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Car washes and detailers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area, set against other metro areas and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #266 of 387 scored metro areas
#7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina
- Listings
- 90
- 20 chain locations (22%)
- Official establishments
- 21
- 0.0% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $134.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $845 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.5M
- 41% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.7
- 50% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 427,551
- +20.9% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 90 car washes and detailers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area. Chain locations make up 22% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 5.7 per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area comes to about $134.1M a year: $845 per household, 12% below the U.S. average. Spread across 90 car washes and detailers, that is $1.5M per location, 41% 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.
Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area in 2023, unchanged from 2019. That is one for every 7,561 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $15K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area.
Population estimates put the population change in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +20.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is 42 (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas and #7 of 8 scored metro areas based in South Carolina.
How the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area compares
The same measures for South Carolina 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 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area | South Carolina | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.5M | $2.3M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 7,561 | 7,354 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | 0.0% | +15.7% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +20.9% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $845 | $907 | $958 |
| Median household income | $66,880 | $69,324 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 42 | 54 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 210.0% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 149
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 9020 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 53The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 1
- Amount
- $15K
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 427,551+20.9% since 2020
- Households
- 158,779
- Median age
- 47.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 77%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 1,133 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 338
- Median household income
- $66,880
- Average household income
- $87,740
- Median home value
- $287,700
- Jobs located here
- 142,324
- Daytime population
- 375,675Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Carolina market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in South Carolina for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in South Carolina (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area marked.
Top metro areas in South Carolina
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spartanburg, SC | 64 | 63 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +14.3% | #95 of 387 |
| 2Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 59 | 31 | 3.2 | $2.7M | +12.0% | #127 of 387 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 58 | 87 | 3.8 | $2.5M | +4.7% | #137 of 387 |
| 3Florence, SC | 57 | 22 | 2.8 | $3M | +0.9% | #144 of 387 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 56 | 420 | 3.9 | $2.4M | +10.1% | #156 of 387 |
| 4Columbia, SC | 56 | 146 | 4.3 | $2.1M | +6.0% | #161 of 387 |
| 5Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 52 | 126 | 3.8 | $2.4M | +10.7% | #180 of 387 |
| 6Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 50 | 169 | 4.4 | $2.1M | +9.0% | #192 of 387 |
| 7Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 42 | 90 | 5.7 | $1.5M | +20.9% | #266 of 387 |
| 8Sumter, SC | 14 | 21 | 5.1 | $1.7M | −0.3% | #379 of 387 |
Other business types in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
- Auto repair and car care52
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops38
- Car washes and detailing42
- Tire shops41
- Oil change and quick lube64
- Gas stations45
- Insurance agencies79
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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 90 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 20 of them (22%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 21 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023, unchanged from 2019.
How much do households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $134.1M a year, or $845 per household. That is 12% below the U.S. average (an index of 88, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 90 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.5M 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 158,779 households in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area has 5.7 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 50% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.5M, 41% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area would have about 53, against 90 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 7,561 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. The official count held level from 2019 to 2023, against +16.7% for the U.S.
How fast is the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area at 427,551 people in 2025, up 20.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 158,779 households. Median household income in the Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area is $66,880, 17% 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 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach metro area scores 42 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #266 of 387 scored metro areas.
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