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Car washes and detailers in Bertie County, NC

How Bertie County, NC 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

The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.

Listings
1
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$6.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $954 a household
Spending per listing
$6.8M
Too few listings to compare
Listings per 10k households
1.4
Too few listings to compare
Population, 2025
17,086
−3.6% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 1 car wash or detailer in Bertie County. That is 1.4 per 10,000 households.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Bertie County comes to about $6.8M a year: $954 per household, in line with the U.S. average. That works out to $6.8M 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 Bertie County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Bertie County declined 3.6% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Bertie County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Bertie County compares

The same measures for North Carolina 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 Bertie County, NC compared with North Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureBertie CountyNorth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.43.93.8
Spending per listing$6.8M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,9636,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+8.7%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−3.6%+7.2%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$954$939$958
Median household income$48,750$72,388$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored55

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
3The 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 Bertie 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 Bertie County

Population, 2025 estimate
17,086−3.6% since 2020
Households
7,143
Median age
47.6
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
699 sq. mi.
People per square mile
25
Median household income
$48,750+37.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$71,465
Median home value
$98,500
Jobs located here
4,889
Daytime population
15,340Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across North Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Bertie County marked.

Top counties in North Carolina

Counties in North Carolina ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Moore County, NC82122.7$3.5M+10.3%#48 of 1,451
2Orange County, NC81111.9$4.9M+6.1%#52 of 1,451
3Rowan County, NC78162.7$3.6M+5.6%#75 of 1,451
4Randolph County, NC77172.9$3.4M+3.5%#93 of 1,451
5Brunswick County, NC77253.6$2.7M+26.5%#102 of 1,451
6Robeson County, NC76102.3$3.9M+3.4%#107 of 1,451
7Stanly County, NC7593.6$2.9M+9.8%#129 of 1,451
8Union County, NC74323.8$3M+11.7%#142 of 1,451
9Jackson County, NC7252.7$3.4M+6.9%#177 of 1,451
10Rockingham County, NC72123.0$3M+3.3%#181 of 1,451
Bertie County, NCNot scored11.4$6.8M−3.6%

Other business types in Bertie County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Bertie County, NC?

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

How much do households in Bertie County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $6.8M a year, or $954 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $6.8M 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 7,143 households in Bertie County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Bertie 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, Bertie County would have about 3, against 1 on map listings.

How fast is Bertie County, NC growing?

Population estimates put Bertie County at 17,086 people in 2025, down 3.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,143 households. Median household income in Bertie County is $48,750, 40% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 37.2%, 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. Bertie County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.

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 Bertie County

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