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Car washes and detailers in the Martinsville, VA area
The car washes and detailers in the Martinsville, VA area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 25 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #406 of 441 scored small-town markets
#3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia
- Listings
- 13
- 3 chain locations (23%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $23.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $874 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.9
- 29% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 63,091
- −1.9% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in the Martinsville area is 25 (lower middle), #406 of 441 scored small-town markets and #3 of 3 scored small-town markets based in Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of small-town markets.
At $874 per household (9% below the U.S. average), households in the Martinsville area spend about $23.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. That works out to $1.8M per location, 29% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Martinsville area has 13 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 4.9 per 10,000 households, 29% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in the Martinsville area, since they leave out counts under 3. Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Martinsville area declined 1.9%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How the Martinsville area compares
The same measures for Virginia 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 | Martinsville area | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $3.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 6,997 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +24.3% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −1.9% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $874 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $49,860 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 25 | 67 |
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
- 133 chain locations
- 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 the Martinsville 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 Martinsville area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 63,091−1.9% since 2020
- Households
- 26,754
- Median age
- 45.4
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 393 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 162
- Median household income
- $49,860+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $67,928
- Median home value
- $130,800
- Jobs located here
- 25,447
- Daytime population
- 62,583Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Virginia market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Virginia for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Virginia (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Martinsville area marked.
Top small-town markets in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lake of the Woods, VA | 82 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +10.1% | #14 of 441 |
| 2Danville, VA | 33 | 18 | 4.1 | $2.1M | −1.7% | #350 of 441 |
| Bluefield, WV-VA | 27 | 25 | 6.2 | $1.4M | −3.8% | #395 of 441 |
| 3Martinsville, VA | 25 | 13 | 4.9 | $1.8M | −1.9% | #406 of 441 |
Other business types in the Martinsville area
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 care25
- Auto repair shops34
- Collision repair and body shops39
- Car washes and detailing25
- Tire shops17
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations35
- Insurance agencies61
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 Martinsville, VA area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 13 car washes and detailers in the Martinsville area. 3 of them (23%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Martinsville area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Martinsville, VA area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $23.4M a year, or $874 per household. That is 9% below the U.S. average (an index of 91, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 13 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 26,754 households in the Martinsville area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Martinsville, VA area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Martinsville area has 4.9 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 29% above 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, the Martinsville area would have about 9, against 13 on map listings.
How fast is the Martinsville, VA area growing?
Population estimates put the Martinsville area at 63,091 people in 2025, down 1.9% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 26,754 households. The median household income in the Martinsville area is $49,860 a year, 38% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 33.6% 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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Martinsville area scores 25 for car washes and detailers (lower middle), #406 of 441 scored small-town markets.
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