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Car washes and detailers in Beaverhead County, MT

How Beaverhead County, MT 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

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$5.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,227 a household
Spending per listing
$5.2M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
10,043
+7.1% 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 Beaverhead County. That is 2.4 per 10,000 households.

Households in Beaverhead County spend about $5.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,227 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That works out to $5.2M 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 Beaverhead County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Beaverhead County from 2020 to 2025 at +7.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Beaverhead County compares

The same measures for Montana 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 Beaverhead County, MT compared with Montana and the U.S.
MeasureBeaverhead CountyMontanaU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.43.83.8
Spending per listing$5.2M$3.1M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a4,3296,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+34.2%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+7.1%+5.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,227$1,157$958
Median household income$61,268$72,509$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored65

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
2The 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 Beaverhead 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 Beaverhead County

Population, 2025 estimate
10,043+7.1% since 2020
Households
4,201
Median age
42.7
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
2.3
Land area
5,543 sq. mi.
People per square mile
2
Median household income
$61,268
Average household income
$79,753
Median home value
$308,300
Jobs located here
3,853
Daytime population
9,435Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Montana

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

Top counties in Montana

Counties in Montana ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Yellowstone County, MT62273.9$2.9M+4.5%#407 of 1,451
2Lewis and Clark County, MT62123.8$2.9M+5.8%#409 of 1,451
3Silver Bow County, MT6263.9$2.6M+2.6%#412 of 1,451
4Missoula County, MT61193.6$2.9M+4.4%#434 of 1,451
5Gallatin County, MT57265.1$2.4M+7.7%#543 of 1,451
6Cascade County, MT49154.2$2.6M+0.7%#743 of 1,451
7Flathead County, MT49255.7$2M+10.1%#757 of 1,451
Beaverhead County, MTNot scored12.4$5.2M+7.1%

Other business types in Beaverhead County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Beaverhead County, MT?

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

How much do households in Beaverhead County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $5.2M a year, or $1,227 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $5.2M 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 4,201 households in Beaverhead County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Beaverhead 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, Beaverhead County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Beaverhead County, MT growing?

Population estimates put Beaverhead County at 10,043 people in 2025, up 7.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,201 households. Median household income in Beaverhead County is $61,268, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

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

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