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Car washes and detailers in Montgomery County, NC
The car washes and detailers in Montgomery County, NC, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $11.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,070 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.7M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 26,403
- +2.7% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 car washes and detailers in Montgomery County. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Montgomery County comes to about $11.4M a year: $1,070 per household, 12% above the U.S. average. Spread across 2 car washes and detailers, that is $5.7M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Montgomery County was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 2,661 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $1.2M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Montgomery County.
Population estimates put the population change in Montgomery County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.7%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Montgomery County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Montgomery 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 | Montgomery County | North Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.7M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,661 | 6,963 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.7% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +2.7% | +7.2% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,070 | $939 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,766 | $72,388 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4 → 4
- Employees, 2023
- 178
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $4.6M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 20 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 5The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $1.2M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Montgomery 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 Montgomery County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 26,403+2.7% since 2020
- Households
- 10,643
- Median age
- 42.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 492 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 53
- Median household income
- $57,766+30.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $78,269
- Median home value
- $161,700
- Jobs located here
- 9,159
- Daytime population
- 24,306Residents 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 |
| Montgomery County, NC | Not scored | 2 | 1.9 | $5.7M | +2.7% |
Other business types in Montgomery County
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 Montgomery County, NC?
There are 2 car washes and detailers on map listings in Montgomery County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Montgomery County, NC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $11.4M a year, or $1,070 per household. That is 12% above the U.S. average (an index of 112, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $5.7M 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 10,643 households in Montgomery County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Montgomery County, NC compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Montgomery County has 2 car washes and detailers 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, Montgomery County would have about 5, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,661 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Montgomery County, NC growing?
Population estimates put Montgomery County at 26,403 people in 2025, up 2.7% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,643 households. Median household income in Montgomery County is $57,766, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.9%, 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. Montgomery County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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