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Car washes and detailers in Ramsey County, ND

How Ramsey County, ND 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
3
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$5.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,020 a household
Spending per listing
$1.8M
27% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
5.5
45% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
11,530
−0.4% 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

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Ramsey County comes to about $5.5M a year: $1,020 per household, 6% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each location on map listings, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Ramsey County has 3 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. That comes to 5.5 for every 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Ramsey County in 2023. That is one for every 1,803 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Ramsey County declined 0.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, Ramsey County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Ramsey 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 Ramsey County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureRamsey CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households5.55.23.8
Spending per listing$1.8M$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment1,8035,5186,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.3%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−0.4%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,020$1,154$958
Median household income$61,006$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 3
Employees, 2023
19
Annual payroll, 2023
$409K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
2The 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 Ramsey 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 Ramsey County

Population, 2025 estimate
11,530−0.4% since 2020
Households
5,410
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
55%
Vehicles per household
1.7
Land area
1,185 sq. mi.
People per square mile
10
Median household income
$61,006+3.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$84,482
Median home value
$199,300
Jobs located here
5,171
Daytime population
11,239Residents 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 Ramsey 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
Ramsey County, NDNot scored35.5$1.8M−0.4%

Other business types in Ramsey County

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

Questions

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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 3 car washes and detailers in Ramsey County. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

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

About $5.5M a year, or $1,020 per household. That is 6% above the U.S. average (an index of 106, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.8M 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 5,410 households in Ramsey County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Ramsey County has 5.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 45% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.8M, 27% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Ramsey County would have about 2, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,803 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Ramsey County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Ramsey County at 11,530 people in 2025, down 0.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 5,410 households. The median household income in Ramsey County is $61,006 a year, 24% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 3.6% 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. Ramsey County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

How can I see the market around a specific site?

Run a Groundwork site report on an address in Ramsey County. It maps the car washes and detailers on map listings near the site and sizes the households and spending within the distance you choose. New accounts get 10 actions over 3 days, no card.

How the score works · Top markets for car washes and detailers · All 56 business types in Ramsey County

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