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Car washes and detailers in Young County, TX

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

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 14 out of 100: Low

Ranked #1,407 of 1,451 scored counties
#93 of 102 scored counties in Texas

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$6.7M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $877 a household
Spending per listing
$958K
62% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
9.2
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
18,154
+1.7% 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

For car washes and detailers, Young County has a Groundwork market score of 14 (low): #1,407 of 1,451 scored counties and #93 of 102 scored counties in Texas. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 car washes and detailers in Young County. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 9.2 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $877 per household (8% below the U.S. average), households in Young County spend about $6.7M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $958K per location, 62% 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.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Young County in 2023. That is one for every 1,529 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $3.8M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Young County. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Young County grew 1.7%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%).

How Young 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 Young County, TX compared with Texas and the U.S.
MeasureYoung CountyTexasU.S.
Listings per 10k households9.24.73.8
Spending per listing$958K$2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment1,5295,9166,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+26.8%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.7%+8.5%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$877$918$958
Median household income$68,010$78,476$80,734
Groundwork market score1435

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
7 → 5
Employees, 2023
15
Annual payroll, 2023
$314K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 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
1
Amount
$3.8M

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

Population, 2025 estimate
18,154+1.7% since 2020
Households
7,643
Median age
41.8
Homes lived in by their owners
74%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
915 sq. mi.
People per square mile
20
Median household income
$68,010+34.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$88,767
Median home value
$175,800
Jobs located here
6,560
Daytime population
16,034Residents 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 Young 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
93Young County, TX1479.2$958K+1.7%#1,407 of 1,451

Other business types in Young County

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

Questions

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

There are 7 car washes and detailers on map listings in Young County as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

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

About $6.7M a year, or $877 per household. That is 8% below the U.S. average (an index of 92, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $958K 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 7,643 households in Young County and national spending patterns by income.

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

Young County has 9.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $958K, 62% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Young County would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,529 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Young County, TX growing?

Population estimates put Young County at 18,154 people in 2025, up 1.7% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 7,643 households. Median household income in Young County is $68,010, 16% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.3%, 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. Young County scores 14 for car washes and detailers (low), #1,407 of 1,451 scored counties.

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