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Car washes and detailers in Roseau County, MN

How Roseau 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

Not scored

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,250 a household
Spending per listing
$7.9M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.6
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
15,246
−0.3% 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 1 car wash or detailer in Roseau County. That is 1.6 per 10,000 households.

At $1,250 per household (30% above the U.S. average), households in Roseau County spend about $7.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $7.9M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.

There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Roseau County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Roseau County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Roseau County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Roseau 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.

Car washes and detailing in Roseau County, MN compared with Minnesota and the U.S.
MeasureRoseau CountyMinnesotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.63.73.8
Spending per listing$7.9M$3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a9,9486,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+32.6%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.3%+2.1%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,250$1,108$958
Median household income$74,474$89,062$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored77

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
10 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 Roseau 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 Roseau County

Population, 2025 estimate
15,246−0.3% since 2020
Households
6,296
Median age
42.3
Homes lived in by their owners
79%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,672 sq. mi.
People per square mile
9
Median household income
$74,474+19.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$90,659
Median home value
$183,700
Jobs located here
7,029
Daytime population
14,832Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Minnesota

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The highest-scoring counties in Minnesota for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Minnesota, with Roseau County marked.

Top counties in Minnesota

Counties in Minnesota ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sherburne County, MN94113.1$4.2M+6.8%#2 of 1,451
2Wright County, MN92203.7$3.6M+11.1%#5 of 1,451
3Carver County, MN89163.9$3.4M+6.6%#15 of 1,451
4Washington County, MN87434.1$3M+6.9%#23 of 1,451
5Isanti County, MN8674.3$3M+7.3%#32 of 1,451
6Chisago County, MN8573.3$4.1M+4.3%#34 of 1,451
7Scott County, MN84234.2$3.1M+5.1%#41 of 1,451
8Dakota County, MN84643.7$3.1M+3.9%#42 of 1,451
9Rice County, MN8183.4$3.4M+4.2%#53 of 1,451
10Le Sueur County, MN8154.3$3.1M+2.9%#54 of 1,451
Roseau County, MNNot scored11.6$7.9M−0.3%

Other business types in Roseau County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Roseau County, MN?

There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Roseau County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Roseau County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Roseau County, MN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.9M a year, or $1,250 per household. That is 30% above the U.S. average (an index of 130, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $7.9M 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 6,296 households in Roseau County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Roseau County, MN compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Roseau County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Roseau County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Roseau County, MN growing?

Population estimates put Roseau County at 15,246 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,296 households. Median household income in Roseau County is $74,474, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.7%, 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. Roseau County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Roseau County. It maps the car washes and detailers on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Roseau County

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