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Car washes and detailers in Bowie County, TX
How Bowie County, TX 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 10 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,427 of 1,451 scored counties
#96 of 102 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 27
- 5 chain locations (19%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $29.7M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $848 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.1M
- 56% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.7
- Twice the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 92,696
- −0.2% since 2020
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What this means
Bowie County scores 10 (low) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #1,427 of 1,451 scored counties and #96 of 102 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 27 car washes and detailers in Bowie County. Of those, 5 are chain locations, or 19%, against 23% across the U.S. That is 7.7 per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $848 per household (11% below the U.S. average), households in Bowie County spend about $29.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 27 car washes and detailers, that is $1.1M per location, 56% 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Bowie County was 14 in 2023. That is one for every 2,505 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Bowie County from 2020 to 2025 at −0.2%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Bowie 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 | Bowie County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.1M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,505 | 5,916 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.8% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.2% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $848 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $59,803 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 10 | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 11 → 14
- Employees, 2023
- 107
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $2.7M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 275 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 12The 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 Bowie 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 Bowie County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 92,696−0.2% since 2020
- Households
- 35,073
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 63%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 885 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 104
- Median household income
- $59,803+19.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $80,943
- Median home value
- $173,000
- Jobs located here
- 39,161
- Daytime population
- 93,908Residents 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 |
| 96Bowie County, TX | 10 | 27 | 7.7 | $1.1M | −0.2% | #1,427 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Bowie 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 care12
- Auto repair shops17
- Collision repair and body shops18
- Car washes and detailing10
- Tire shops13
- Oil change and quick lube14
- Gas stations37
- Insurance agencies32
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 Bowie County, TX?
There are 27 car washes and detailers on map listings in Bowie County as of September 2026. 5 of them (19%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Bowie County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $29.7M a year, or $848 per household. That is 11% below the U.S. average (an index of 89, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 27 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.1M 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 35,073 households in Bowie County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Bowie County, TX compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Bowie County has 7.7 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, twice the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.1M, 56% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Bowie County would have about 12, against 27 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,505 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Bowie County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Bowie County at 92,696 people in 2025, down 0.2% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,073 households. Median household income in Bowie County is $59,803, 26% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.2%, 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. Bowie County scores 10 for car washes and detailers (low), #1,427 of 1,451 scored counties.
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