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Car washes and detailers in Crow Wing County, MN
How Crow Wing County, MN 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 #266 of 1,451 scored counties
#19 of 36 scored counties in Minnesota
- Listings
- 14
- 4 chain locations (29%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $33.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,142 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- 5% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.8
- 26% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 69,132
- +4.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Crow Wing County spend about $33.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,142 per household, 19% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.4M of household spending for each location on map listings, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Crow Wing County has 14 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 29% of them, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.8, 26% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Crow Wing County in 2023. That is one for every 7,351 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Crow Wing County grew 4.3%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Crow Wing County has a Groundwork market score of 69 (upper middle): #266 of 1,451 scored counties and #19 of 36 scored counties in Minnesota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Crow Wing County compares
The same measures for Minnesota 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 | Crow Wing County | Minnesota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,351 | 9,948 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +32.6% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.3% | +2.1% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,142 | $1,108 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,589 | $89,062 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 69 | 77 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 6
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $232K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 144 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
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 69,132+4.3% since 2020
- Households
- 29,402
- Median age
- 46.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 999 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 68
- Median household income
- $72,589+28.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,168
- Median home value
- $306,800
- Jobs located here
- 29,423
- Daytime population
- 66,579Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Minnesota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sherburne County, MN | 94 | 11 | 3.1 | $4.2M | +6.8% | #2 of 1,451 |
| 2Wright County, MN | 92 | 20 | 3.7 | $3.6M | +11.1% | #5 of 1,451 |
| 3Carver County, MN | 89 | 16 | 3.9 | $3.4M | +6.6% | #15 of 1,451 |
| 4Washington County, MN | 87 | 43 | 4.1 | $3M | +6.9% | #23 of 1,451 |
| 5Isanti County, MN | 86 | 7 | 4.3 | $3M | +7.3% | #32 of 1,451 |
| 6Chisago County, MN | 85 | 7 | 3.3 | $4.1M | +4.3% | #34 of 1,451 |
| 7Scott County, MN | 84 | 23 | 4.2 | $3.1M | +5.1% | #41 of 1,451 |
| 8Dakota County, MN | 84 | 64 | 3.7 | $3.1M | +3.9% | #42 of 1,451 |
| 9Rice County, MN | 81 | 8 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +4.2% | #53 of 1,451 |
| 10Le Sueur County, MN | 81 | 5 | 4.3 | $3.1M | +2.9% | #54 of 1,451 |
| 19Crow Wing County, MN | 69 | 14 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +4.3% | #266 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Crow Wing 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 care54
- Auto repair shops52
- Collision repair and body shops60
- Car washes and detailing69
- Tire shops70
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations61
- Insurance agencies30
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 Crow Wing County, MN?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 14 car washes and detailers in Crow Wing County. 4 of them (29%) 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 Crow Wing County, MN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $33.6M a year, or $1,142 per household. That is 19% above the U.S. average (an index of 119, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.4M 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 29,402 households in Crow Wing County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Crow Wing County, MN compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Crow Wing 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 $2.4M, 5% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Crow Wing County would have about 13, against 14 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,351 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Crow Wing County, MN growing?
Population estimates put Crow Wing County at 69,132 people in 2025, up 4.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,402 households. The median household income in Crow Wing County is $72,589 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.4% 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. Crow Wing County scores 69 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #266 of 1,451 scored counties.
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