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Car washes and detailers in Bastrop County, TX
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Bastrop County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 58 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #529 of 1,451 scored counties
#28 of 102 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 19
- 4 chain locations (21%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $37.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,029 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2M
- 21% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 5.2
- 37% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 118,908
- +21.3% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Bastrop County spend about $37.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,029 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 19 car washes and detailers, that is $2M per location, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Bastrop County has 19 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 5.2 for every 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Bastrop County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates show Bastrop County grew 21.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Bastrop County is 58 (upper middle), #529 of 1,451 scored counties and #28 of 102 scored counties in Texas.
How Bastrop County compares
The same measures for Texas 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 | Bastrop County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 5,916 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.8% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +21.3% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,029 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $86,226 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 58 | 35 |
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
- 194 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 15The 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 Bastrop 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 Bastrop County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 118,908+21.3% since 2020
- Households
- 36,868
- Median age
- 37.8
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 76%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.1
- Land area
- 888 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 120
- Median household income
- $86,226+33.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $105,668
- Median home value
- $314,800
- Jobs located here
- 20,875
- Daytime population
- 80,305Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Cooke County, TX | 79 | 5 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +6.5% | #65 of 1,451 |
| 2Wilson County, TX | 79 | 8 | 4.4 | $2.6M | +12.2% | #72 of 1,451 |
| 3Van Zandt County, TX | 78 | 7 | 3.1 | $3.3M | +10.7% | #81 of 1,451 |
| 4Guadalupe County, TX | 76 | 19 | 2.9 | $3.6M | +15.8% | #108 of 1,451 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 76 | 96 | 3.3 | $3.2M | +17.4% | #110 of 1,451 |
| 6Wise County, TX | 76 | 12 | 4.8 | $2.4M | +21.5% | #115 of 1,451 |
| 7Grayson County, TX | 74 | 20 | 3.6 | $2.6M | +12.8% | #145 of 1,451 |
| 8Wood County, TX | 73 | 6 | 3.2 | $3M | +10.3% | #165 of 1,451 |
| 9Walker County, TX | 72 | 6 | 2.3 | $3.5M | +9.5% | #176 of 1,451 |
| 10Hunt County, TX | 72 | 13 | 3.4 | $2.9M | +23.0% | #183 of 1,451 |
| 28Bastrop County, TX | 58 | 19 | 5.2 | $2M | +21.3% | #529 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Bastrop 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 care59
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops50
- Car washes and detailing58
- Tire shops66
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations63
- Insurance agencies92
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 Bastrop County, TX?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 19 car washes and detailers in Bastrop County. 4 of them (21%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Bastrop County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Bastrop County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $37.9M a year, or $1,029 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 19 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $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 36,868 households in Bastrop County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bastrop County, TX compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Bastrop County has 5.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 37% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2M, 21% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Bastrop County would have about 15, against 19 on map listings.
How fast is Bastrop County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bastrop County at 118,908 people in 2025, up 21.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 36,868 households. The median household income in Bastrop County is $86,226 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.5% 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. Bastrop County scores 58 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #529 of 1,451 scored counties.
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