 |
| 10Ionia County, MI | 67 | 9 | 3.9 | $2.9M | −0.5% | #300 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Van Buren County
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 care65
- Auto repair shops64
- Collision repair and body shops64
- Car washes and detailing69
- Tire shops72
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations34
- Insurance agencies57
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 Van Buren County, MI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 10 car washes and detailers in Van Buren County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Van Buren County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Van Buren County, MI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $33.2M a year, or $1,084 per household. That is 13% above the U.S. average (an index of 113, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.3M 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 30,622 households in Van Buren County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Van Buren County, MI compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Van Buren County has 3.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.3M, 32% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Van Buren County would have about 13, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Van Buren County, MI growing?
Population estimates put Van Buren County at 76,071 people in 2025, up 0.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 30,622 households. The median household income in Van Buren County is $68,114 a year, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.0% 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. Van Buren County scores 69 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #251 of 1,451 scored counties.
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