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Car washes and detailers in Pierce County, NE
How Pierce County, NE 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
- $4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,419 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.5
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 7,378
- +0.5% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Pierce County
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What this means
Households in Pierce County spend about $4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,419 per household, 48% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Pierce County as of September 2026. That is 3.5 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Pierce County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $239K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Pierce County.
Population estimates put the population change in Pierce County from 2020 to 2025 at +0.5%, slower 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 Pierce County 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 | Pierce County | Nebraska | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $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 | +0.5% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,419 | $1,146 | $958 |
| Median household income | $72,357 | $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
- 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
- 1
- Amount
- $239K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Pierce 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 Pierce County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 7,378+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 2,842
- Median age
- 39.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.5
- Land area
- 573 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 13
- Median household income
- $72,357
- Average household income
- $86,847
- Median home value
- $196,000
- Jobs located here
- 2,277
- Daytime population
- 5,989Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Pierce County?
These figures cover the whole county. A site report draws rings around one address and counts what’s inside them: households, spending, jobs, and the car washes and detailers on map listings by name and distance.
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Top counties in Nebraska
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sarpy County, NE | 70 | 29 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +9.0% | #235 of 1,451 |
| 2Lancaster County, NE | 66 | 62 | 4.6 | $2.3M | +3.4% | #328 of 1,451 |
| 3Cass County, NE | 64 | 5 | 4.6 | $2.9M | +3.9% | #362 of 1,451 |
| 4Dawson County, NE | 63 | 5 | 5.5 | $2.4M | +1.5% | #403 of 1,451 |
| 5Dodge County, NE | 55 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #593 of 1,451 |
| 6Douglas County, NE | 54 | 101 | 4.2 | $2.4M | +3.6% | #629 of 1,451 |
| 7Buffalo County, NE | 51 | 10 | 5.0 | $2.4M | +1.9% | #702 of 1,451 |
| 8Lincoln County, NE | 48 | 7 | 4.7 | $2.5M | −3.6% | #771 of 1,451 |
| 9Platte County, NE | 46 | 8 | 5.9 | $2M | +3.9% | #830 of 1,451 |
| 10Scotts Bluff County, NE | 39 | 7 | 4.6 | $2.4M | −1.3% | #1,002 of 1,451 |
| Pierce County, NE | Not scored | 1 | 3.5 | $4M | +0.5% |
Other business types in Pierce County
None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.
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 Pierce County, NE?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 car wash or detailer in Pierce County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Pierce County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Pierce County, NE spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $4M a year, or $1,419 per household. That is 48% above the U.S. average (an index of 148, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $4M 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 2,842 households in Pierce County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Pierce County, NE compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Pierce County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Pierce County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Pierce County, NE growing?
Population estimates put Pierce County at 7,378 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 2,842 households. The median household income in Pierce County is $72,357 a year, 10% 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?
Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Pierce 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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