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Car washes and detailers in Box Elder County, UT

How Box Elder County, UT 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 68 out of 100: Upper middle

Ranked #279 of 1,451 scored counties
#2 of 14 scored counties in Utah

Listings
9
1 chain location (11%)
Official establishments
7
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$26.9M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,373 a household
Spending per listing
$3M
18% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
4.6
21% above the U.S.
Population, 2025
65,320
+12.7% 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

As of September 2026, map listings count 9 car washes and detailers in Box Elder County. One of them (11%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 4.6, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.

At $1,373 per household (43% above the U.S. average), households in Box Elder County spend about $26.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That is about $3M of household spending for each location on map listings, 18% above 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 Box Elder County was 7 in 2023. That is one for every 2,794 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in Box Elder County from 2020 to 2025 at +12.7%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, Box Elder County has a Groundwork market score of 68 (upper middle): #279 of 1,451 scored counties and #2 of 14 scored counties in Utah. That puts it in the top quarter of counties.

How Box Elder County compares

The same measures for Utah 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 Box Elder County, UT compared with Utah and the U.S.
MeasureBox Elder CountyUtahU.S.
Listings per 10k households4.65.13.8
Spending per listing$3M$2.4M$2.5M
Households per official establishment2,7944,0176,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+60.9%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+12.7%+7.8%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,373$1,224$958
Median household income$84,550$95,166$80,734
Groundwork market score6852

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 7
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$522K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
91 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
11The 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 Box Elder 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 Box Elder County

Population, 2025 estimate
65,320+12.7% since 2020
Households
19,557
Median age
33.4
Homes lived in by their owners
76%
Vehicles per household
2.5
Land area
5,781 sq. mi.
People per square mile
11
Median household income
$84,550+35.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$99,908
Median home value
$403,600
Jobs located here
21,980
Daytime population
51,189Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Utah

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

Top counties in Utah

Counties in Utah ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Tooele County, UT8093.8$3.8M+19.2%#57 of 1,451
2Box Elder County, UT6894.6$3M+12.7%#279 of 1,451
3Cache County, UT64214.7$2.7M+8.5%#368 of 1,451
4Davis County, UT63574.9$2.7M+4.8%#394 of 1,451
5Utah County, UT621095.4$2.4M+14.5%#419 of 1,451
6Sevier County, UT6256.7$1.9M+5.9%#425 of 1,451
7Wasatch County, UT62107.8$1.8M+9.9%#426 of 1,451
8Salt Lake County, UT571884.4$2.6M+2.9%#541 of 1,451
9Iron County, UT57188.9$1.4M+16.4%#552 of 1,451
10Weber County, UT53525.5$2.2M+5.8%#658 of 1,451

Other business types in Box Elder County

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

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Box Elder County, UT?

Box Elder County has 9 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (11%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 7 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Box Elder County, UT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $26.9M a year, or $1,373 per household. That is 43% above the U.S. average (an index of 143, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 9 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3M 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 19,557 households in Box Elder County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Box Elder County, UT compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Box Elder County has 4.6 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 21% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3M, 18% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Box Elder County would have about 11, against 9 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,794 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Box Elder County, UT growing?

Population estimates put Box Elder County at 65,320 people in 2025, up 12.7% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 19,557 households. Median household income in Box Elder County is $84,550, 5% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 35.9%, 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. Box Elder County scores 68 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #279 of 1,451 scored counties.

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 Box Elder County

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