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Car washes and detailers in Williamsburg County, SC

How Williamsburg County, SC 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 4.

Listings
4
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$10.5M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $856 a household
Spending per listing
$2.6M
4% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.3
13% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
29,662
−4.0% 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

Map listings as of September 2026 show 4 car washes and detailers in Williamsburg County. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $856 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Williamsburg County spend about $10.5M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $2.6M per location, 4% 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 Williamsburg County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates put the population change in Williamsburg County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.0%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, Williamsburg County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Williamsburg County 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.

Car washes and detailing in Williamsburg County, SC compared with South Carolina and the U.S.
MeasureWilliamsburg CountySouth CarolinaU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.34.03.8
Spending per listing$2.6M$2.3M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,3546,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.7%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025−4.0%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$856$907$958
Median household income$46,213$69,324$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored54

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
40 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
4The 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 Williamsburg 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 Williamsburg County

Population, 2025 estimate
29,662−4.0% since 2020
Households
12,291
Median age
43.5
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
1.9
Land area
934 sq. mi.
People per square mile
32
Median household income
$46,213+42.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$59,459
Median home value
$104,500
Jobs located here
7,315
Daytime population
24,639Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across South Carolina

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The highest-scoring counties in South Carolina for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in South Carolina, with Williamsburg County marked.

Top counties in South Carolina

Counties in South Carolina ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Kershaw County, SC7783.0$3.4M+11.6%#94 of 1,451
2Aiken County, SC74263.7$2.6M+7.3%#146 of 1,451
3York County, SC69383.3$3M+8.1%#253 of 1,451
4Oconee County, SC69123.5$2.8M+6.3%#258 of 1,451
5Berkeley County, SC69363.8$2.5M+18.7%#264 of 1,451
6Laurens County, SC6693.3$2.8M+6.2%#320 of 1,451
7Spartanburg County, SC66584.4$2.1M+15.6%#330 of 1,451
8Pickens County, SC64203.8$2.5M+5.7%#375 of 1,451
9Lancaster County, SC62153.7$2.5M+18.3%#416 of 1,451
10Lexington County, SC61554.5$2.2M+7.7%#449 of 1,451
Williamsburg County, SCNot scored43.3$2.6M−4.0%

Other business types in Williamsburg County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Williamsburg County, SC?

There are 4 car washes and detailers on map listings in Williamsburg County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Williamsburg County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Williamsburg County, SC spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $10.5M a year, or $856 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 12,291 households in Williamsburg County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Williamsburg County has 3.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.6M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending.

How fast is Williamsburg County, SC growing?

Population estimates put Williamsburg County at 29,662 people in 2025, down 4.0% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,291 households. Median household income in Williamsburg County is $46,213, 43% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 42.3%, 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. Williamsburg County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 4.

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 Williamsburg County

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