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Car washes and detailers in Middlesex County, VA
Competitor counts, household spending and official business counts for car washes and detailers in Middlesex County, VA, set against other counties and the U.S.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 1.
- Listings
- 1
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $5.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,060 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.1M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 2.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 10,841
- +2.2% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Middlesex County
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Middlesex County comes to about $5.1M a year: $1,060 per household, 11% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.1M of household spending for each location on map listings. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
There is 1 car wash or detailer on map listings in Middlesex County as of September 2026. That is 2.1 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Middlesex County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Middlesex County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, Middlesex County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Middlesex County 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 | Middlesex County | Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.1M | $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 | +2.2% | +2.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,060 | $968 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,060 | $93,170 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 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
- 10 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 2The 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 Middlesex 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 Middlesex County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 10,841+2.2% since 2020
- Households
- 4,772
- Median age
- 53.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 87%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 130 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 83
- Median household income
- $75,060+30.7% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,353
- Median home value
- $352,200
- Jobs located here
- 3,164
- Daytime population
- 8,640Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Fauquier County, VA | 89 | 7 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +4.8% | #10 of 1,451 |
| 2Frederick County, VA | 83 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.9M | +8.8% | #44 of 1,451 |
| 3Stafford County, VA | 80 | 23 | 4.4 | $2.8M | +8.3% | #61 of 1,451 |
| 4Bedford County, VA | 79 | 8 | 2.4 | $4.6M | +4.4% | #64 of 1,451 |
| 5Orange County, VA | 79 | 6 | 4.0 | $2.8M | +10.1% | #71 of 1,451 |
| 6James City County, VA | 77 | 5 | 1.6 | $6.5M | +6.2% | #87 of 1,451 |
| 7Augusta County, VA | 77 | 6 | 1.9 | $5.6M | +1.8% | #88 of 1,451 |
| 8Fairfax County, VA | 76 | 72 | 1.7 | $5.8M | +1.7% | #104 of 1,451 |
| 9Louisa County, VA | 76 | 6 | 3.9 | $3.1M | +13.6% | #111 of 1,451 |
| 10Prince William County, VA | 74 | 35 | 2.2 | $5M | +4.2% | #133 of 1,451 |
| Middlesex County, VA | Not scored | 1 | 2.1 | $5.1M | +2.2% |
Other business types in Middlesex 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 Middlesex County, VA?
As of September 2026, map listings count 1 car wash or detailer in Middlesex County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Middlesex County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Middlesex County, VA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.1M a year, or $1,060 per household. That is 11% above the U.S. average (an index of 111, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, it comes to $5.1M 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 4,772 households in Middlesex County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Middlesex County, VA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Middlesex County has 1 car wash or detailer on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Middlesex County would have about 2, against 1 on map listings.
How fast is Middlesex County, VA growing?
Population estimates put Middlesex County at 10,841 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 4,772 households. The median household income in Middlesex County is $75,060 a year, 7% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 30.7% 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. Middlesex County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 1.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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