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Car washes and detailers in Summit County, UT
How Summit 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 46 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #829 of 1,451 scored counties
#11 of 14 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 10
- 1 chain location (10%)
- Official establishments
- 5
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $21.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,373 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 14% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.4
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 43,141
- +1.6% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 car washes and detailers in Summit County. One of them (10%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 6.4, 68% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Households in Summit County spend about $21.6M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,373 per household, 43% above the U.S. average. That is about $2.2M of household spending for each location on map listings, 14% 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 Summit County was 5 in 2023. That is one for every 3,146 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of Summit County grew 1.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). Summit County scores 46 (lower middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #829 of 1,451 scored counties and #11 of 14 scored counties in Utah.
How Summit 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.
| Measure | Summit County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,146 | 4,017 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.6% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,373 | $1,224 | $958 |
| Median household income | $138,114 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 46 | 52 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 5
- Employees, 2023
- 31
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 101 chain location
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 9The 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 Summit 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 Summit County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 43,141+1.6% since 2020
- Households
- 15,730
- Median age
- 41.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,871 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 23
- Median household income
- $138,114+34.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $211,102
- Median home value
- $1,067,700
- Jobs located here
- 32,548
- Daytime population
- 50,344Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Utah
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Tooele County, UT | 80 | 9 | 3.8 | $3.8M | +19.2% | #57 of 1,451 |
| 2Box Elder County, UT | 68 | 9 | 4.6 | $3M | +12.7% | #279 of 1,451 |
| 3Cache County, UT | 64 | 21 | 4.7 | $2.7M | +8.5% | #368 of 1,451 |
| 4Davis County, UT | 63 | 57 | 4.9 | $2.7M | +4.8% | #394 of 1,451 |
| 5Utah County, UT | 62 | 109 | 5.4 | $2.4M | +14.5% | #419 of 1,451 |
| 6Sevier County, UT | 62 | 5 | 6.7 | $1.9M | +5.9% | #425 of 1,451 |
| 7Wasatch County, UT | 62 | 10 | 7.8 | $1.8M | +9.9% | #426 of 1,451 |
| 8Salt Lake County, UT | 57 | 188 | 4.4 | $2.6M | +2.9% | #541 of 1,451 |
| 9Iron County, UT | 57 | 18 | 8.9 | $1.4M | +16.4% | #552 of 1,451 |
| 10Weber County, UT | 53 | 52 | 5.5 | $2.2M | +5.8% | #658 of 1,451 |
| 11Summit County, UT | 46 | 10 | 6.4 | $2.2M | +1.6% | #829 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Summit 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 care77
- Auto repair shops84
- Collision repair and body shops
- Car washes and detailing46
- Tire shops59
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations70
- Insurance agencies36
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 Summit County, UT?
Summit County has 10 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (10%) 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 Summit County, UT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $21.6M 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 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 15,730 households in Summit County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Summit County, UT compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Summit County has 6.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.2M, 14% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Summit County would have about 9, against 10 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,146 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Summit County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Summit County at 43,141 people in 2025, up 1.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 15,730 households. Median household income in Summit County is $138,114, 71% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 34.2%, 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. Summit County scores 46 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #829 of 1,451 scored counties.
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