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Car washes and detailers in Grimes County, TX

Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Grimes County, TX, set against other counties and the U.S.

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
$10M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $975 a household
Spending per listing
$2.5M
In line with the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
3.9
3% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
34,252
+16.3% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 4 car washes and detailers in Grimes County. That comes to 3.9 for every 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $975 per household (2% above the U.S. average), households in Grimes County spend about $10M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $2.5M of household spending for each location on map listings, in line with 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 Grimes County: counts under 3 aren’t published.

Population estimates show Grimes County grew 16.3% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, Grimes County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Grimes 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.

Car washes and detailing in Grimes County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureGrimes CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households3.94.73.8
Spending per listing$2.5M$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishmentn/a5,9166,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.8%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+16.3%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$975$918$958
Median household income$69,803$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored35

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 Grimes 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 Grimes County

Population, 2025 estimate
34,252+16.3% since 2020
Households
10,255
Median age
40.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
788 sq. mi.
People per square mile
40
Median household income
$69,803+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$96,294
Median home value
$237,400
Jobs located here
6,288
Daytime population
21,753Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Texas

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

Top counties in Texas

Counties in Texas ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Cooke County, TX7953.0$3.4M+6.5%#65 of 1,451
2Wilson County, TX7984.4$2.6M+12.2%#72 of 1,451
3Van Zandt County, TX7873.1$3.3M+10.7%#81 of 1,451
4Guadalupe County, TX76192.9$3.6M+15.8%#108 of 1,451
5Fort Bend County, TX76963.3$3.2M+17.4%#110 of 1,451
6Wise County, TX76124.8$2.4M+21.5%#115 of 1,451
7Grayson County, TX74203.6$2.6M+12.8%#145 of 1,451
8Wood County, TX7363.2$3M+10.3%#165 of 1,451
9Walker County, TX7262.3$3.5M+9.5%#176 of 1,451
10Hunt County, TX72133.4$2.9M+23.0%#183 of 1,451
Grimes County, TXNot scored43.9$2.5M+16.3%

Other business types in Grimes County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Grimes County, TX?

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

How much do households in Grimes County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $10M a year, or $975 per household. That is 2% above the U.S. average (an index of 102, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 4 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 10,255 households in Grimes County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Grimes County has 3.9 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 3% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.5M, in line with 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 Grimes County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Grimes County at 34,252 people in 2025, up 16.3% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 10,255 households. Median household income in Grimes County is $69,803, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 31.9%, 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. Grimes 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 Grimes County

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