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Car washes and detailers in Forsyth County, NC
How Forsyth 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 · out of 100
Score 60 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #464 of 1,451 scored counties
#25 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 54
- 12 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 24
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $141.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $884 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.4
- 11% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 401,718
- +5.0% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Forsyth County spend about $141.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $884 per household, 8% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.6M per location, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Forsyth County has 54 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.4 per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
In 2023, official counts showed 24 businesses with payroll in Forsyth County classed as car washes, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 6,664 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $125K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Forsyth County.
Population estimates put the population change in Forsyth County from 2020 to 2025 at +5.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Forsyth County has a Groundwork market score of 60 (upper middle): #464 of 1,451 scored counties and #25 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Forsyth 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.
| Measure | Forsyth County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,664 | 6,963 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +8.7% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.0% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $884 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $67,165 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 60 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 24 → 240.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 271
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 5412 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 56The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $125K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 401,718+5.0% since 2020
- Households
- 159,925
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 64%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 408 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 956
- Median household income
- $67,165+30.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $94,082
- Median home value
- $250,400
- Jobs located here
- 197,283
- Daytime population
- 420,468Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every North Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in North Carolina for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in North Carolina, with Forsyth County marked.
Top counties in North Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Moore County, NC | 82 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.5M | +10.3% | #48 of 1,451 |
| 2Orange County, NC | 81 | 11 | 1.9 | $4.9M | +6.1% | #52 of 1,451 |
| 3Rowan County, NC | 78 | 16 | 2.7 | $3.6M | +5.6% | #75 of 1,451 |
| 4Randolph County, NC | 77 | 17 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +3.5% | #93 of 1,451 |
| 5Brunswick County, NC | 77 | 25 | 3.6 | $2.7M | +26.5% | #102 of 1,451 |
| 6Robeson County, NC | 76 | 10 | 2.3 | $3.9M | +3.4% | #107 of 1,451 |
| 7Stanly County, NC | 75 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.9M | +9.8% | #129 of 1,451 |
| 8Union County, NC | 74 | 32 | 3.8 | $3M | +11.7% | #142 of 1,451 |
| 9Jackson County, NC | 72 | 5 | 2.7 | $3.4M | +6.9% | #177 of 1,451 |
| 10Rockingham County, NC | 72 | 12 | 3.0 | $3M | +3.3% | #181 of 1,451 |
| 25Forsyth County, NC | 60 | 54 | 3.4 | $2.6M | +5.0% | #464 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Forsyth 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 care49
- Auto repair shops51
- Collision repair and body shops71
- Car washes and detailing60
- Tire shops49
- Oil change and quick lube31
- Gas stations69
- Insurance agencies59
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 Forsyth County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 54 car washes and detailers in Forsyth County. 12 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 24 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in Forsyth County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $141.4M a year, or $884 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 54 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 159,925 households in Forsyth County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Forsyth County, NC compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Forsyth County has 3.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 11% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.6M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Forsyth County would have about 56, against 54 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,664 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +16.7% for the U.S.
How fast is Forsyth County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Forsyth County at 401,718 people in 2025, up 5.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 159,925 households. The median household income in Forsyth County is $67,165 a year, 17% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.2% 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. Forsyth County scores 60 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #464 of 1,451 scored counties.
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