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Car washes and detailers in Macon County, NC
How Macon 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 53 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #643 of 1,451 scored counties
#35 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $17.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $932 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.9M
- 13% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 39,232
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Macon County comes to about $17.2M a year: $932 per household, 3% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.9M per location, 13% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Macon County has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Macon County in 2023. That is one for every 3,681 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Macon County grew 5.8%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Macon County has a Groundwork market score of 53 (upper middle): #643 of 1,451 scored counties and #35 of 67 scored counties in North Carolina.
How Macon 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 | Macon County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.9M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,681 | 6,963 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $932 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,061 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 53 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 5
- Employees, 2023
- 17
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $456K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Macon 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 Macon County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 39,232+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 18,406
- Median age
- 49.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 516 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 74
- Median household income
- $59,061+29.8% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $82,980
- Median home value
- $251,900
- Jobs located here
- 12,682
- Daytime population
- 35,660Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 |
| 35Macon County, NC | 53 | 6 | 3.3 | $2.9M | +5.8% | #643 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Macon 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 care42
- Auto repair shops44
- Collision repair and body shops41
- Car washes and detailing53
- Tire shops53
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations68
- Insurance agencies74
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 Macon County, NC?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in Macon County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Macon County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.2M a year, or $932 per household. That is 3% below the U.S. average (an index of 97, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.9M 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 18,406 households in Macon County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Macon County, NC compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Macon County has 3.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.9M, 13% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Macon County would have about 7, against 6 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,681 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Macon County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Macon County at 39,232 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,406 households. The median household income in Macon County is $59,061 a year, 27% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 29.8% 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. Macon County scores 53 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #643 of 1,451 scored counties.
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