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Car washes and detailers in the Bellefontaine, OH area
How the Bellefontaine, OH area compares with other small-town markets and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 76 out of 100: High
Ranked #35 of 441 scored small-town markets
#2 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio
- Listings
- 6
- 3 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $21.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,118 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.6M
- 45% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.1
- 18% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,302
- +0.4% since 2020
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What this means
The Bellefontaine area scores 76 (high) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #35 of 441 scored small-town markets and #2 of 28 scored small-town markets based in Ohio. That puts it in the top 10% of small-town markets for car washes and detailers.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in the Bellefontaine area. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.1 per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $1,118 per household (17% above the U.S. average), households in the Bellefontaine area spend about $21.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $3.6M per location, 45% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Bellefontaine area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $264K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Bellefontaine area. Population estimates put the population change in the Bellefontaine area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.4%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Bellefontaine area compares
The same measures for Ohio 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 | Bellefontaine area | Ohio | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.6M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,792 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.3% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.4% | +0.9% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,118 | $1,033 | $958 |
| Median household income | $71,551 | $71,389 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 76 | 44 |
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
- 63 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $264K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Bellefontaine area, 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 the Bellefontaine area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,302+0.4% since 2020
- Households
- 19,560
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 78%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 459 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $71,551+26.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,928
- Median home value
- $203,200
- Jobs located here
- 19,360
- Daytime population
- 44,374Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Ohio market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Ohio for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Ohio, with the Bellefontaine area marked.
Top small-town markets in Ohio
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wapakoneta, OH | 76 | 6 | 3.2 | $3.9M | −1.2% | #33 of 441 |
| 2Bellefontaine, OH | 76 | 6 | 3.1 | $3.6M | +0.4% | #35 of 441 |
| 3Wilmington, OH | 74 | 7 | 4.2 | $2.8M | +0.6% | #56 of 441 |
| 4Norwalk, OH | 70 | 9 | 3.8 | $2.9M | −0.4% | #72 of 441 |
| 5Mount Vernon, OH | 70 | 11 | 4.7 | $2.4M | +1.9% | #75 of 441 |
| 6Greenville, OH | 66 | 8 | 3.8 | $3.1M | −0.7% | #95 of 441 |
| 7Ashland, OH | 66 | 9 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +0.1% | #97 of 441 |
| 8Wooster, OH | 64 | 12 | 2.7 | $3.9M | −0.1% | #110 of 441 |
| 9Marion, OH | 64 | 9 | 3.6 | $2.7M | −0.4% | #111 of 441 |
| 10Urbana, OH | 63 | 6 | 3.8 | $3.1M | +0.2% | #115 of 441 |
Other business types in the Bellefontaine area
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 the Bellefontaine, OH area?
There are 6 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Bellefontaine area as of September 2026. 3 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Bellefontaine area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Bellefontaine, OH area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $21.9M a year, or $1,118 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.6M 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 19,560 households in the Bellefontaine area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Bellefontaine, OH area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Bellefontaine area has 3.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 18% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.6M, 45% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Bellefontaine area would have about 9, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Bellefontaine, OH area growing?
Population estimates put the Bellefontaine area at 46,302 people in 2025, up 0.4% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,560 households. Median household income in the Bellefontaine area is $71,551, 11% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 26.1%, 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Bellefontaine area scores 76 for car washes and detailers (high), #35 of 441 scored small-town markets.
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