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Car washes and detailers in Wells County, ND

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

Groundwork market score

Not scored

Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Listings
0
None on the map
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$2.3M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,260 a household
Spending per listing
n/a
Listings per 10k households
0.0
Population, 2025
3,729
−5.9% 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 Wells County comes to about $2.3M a year: $1,260 per household, 32% above the U.S. average. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

Map listings as of September 2026 show no car washes and detailers in Wells County. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Wells County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Wells County, since they leave out counts under 3.

Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Wells County declined 5.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t given a market score, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

How Wells 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 Wells County, ND compared with North Dakota and the U.S.
MeasureWells CountyNorth DakotaU.S.
Listings per 10k households0.05.23.8
Spending per listingn/a$2.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,5186,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+5.3%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−5.9%+2.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,260$1,154$958
Median household income$66,114$76,657$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored39

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
n/a
Employees, 2023
n/a
Annual payroll, 2023
n/a
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
0
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
1The 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 Wells 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 Wells County

Population, 2025 estimate
3,729−5.9% since 2020
Households
1,787
Median age
45.9
Homes lived in by their owners
77%
Vehicles per household
2.2
Land area
1,271 sq. mi.
People per square mile
3
Median household income
$66,114
Average household income
$96,130
Median home value
$114,500
Jobs located here
1,434
Daytime population
3,709Residents 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 Wells 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
Wells County, NDNot scored00.0n/a−5.9%

Other business types in Wells County

None has a Groundwork market score here. Counties under 10,000 people aren’t scored, since a few businesses can swing their figures.

Questions

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

There are no car washes and detailers on map listings in Wells County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Wells County: counts under 3 are left out.

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

About $2.3M a year, or $1,260 per household. That is 32% above the U.S. average (an index of 132, where 100 is the U.S. average). 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 1,787 households in Wells County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Wells County has no car washes and detailers on map listings. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Wells County would have about 1, against none on map listings.

How fast is Wells County, ND growing?

Population estimates put Wells County at 3,729 people in 2025, down 5.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 1,787 households. The median household income in Wells County is $66,114 a year, 18% below the U.S. median of $80,734.

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. The score leaves out counties under 10,000 people, where a handful of businesses would swing it.

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 Wells County

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