Auto · Small-town market · New Mexico
Car washes and detailers in the Los Alamos, NM area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in the Los Alamos, NM area, set against other small-town markets and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has none.
- Listings
- 0
- None on the map
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $10M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,210 a household
- Spending per listing
- n/a
- Listings per 10k households
- 0.0
- Population, 2025
- 19,407
- 0.0% since 2020
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What this means
At $1,210 per household (26% above the U.S. average), households in the Los Alamos area spend about $10M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in the Los Alamos area. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Los Alamos area would have about 4, against none on map listings.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in the Los Alamos area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show the Los Alamos area held about level from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With no car washes and detailers on map listings, the Los Alamos area isn’t given a market score for them.
How the Los Alamos area compares
The same measures for New Mexico 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 | Los Alamos area | New Mexico | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 0.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | n/a | $2.6M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,249 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +15.5% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | 0.0% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,210 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $147,139 | $64,059 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 45 |
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
- 0
- 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 Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 19,4070.0% since 2020
- Households
- 8,247
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 109 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 178
- Median household income
- $147,139+21.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $170,885
- Median home value
- $495,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,699
- Daytime population
- 29,150Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top small-town markets in New Mexico
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Taos, NM | 73 | 5 | 3.2 | $3.4M | +0.3% | #62 of 441 |
| 2Hobbs, NM | 46 | 13 | 5.3 | $2.1M | +0.2% | #248 of 441 |
| 3Alamogordo, NM | 46 | 17 | 6.9 | $1.4M | +3.7% | #254 of 441 |
| 4Carlsbad-Artesia, NM | 39 | 15 | 6.4 | $1.7M | +0.3% | #314 of 441 |
| 5Clovis, NM | 36 | 12 | 4.6 | $2.1M | −3.3% | #329 of 441 |
| 6Roswell, NM | 31 | 12 | 5.1 | $2.1M | −2.7% | #365 of 441 |
| 7Deming, NM | 28 | 6 | 6.5 | $1.5M | −0.2% | #392 of 441 |
| 8Gallup, NM | 19 | 12 | 5.6 | $1.7M | −6.1% | #420 of 441 |
| Los Alamos, NM | Not scored | 0 | 0.0 | n/a | 0.0% |
Other business types in the Los Alamos 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 Los Alamos, NM area?
There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in the Los Alamos area as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Los Alamos area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Los Alamos, NM area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $10M a year, or $1,210 per household. That is 26% above the U.S. average (an index of 126, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 8,247 households in the Los Alamos area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Los Alamos, NM area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Los Alamos area has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Los Alamos area would have about 4, against none on map listings.
How fast is the Los Alamos, NM area growing?
Population estimates put the Los Alamos area at 19,407 people in 2025, unchanged since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 8,247 households. The median household income in the Los Alamos area is $147,139 a year, 82% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 21.3% 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. 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 Los Alamos area has no market score for car washes and detailers, having none on map listings.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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