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Car washes and detailers in Cumberland County, TN

How Cumberland County, TN compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 71 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #202 of 1,451 scored counties
#6 of 47 scored counties in Tennessee

Listings
8
3 chain locations (38%)
Official establishments
n/a
Fewer than 3, or not published
Household spending a year
$25.8M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $916 a household
Spending per listing
$3.2M
28% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
2.8
26% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
66,300
+8.0% 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

Households in Cumberland County spend about $25.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $916 per household, 4% below the U.S. average. Spread across 8 car washes and detailers, that is $3.2M per location, 28% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.

There are 8 car washes and detailers on map listings in Cumberland County as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 38% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 2.8 for every 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Cumberland County, since they leave out counts under 3. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $50K has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Cumberland County.

Population estimates show Cumberland County grew 8.0% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Cumberland County has a Groundwork market score of 71 (upper middle): #202 of 1,451 scored counties and #6 of 47 scored counties in Tennessee. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Cumberland County compares

The same measures for Tennessee 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 Cumberland County, TN compared with Tennessee and the U.S.
MeasureCumberland CountyTennesseeU.S.
Listings per 10k households2.83.93.8
Spending per listing$3.2M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a7,6136,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+15.6%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+8.0%+5.6%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$916$944$958
Median household income$60,375$69,595$80,734
Groundwork market score7159

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
83 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$50K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Cumberland 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 Cumberland County

Population, 2025 estimate
66,300+8.0% since 2020
Households
28,195
Median age
51.4
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
681 sq. mi.
People per square mile
93
Median household income
$60,375+31.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$76,464
Median home value
$250,500
Jobs located here
19,273
Daytime population
60,554Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Tennessee

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

Top counties in Tennessee

Counties in Tennessee ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Williamson County, TN89283.0$3.8M+9.0%#13 of 1,451
2Loudon County, TN8683.3$3.3M+15.6%#31 of 1,451
3Roane County, TN7873.1$3.4M+7.0%#78 of 1,451
4Bradley County, TN76153.5$2.8M+6.1%#113 of 1,451
5Jefferson County, TN7283.7$2.8M+9.3%#187 of 1,451
6Cumberland County, TN7182.8$3.2M+8.0%#202 of 1,451
7Lawrence County, TN7163.5$2.9M+6.2%#210 of 1,451
8Bedford County, TN7194.6$2.4M+9.7%#218 of 1,451
9Tipton County, TN6852.2$4.7M+2.0%#272 of 1,451
10Dickson County, TN6794.1$2.7M+7.7%#303 of 1,451

Other business types in Cumberland County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Cumberland County, TN?

As of September 2026, map listings count 8 car washes and detailers in Cumberland County. 3 of them (38%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Cumberland County: counts under 3 are left out.

How much do households in Cumberland County, TN spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $25.8M a year, or $916 per household. That is 4% below the U.S. average (an index of 96, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 8 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.2M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 28,195 households in Cumberland County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Cumberland County has 2.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 26% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.2M, 28% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Cumberland County would have about 10, against 8 on map listings.

How fast is Cumberland County, TN growing?

Population estimates put Cumberland County at 66,300 people in 2025, up 8.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 28,195 households. The median household income in Cumberland County is $60,375 a year, 25% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.4% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Cumberland County scores 71 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #202 of 1,451 scored counties.

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 Cumberland County

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