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Car washes and detailers in Brookings County, SD
The car washes and detailers in Brookings County, SD, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #220 of 1,451 scored counties
#2 of 11 scored counties in South Dakota
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $16.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,172 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.3M
- 8% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.1
- 34% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 37,635
- +9.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 7 car washes and detailers in Brookings County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.1 for every 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Brookings County comes to about $16.2M a year: $1,172 per household, 22% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 car washes and detailers, that is $2.3M per location, 8% 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 Brookings County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates show Brookings County grew 9.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Brookings County scores 71 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #220 of 1,451 scored counties and #2 of 11 scored counties in South Dakota. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.
How Brookings County compares
The same measures for South 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.
| Measure | Brookings County | South Dakota | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.3M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,712 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +14.3% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.6% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,172 | $1,189 | $958 |
| Median household income | $70,064 | $75,081 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 71 | 56 |
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
- 71 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 6The 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 Brookings 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 Brookings County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 37,635+9.6% since 2020
- Households
- 13,798
- Median age
- 31.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 57%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 792 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 45
- Median household income
- $70,064+20.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $89,400
- Median home value
- $264,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,000
- Daytime population
- 37,385Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every South Dakota market ranked →The highest-scoring counties in South Dakota for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in South Dakota, with Brookings County marked.
Top counties in South Dakota
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lincoln County, SD | 77 | 16 | 5.7 | $2.2M | +17.5% | #103 of 1,451 |
| 2Brookings County, SD | 71 | 7 | 5.1 | $2.3M | +9.6% | #220 of 1,451 |
| 3Minnehaha County, SD | 70 | 37 | 4.4 | $2.5M | +7.6% | #245 of 1,451 |
| 4Meade County, SD | 58 | 8 | 6.7 | $2M | +2.7% | #530 of 1,451 |
| 5Lawrence County, SD | 49 | 7 | 5.8 | $2M | +14.0% | #759 of 1,451 |
| 6Yankton County, SD | 47 | 6 | 6.2 | $1.9M | +1.5% | #812 of 1,451 |
| 7Codington County, SD | 47 | 8 | 6.4 | $1.8M | +4.3% | #813 of 1,451 |
| 8Pennington County, SD | 41 | 32 | 6.9 | $1.7M | +6.6% | #966 of 1,451 |
| 9Hughes County, SD | 32 | 5 | 6.9 | $1.6M | −0.9% | #1,178 of 1,451 |
| 10Brown County, SD | 28 | 11 | 6.8 | $1.6M | −1.7% | #1,252 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Brookings County
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 care72
- Auto repair shops61
- Collision repair and body shops52
- Car washes and detailing71
- Tire shops
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations63
- Insurance agencies34
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 Brookings County, SD?
Brookings County has 7 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Brookings County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Brookings County, SD spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $16.2M a year, or $1,172 per household. That is 22% above the U.S. average (an index of 122, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.3M 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 13,798 households in Brookings County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Brookings County, SD compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Brookings County has 5.1 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 34% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.3M, 8% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Brookings County would have about 6, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Brookings County, SD growing?
Population estimates put Brookings County at 37,635 people in 2025, up 9.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 13,798 households. Median household income in Brookings County is $70,064, 13% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 20.5%, 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. Brookings County scores 71 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #220 of 1,451 scored counties.
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