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Car washes and detailers in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area
How the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 49 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #196 of 387 scored metro areas
The only scored metro area based in Vermont
- Listings
- 31
- 3 chain locations (10%)
- Official establishments
- 14
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $81.9M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $866 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 5% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 227,803
- +0.9% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 31 car washes and detailers in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area. Chain locations make up 10% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 3.3 for every 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
At $866 per household (10% below the U.S. average), households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area spend about $81.9M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 31 car washes and detailers, that is $2.6M per location, 5% 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.
Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area in 2023. That is one for every 6,754 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +0.9%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area has a Groundwork market score of 49 (lower middle): #196 of 387 scored metro areas and the only scored metro area based in Vermont.
How the Burlington-South Burlington metro area compares
The same measures for Vermont 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 | Burlington-South Burlington metro area | Vermont | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $2.8M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 6,754 | 10,937 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | −7.4% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.9% | +0.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $866 | $866 | $958 |
| Median household income | $93,043 | $81,203 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 49 | 56 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 14
- Employees, 2023
- 91
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.5M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 313 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 33The 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 the Burlington-South Burlington metro area, 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 the Burlington-South Burlington metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 227,803+0.9% since 2020
- Households
- 94,559
- Median age
- 40.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 68%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 1,250 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 182
- Median household income
- $93,043+30.3% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $118,646
- Median home value
- $401,000
- Jobs located here
- 121,615
- Daytime population
- 237,948Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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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 care20
- Auto repair shops15
- Collision repair and body shops28
- Car washes and detailing49
- Tire shops46
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations14
- Insurance agencies46
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 the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area?
There are 31 car washes and detailers on map listings in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (10%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 14 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $81.9M a year, or $866 per household. That is 10% below the U.S. average (an index of 90, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 31 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 94,559 households in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Burlington-South Burlington metro area has 3.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.6M, 5% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Burlington-South Burlington metro area would have about 33, against 31 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 6,754 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Burlington-South Burlington metro area at 227,803 people in 2025, up 0.9% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 94,559 households. Median household income in the Burlington-South Burlington metro area is $93,043, 15% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 30.3%, 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. The Burlington-South Burlington metro area scores 49 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #196 of 387 scored metro areas.
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