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Car washes and detailers in the Beatrice, NE area
How the Beatrice, NE area compares with other small-town markets 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 4.
- Listings
- 4
- 1 chain location (25%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $11.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,198 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.8M
- 11% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.3
- 13% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 21,711
- +0.2% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 4 car washes and detailers in the Beatrice area. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.3, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,198 per household (25% above the U.S. average), households in the Beatrice area spend about $11.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.8M of household spending for each location on map listings, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. 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 the Beatrice area: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in the Beatrice area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, the Beatrice area isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How the Beatrice area compares
The same measures for Nebraska 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 | Beatrice area | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.8M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,778 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +12.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,198 | $1,146 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,247 | $76,475 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 49 |
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
- 41 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 4The 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 the Beatrice area, 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 the Beatrice area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 21,711+0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 9,327
- Median age
- 43.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 852 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 25
- Median household income
- $67,247+26.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $83,338
- Median home value
- $174,000
- Jobs located here
- 8,371
- Daytime population
- 18,346Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kearney, NE | 66 | 11 | 4.8 | $2.5M | +1.9% | #98 of 441 |
| 2Lexington, NE | 66 | 6 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +1.1% | #100 of 441 |
| 3Fremont, NE | 63 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #116 of 441 |
| 4North Platte, NE | 55 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.5M | −3.6% | #174 of 441 |
| 5Columbus, NE | 54 | 10 | 5.8 | $2.1M | +3.8% | #185 of 441 |
| 6Norfolk, NE | 47 | 14 | 7.1 | $1.6M | +1.1% | #244 of 441 |
| 7Scottsbluff, NE | 45 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.4M | −1.2% | #257 of 441 |
| 8Hastings, NE | 33 | 16 | 9.4 | $1.3M | −0.2% | #355 of 441 |
| Beatrice, NE | Not scored | 4 | 4.3 | $2.8M | +0.2% |
Other business types in the Beatrice area
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 the Beatrice, NE area?
The Beatrice area has 4 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Beatrice area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Beatrice, NE area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.2M a year, or $1,198 per household. That is 25% above the U.S. average (an index of 125, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.8M 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 9,327 households in the Beatrice area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Beatrice, NE area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Beatrice area has 4.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.8M, 11% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending.
How fast is the Beatrice, NE area growing?
Population estimates put the Beatrice area at 21,711 people in 2025, up 0.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,327 households. Median household income in the Beatrice area is $67,247, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.6%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Beatrice area has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.
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