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Car washes and detailers in Franklin County, WA
The car washes and detailers in Franklin County, WA, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 52 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #688 of 1,451 scored counties
#18 of 20 scored counties in Washington
- Listings
- 18
- 7 chain locations (39%)
- Official establishments
- 11
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $39.3M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,316 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.2M
- 13% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 6.0
- 58% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 102,612
- +5.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Franklin County spend about $39.3M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,316 per household, 37% above the U.S. average. Spread across 18 car washes and detailers, that is $2.2M per location, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Franklin County has 18 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 39% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That is 6.0 per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Franklin County in 2023. That is one for every 2,717 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates show Franklin County grew 5.6% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Franklin County is 52 (upper middle), #688 of 1,451 scored counties and #18 of 20 scored counties in Washington.
How Franklin County compares
The same measures for Washington 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 | Franklin County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 6.0 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.2M | $3.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 2,717 | 7,161 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.6% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,316 | $1,104 | $958 |
| Median household income | $86,714 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 52 | 80 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 11
- Employees, 2023
- 97
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $3.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 187 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 16The 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 Franklin 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 Franklin County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 102,612+5.6% since 2020
- Households
- 29,890
- Median age
- 31.5
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.3
- Land area
- 1,242 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 80
- Median household income
- $86,714+36.4% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $109,166
- Median home value
- $379,300
- Jobs located here
- 34,282
- Daytime population
- 90,548Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Washington
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Clark County, WA | 87 | 54 | 2.8 | $4.2M | +5.3% | #20 of 1,451 |
| 2Lewis County, WA | 85 | 9 | 2.7 | $4.5M | +6.7% | #33 of 1,451 |
| 3Snohomish County, WA | 83 | 81 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +4.9% | #43 of 1,451 |
| 4King County, WA | 79 | 185 | 2.0 | $5M | +3.1% | #63 of 1,451 |
| 5Whatcom County, WA | 78 | 30 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +3.9% | #76 of 1,451 |
| 6Cowlitz County, WA | 77 | 12 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +3.5% | #90 of 1,451 |
| 7Kittitas County, WA | 75 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.8M | +4.2% | #116 of 1,451 |
| 8Pierce County, WA | 75 | 116 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +2.5% | #120 of 1,451 |
| 9Thurston County, WA | 74 | 42 | 3.5 | $3.2M | +2.8% | #141 of 1,451 |
| 10Kitsap County, WA | 73 | 27 | 2.5 | $4.8M | +2.7% | #152 of 1,451 |
| 18Franklin County, WA | 52 | 18 | 6.0 | $2.2M | +5.6% | #688 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Franklin 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 care55
- Auto repair shops56
- Collision repair and body shops44
- Car washes and detailing52
- Tire shops43
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations67
- Insurance agencies81
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 Franklin County, WA?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 18 car washes and detailers in Franklin County. 7 of them (39%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 11 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Franklin County, WA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $39.3M a year, or $1,316 per household. That is 37% above the U.S. average (an index of 137, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.2M 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 29,890 households in Franklin County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Franklin County, WA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Franklin County has 6.0 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 58% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.2M, 13% below the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Franklin County would have about 16, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 2,717 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Franklin County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Franklin County at 102,612 people in 2025, up 5.6% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 29,890 households. The median household income in Franklin County is $86,714 a year, 7% above the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 36.4% 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. Franklin County scores 52 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #688 of 1,451 scored counties.
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