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Car washes and detailers in Quay County, NM

The car washes and detailers in Quay County, NM, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.

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
$4.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $990 a household
Spending per listing
$4.3M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
2.3
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
8,454
−3.0% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 1 car wash or detailer in Quay County. That is 2.3 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Quay County comes to about $4.3M a year: $990 per household, 3% above the U.S. average. That works out to $4.3M 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 Quay County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Quay County declined 3.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Quay County 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.

Car washes and detailing in Quay County, NM compared with New Mexico and the U.S.
MeasureQuay CountyNew MexicoU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.34.03.8
Spending per listing$4.3M$2.6M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,2496,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.5%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.0%+0.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$990$1,033$958
Median household income$41,946$64,059$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored45

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
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Quay 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 Quay County

Population, 2025 estimate
8,454−3.0% since 2020
Households
4,389
Median age
47.5
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
2,874 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$41,946
Average household income
$62,487
Median home value
$87,200
Jobs located here
2,482
Daytime population
7,724Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across New Mexico

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The highest-scoring counties in New Mexico for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in New Mexico, with Quay County marked.

Top counties in New Mexico

Counties in New Mexico ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Sandoval County, NM90132.3$5.1M+6.9%#8 of 1,451
2Valencia County, NM8982.9$4M+7.2%#12 of 1,451
3Doña Ana County, NM77293.4$3M+4.1%#99 of 1,451
4Santa Fe County, NM69202.8$3.7M+1.2%#248 of 1,451
5Taos County, NM6953.2$3.4M+0.3%#249 of 1,451
6Bernalillo County, NM431314.6$2.1M−1.4%#906 of 1,451
7Otero County, NM41176.9$1.4M+3.7%#972 of 1,451
8Lea County, NM39135.3$2.1M+0.2%#1,005 of 1,451
9Eddy County, NM33156.4$1.7M+0.3%#1,147 of 1,451
10San Juan County, NM32235.5$1.9M−0.9%#1,161 of 1,451
Quay County, NMNot scored12.3$4.3M−3.0%

Other business types in Quay County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Quay County, NM?

There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Quay County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Quay County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Quay County, NM spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $4.3M a year, or $990 per household. That is 3% above the U.S. average (an index of 103, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $4.3M 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 4,389 households in Quay County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Quay County, NM compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Quay 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, Quay County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Quay County, NM growing?

Population estimates put Quay County at 8,454 people in 2025, down 3.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 4,389 households. Median household income in Quay County is $41,946, 48% 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?

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How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Quay County

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