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Car washes and detailers in Whitman County, WA
How Whitman County, WA compares with other counties and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score
Not scored
The score needs at least 5 listings; this market has 2.
- Listings
- 2
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $18M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $961 a household
- Spending per listing
- $9M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.1
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 48,512
- +1.5% since 2020
See the car washes and detailers around any address in Whitman County
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 2 car washes and detailers in Whitman County. That is 1.1 per 10,000 households.
At $961 per household (in line with the U.S. average), households in Whitman County spend about $18M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs. Spread across 2 car washes and detailers, that is $9M per location. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.
There is no official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Whitman County: counts under 3 aren’t published.
Population estimates put the population change in Whitman County from 2020 to 2025 at +1.5%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Whitman County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Whitman 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 | Whitman County | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.1 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $9M | $3.9M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 7,161 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +8.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +1.5% | +3.6% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $961 | $1,104 | $958 |
| Median household income | $55,406 | $98,141 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 80 |
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
- 20 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 Whitman 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 Whitman County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 48,512+1.5% since 2020
- Households
- 18,721
- Median age
- 33.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 47%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 2,159 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 22
- Median household income
- $55,406+29.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $84,165
- Median home value
- $359,600
- Jobs located here
- 19,571
- Daytime population
- 49,541Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
Looking at a specific site in Whitman County?
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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 |
| Whitman County, WA | Not scored | 2 | 1.1 | $9M | +1.5% |
Other business types in Whitman 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 Whitman County, WA?
Whitman County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Whitman County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Whitman County, WA spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $18M a year, or $961 per household. That is in line with the U.S. average (an index of 100, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $9M 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 18,721 households in Whitman County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Whitman County, WA compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Whitman County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Whitman County would have about 7, against 2 on map listings.
How fast is Whitman County, WA growing?
Population estimates put Whitman County at 48,512 people in 2025, up 1.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,721 households. Median household income in Whitman County is $55,406, 31% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 29.6%, 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. Whitman County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 2.
How can I see the market around a specific site?
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