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Car washes and detailers in Sanders County, MT
How Sanders 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
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
- $6.5M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,192 a household
- Spending per listing
- $6.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.8
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 14,062
- +12.9% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Sanders County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 car wash or detailer in Sanders County. That is 1.8 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Sanders County comes to about $6.5M a year: $1,192 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That works out to $6.5M 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 Sanders County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Sanders County grew 12.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Sanders County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Sanders 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.
| Measure | Sanders County | Montana | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $6.5M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,329 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +34.2% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +12.9% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,192 | $1,157 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,476 | $72,509 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 65 |
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 Sanders 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 Sanders County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 14,062+12.9% since 2020
- Households
- 5,451
- Median age
- 54.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 81%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,760 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 5
- Median household income
- $57,476+40.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $75,317
- Median home value
- $359,000
- Jobs located here
- 3,261
- Daytime population
- 12,845Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Montana
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yellowstone County, MT | 62 | 27 | 3.9 | $2.9M | +4.5% | #407 of 1,451 |
| 2Lewis and Clark County, MT | 62 | 12 | 3.8 | $2.9M | +5.8% | #409 of 1,451 |
| 3Silver Bow County, MT | 62 | 6 | 3.9 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #412 of 1,451 |
| 4Missoula County, MT | 61 | 19 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +4.4% | #434 of 1,451 |
| 5Gallatin County, MT | 57 | 26 | 5.1 | $2.4M | +7.7% | #543 of 1,451 |
| 6Cascade County, MT | 49 | 15 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +0.7% | #743 of 1,451 |
| 7Flathead County, MT | 49 | 25 | 5.7 | $2M | +10.1% | #757 of 1,451 |
| Sanders County, MT | Not scored | 1 | 1.8 | $6.5M | +12.9% |
Other business types in Sanders County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Sanders County, MT?
There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Sanders County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Sanders County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Sanders County, MT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $6.5M a year, or $1,192 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $6.5M 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 5,451 households in Sanders County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Sanders County, MT compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Sanders 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, Sanders County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Sanders County, MT growing?
Population estimates put Sanders County at 14,062 people in 2025, up 12.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 5,451 households. Median household income in Sanders County is $57,476, 29% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 40.8%, 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. Sanders 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 Sanders 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.
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