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Car washes and detailers in Shelby County, TX
The car washes and detailers in Shelby County, TX, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 1 chain location (50%)
- Official establishments
- 3
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $8.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $873 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 24,286
- +1.0% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Shelby County
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 car washes and detailers in Shelby County. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Shelby County comes to about $8.2M a year: $873 per household, 9% below the U.S. average. That is about $4.1M of household spending for each location on map listings. 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 Shelby County was 3 in 2023. That is one for every 3,122 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Shelby County grew 1.0% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Shelby County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Shelby 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 | Shelby County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 4.7 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $4.1M | $2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,122 | 5,916 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +26.8% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.0% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $873 | $918 | $958 |
| Median household income | $49,776 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 35 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3
- Employees, 2023
- 7
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $66K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 21 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 3The 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 Shelby 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 Shelby County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 24,286+1.0% since 2020
- Households
- 9,366
- Median age
- 39.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 74%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 796 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 30
- Median household income
- $49,776+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $70,187
- Median home value
- $101,500
- Jobs located here
- 8,915
- Daytime population
- 24,049Residents 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 |
| Shelby County, TX | Not scored | 2 | 2.1 | $4.1M | +1.0% |
Other business types in Shelby County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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 Shelby County, TX?
There are 2 car washes and detailers on map listings in Shelby County as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 3 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Shelby County, TX spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $8.2M a year, or $873 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $4.1M 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 9,366 households in Shelby County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Shelby County, TX compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Shelby County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Shelby County would have about 3, against 2 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,122 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Shelby County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Shelby County at 24,286 people in 2025, up 1.0% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 9,366 households. Median household income in Shelby County is $49,776, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Shelby County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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