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Car washes and detailers in Lyon County, NV
The car washes and detailers in Lyon County, NV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 80 out of 100: High
Ranked #60 of 1,451 scored counties
#2 of 7 scored counties in Nevada
- Listings
- 9
- 1 chain location (11%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,230 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.2M
- 29% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.8
- In line with the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 65,088
- +9.5% since 2020
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What this means
For car washes and detailers, Lyon County has a Groundwork market score of 80 (high): #60 of 1,451 scored counties and #2 of 7 scored counties in Nevada. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for car washes and detailers.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Lyon County comes to about $29.2M a year: $1,230 per household, 28% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.2M per location, 29% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Lyon County has 9 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 3.8, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Lyon County in 2023. That is one for every 5,936 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Lyon County grew 9.5%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How Lyon County compares
The same measures for Nevada 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 | Lyon County | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.2M | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 5,936 | 6,074 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +21.5% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.5% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,230 | $1,012 | $958 |
| Median household income | $80,812 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 80 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 56
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 91 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Lyon 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 Lyon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 65,088+9.5% since 2020
- Households
- 23,745
- Median age
- 43.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 2,003 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $80,812+42.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $95,025
- Median home value
- $366,100
- Jobs located here
- 13,009
- Daytime population
- 46,726Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Nye County, NV | 86 | 6 | 2.7 | $4.1M | +10.3% | #25 of 1,451 |
| 2Lyon County, NV | 80 | 9 | 3.8 | $3.2M | +9.5% | #60 of 1,451 |
| 3Elko County, NV | 77 | 7 | 3.6 | $3.3M | +2.1% | #98 of 1,451 |
| 4Washoe County, NV | 64 | 78 | 3.9 | $2.8M | +4.4% | #364 of 1,451 |
| 5Douglas County, NV | 63 | 8 | 3.8 | $3.4M | +1.2% | #383 of 1,451 |
| 6Clark County, NV | 61 | 334 | 3.9 | $2.5M | +5.8% | #441 of 1,451 |
| 7Carson City, NV | 30 | 15 | 6.3 | $1.7M | −0.2% | #1,210 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Lyon 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 care91
- Auto repair shops89
- Collision repair and body shops93
- Car washes and detailing80
- Tire shops92
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations82
- Insurance agencies81
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 Lyon County, NV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 9 car washes and detailers in Lyon County. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Lyon County, NV spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $29.2M a year, or $1,230 per household. That is 28% above the U.S. average (an index of 128, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.2M 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 23,745 households in Lyon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Lyon County, NV compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Lyon County has 3.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, in line with the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.2M, 29% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Lyon County would have about 12, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 5,936 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Lyon County, NV growing?
Population estimates put Lyon County at 65,088 people in 2025, up 9.5% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 23,745 households. The median household income in Lyon County is $80,812 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 42.1% 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. Lyon County scores 80 for car washes and detailers (high), #60 of 1,451 scored counties.
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