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Car washes and detailers in Boone County, MO
How Boone County, MO 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #408 of 1,451 scored counties
#18 of 45 scored counties in Missouri
- Listings
- 28
- 6 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- 16
- −23.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $81.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,064 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 16% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.7
- 3% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,746
- +4.2% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Boone County comes to about $81.5M a year: $1,064 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.9M of household spending for each location on map listings, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Boone County has 28 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 21% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.7 per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 16 businesses with payroll in Boone County classed as car washes, down 23.8% from 2019. That is one for every 4,785 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Boone County from 2020 to 2025 at +4.2%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Boone County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #408 of 1,451 scored counties and #18 of 45 scored counties in Missouri.
How Boone County compares
The same measures for Missouri 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 | Boone County | Missouri | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 4,785 | 6,706 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | −23.8% | +10.7% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +4.2% | +1.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,064 | $1,058 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,758 | $70,702 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 21 → 16−23.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 691
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $27.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 286 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 32The 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 Boone 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 Boone County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,746+4.2% since 2020
- Households
- 76,562
- Median age
- 35.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 686 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 274
- Median household income
- $72,758+31.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $99,630
- Median home value
- $272,800
- Jobs located here
- 106,667
- Daytime population
- 209,431Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Missouri market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in Missouri for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Missouri, with Boone County marked.
Top counties in Missouri
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, MO | 94 | 8 | 3.5 | $3.6M | +11.4% | #3 of 1,451 |
| 2Warren County, MO | 92 | 5 | 3.6 | $3.6M | +9.2% | #6 of 1,451 |
| 3Jefferson County, MO | 86 | 30 | 3.4 | $3.5M | +2.7% | #28 of 1,451 |
| 4Christian County, MO | 85 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.5M | +8.3% | #37 of 1,451 |
| 5Platte County, MO | 85 | 18 | 4.1 | $2.9M | +6.7% | #38 of 1,451 |
| 6Cass County, MO | 82 | 20 | 4.6 | $2.7M | +7.1% | #51 of 1,451 |
| 7Johnson County, MO | 80 | 7 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +4.9% | #59 of 1,451 |
| 8Lawrence County, MO | 72 | 6 | 4.1 | $2.7M | +3.7% | #188 of 1,451 |
| 9Laclede County, MO | 71 | 5 | 3.4 | $3.1M | +2.5% | #205 of 1,451 |
| 10Franklin County, MO | 71 | 21 | 4.9 | $2.4M | +3.1% | #217 of 1,451 |
| 18Boone County, MO | 62 | 28 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +4.2% | #408 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Boone 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 care73
- Auto repair shops75
- Collision repair and body shops79
- Car washes and detailing62
- Tire shops70
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations70
- Insurance agencies25
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 Boone County, MO?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 28 car washes and detailers in Boone County. 6 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 16 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023, down 23.8% from 2019.
How much do households in Boone County, MO spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $81.5M a year, or $1,064 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 28 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 76,562 households in Boone County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Boone County, MO compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Boone County has 3.7 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 3% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.9M, 16% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Boone County would have about 32, against 28 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,785 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. The official count fell 23.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +16.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Boone County, MO growing?
Population estimates put Boone County at 191,746 people in 2025, up 4.2% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 76,562 households. The median household income in Boone County is $72,758 a year, 10% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.5% 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. Boone County scores 62 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #408 of 1,451 scored counties.
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