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Car washes and detailers in the Woodward, OK area

How the Woodward, OK 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 16 out of 100: Low

Ranked #427 of 441 scored small-town markets
#14 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma

Listings
7
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$7.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $977 a household
Spending per listing
$1.1M
56% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.8
2.3 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
19,827
−2.8% 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

The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in the Woodward area is 16 (low), #427 of 441 scored small-town markets and #14 of 16 scored small-town markets based in Oklahoma. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 car washes and detailers in the Woodward area. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 8.8, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Households in the Woodward area spend about $7.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $977 per household, 2% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.1M of household spending for each location on map listings, 56% below 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 Woodward area: counts under 3 aren’t published. Population estimates put the population change in the Woodward area from 2020 to 2025 at −2.8%, against +3.1% for the U.S.

How the Woodward area compares

The same measures for Oklahoma 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 Woodward, OK area compared with Oklahoma and the U.S.
MeasureWoodward areaOklahomaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.85.03.8
Spending per listing$1.1M$1.8M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a6,6486,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+10.3%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−2.8%+4.0%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$977$911$958
Median household income$61,417$65,039$80,734
Groundwork market score1635

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
70 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The 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 the Woodward 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 Woodward area

Population, 2025 estimate
19,827−2.8% since 2020
Households
7,925
Median age
37.5
Homes lived in by their owners
73%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
1,243 sq. mi.
People per square mile
16
Median household income
$61,417
Average household income
$81,705
Median home value
$169,000
Jobs located here
8,020
Daytime population
19,265Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Oklahoma

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The highest-scoring small-town markets in Oklahoma for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Oklahoma, with the Woodward area marked.

Top small-town markets in Oklahoma

Small-town markets in Oklahoma ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Shawnee, OK7862.2$4.2M+3.5%#23 of 441
2Durant, OK7352.7$3.2M+10.9%#63 of 441
3Duncan, OK5284.6$2M+3.4%#205 of 441
4Muskogee, OK44103.9$2.2M+0.7%#268 of 441
5Bartlesville, OK42115.2$1.7M+2.7%#289 of 441
6Tahlequah, OK4184.3$2.1M+4.5%#294 of 441
7McAlester, OK3873.9$2.2M−1.1%#316 of 441
8Ada, OK3285.3$1.7M+1.2%#362 of 441
9Miami, OK3165.0$1.7M+0.7%#369 of 441
10Stillwater, OK30216.4$1.3M+2.8%#381 of 441
14Woodward, OK1678.8$1.1M−2.8%#427 of 441

Other business types in the Woodward area

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in the Woodward, OK area?

There are 7 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Woodward area as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Woodward area: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in the Woodward, OK area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $7.7M a year, or $977 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 7,925 households in the Woodward area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Woodward, OK area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

The Woodward area has 8.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 2.3 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.1M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Woodward area would have about 3, against 7 on map listings.

How fast is the Woodward, OK area growing?

Population estimates put the Woodward area at 19,827 people in 2025, down 2.8% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 7,925 households. Median household income in the Woodward area is $61,417, 24% 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. 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 Woodward area scores 16 for car washes and detailers (low), #427 of 441 scored small-town markets.

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

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