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Car washes and detailers in Wasatch County, UT
How Wasatch 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 62 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #426 of 1,451 scored counties
#7 of 14 scored counties in Utah
- Listings
- 10
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $17.8M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,381 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 7.8
- 2.1 times the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 38,514
- +9.9% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wasatch County spend about $17.8M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,381 per household, 44% above the U.S. average. That is about $1.8M of household spending for each location on map listings, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There are 10 car washes and detailers on map listings in Wasatch County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 7.8, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Wasatch County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Wasatch County from 2020 to 2025 at +9.9%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). Wasatch County scores 62 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #426 of 1,451 scored counties and #7 of 14 scored counties in Utah.
How Wasatch 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 | Wasatch County | Utah | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 7.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.4M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 4,017 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +60.9% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +9.9% | +7.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,381 | $1,224 | $958 |
| Median household income | $117,608 | $95,166 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 62 | 52 |
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
- 100 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 7The 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 Wasatch 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 Wasatch County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 38,514+9.9% since 2020
- Households
- 12,880
- Median age
- 36.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.4
- Land area
- 1,177 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 31
- Median household income
- $117,608+38.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $167,205
- Median home value
- $787,300
- Jobs located here
- 11,903
- Daytime population
- 27,619Residents 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 |
Other business types in Wasatch 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 Wasatch County, UT?
As of September 2026, map listings count 10 car washes and detailers in Wasatch County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Wasatch County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wasatch County, UT spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $17.8M a year, or $1,381 per household. That is 44% above the U.S. average (an index of 144, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 10 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $1.8M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,880 households in Wasatch County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wasatch County, UT compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Wasatch County has 7.8 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 2.1 times the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $1.8M, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Wasatch County would have about 7, against 10 on map listings.
How fast is Wasatch County, UT growing?
Population estimates put Wasatch County at 38,514 people in 2025, up 9.9% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 12,880 households. The median household income in Wasatch County is $117,608 a year, 46% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 38.1% from the 2015–2019 survey, 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. Wasatch County scores 62 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #426 of 1,451 scored counties.
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