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Car washes and detailers in Cass County, ND

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Cass County, ND, set against other counties and the U.S.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 39 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #1,016 of 1,451 scored counties
#7 of 9 scored counties in North Dakota

Listings
57
22 chain locations (39%)
Official establishments
19
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$86.2M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,027 a household
Spending per listing
$1.5M
40% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
6.8
79% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
201,794
+9.1% 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

Households in Cass County spend about $86.2M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,027 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. That works out to $1.5M per location, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Cass County has 57 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.8 per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Cass County in 2023. That is one for every 4,418 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Cass County grew 9.1%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Cass County has a Groundwork market score of 39 (lower middle): #1,016 of 1,451 scored counties and #7 of 9 scored counties in North Dakota.

How Cass County compares

The same measures for North Dakota 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 Cass County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureCass CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households6.85.23.8
Spending per listing$1.5M$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,4185,5186,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.3%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+9.1%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,027$1,154$958
Median household income$75,555$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market score3939

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
19 → 19
Employees, 2023
222
Annual payroll, 2023
$8.4M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
5722 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
34The 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 Cass 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 Cass County

Population, 2025 estimate
201,794+9.1% since 2020
Households
83,945
Median age
34.3
Homes lived in by their owners
52%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
1,765 sq. mi.
People per square mile
110
Median household income
$75,555+17.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$103,789
Median home value
$298,000
Jobs located here
131,603
Daytime population
221,162Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across North Dakota

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

Top counties in North Dakota

Counties in North Dakota ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Burleigh County, ND75184.4$2.6M+4.7%#130 of 1,451
2Grand Forks County, ND64103.2$3.1M+1.9%#358 of 1,451
3Williams County, ND6364.0$3M+1.4%#387 of 1,451
4Stark County, ND6264.4$2.6M+0.5%#414 of 1,451
5Stutsman County, ND4555.3$2.1M−0.6%#854 of 1,451
6Richland County, ND4357.3$1.6M+1.2%#923 of 1,451
7Cass County, ND39576.8$1.5M+9.1%#1,016 of 1,451
8Morton County, ND381410.0$1.3M+3.8%#1,051 of 1,451
9Ward County, ND27196.7$1.7M−2.4%#1,267 of 1,451

Other business types in Cass County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Cass County, ND?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 57 car washes and detailers in Cass County. 22 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 19 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Cass County, ND spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $86.2M a year, or $1,027 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 57 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 83,945 households in Cass County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cass County has 6.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 79% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.5M, 40% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Cass County would have about 34, against 57 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,418 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Cass County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Cass County at 201,794 people in 2025, up 9.1% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 83,945 households. The median household income in Cass County is $75,555 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 17.2% 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. Cass County scores 39 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #1,016 of 1,451 scored counties.

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 Cass County

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