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Car washes and detailers in Wetzel County, WV
The car washes and detailers in Wetzel County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
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
- $5.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $833 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.5M
- Too few listings to compare
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- Too few listings to compare
- Population, 2025
- 13,734
- −4.6% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Wetzel County spend about $5.1M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $833 per household, 13% below the U.S. average. That works out to $2.5M per location. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Wetzel County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Wetzel County, since they leave out counts under 3.
Population estimates put the population change in Wetzel County from 2020 to 2025 at −4.6%, against +3.1% for the U.S. With 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, Wetzel County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.
How Wetzel County compares
The same measures for West 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 | Wetzel County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.5M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,108 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −4.6% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $833 | $833 | $958 |
| Median household income | $56,836 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | Not scored | 29 |
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
- 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 Wetzel 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 Wetzel County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 13,734−4.6% since 2020
- Households
- 6,113
- Median age
- 44.1
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 83%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 358 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 39
- Median household income
- $56,836+31.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $73,103
- Median home value
- $107,900
- Jobs located here
- 3,984
- Daytime population
- 12,900Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in West Virginia
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jefferson County, WV | 88 | 5 | 2.2 | $4.9M | +9.2% | #16 of 1,451 |
| 2Berkeley County, WV | 79 | 18 | 3.5 | $2.8M | +13.7% | #70 of 1,451 |
| 3Marion County, WV | 43 | 6 | 2.6 | $3.2M | −1.2% | #895 of 1,451 |
| 4Monongalia County, WV | 41 | 20 | 4.5 | $1.8M | +2.0% | #962 of 1,451 |
| 5Fayette County, WV | 34 | 5 | 3.1 | $2.6M | −5.6% | #1,109 of 1,451 |
| 6Putnam County, WV | 32 | 12 | 5.2 | $1.8M | −1.0% | #1,171 of 1,451 |
| 7Mineral County, WV | 30 | 5 | 4.5 | $2M | −0.4% | #1,206 of 1,451 |
| 8Mercer County, WV | 24 | 18 | 7.4 | $1.1M | −3.4% | #1,329 of 1,451 |
| 9Upshur County, WV | 18 | 5 | 5.2 | $1.6M | −0.3% | #1,373 of 1,451 |
| 10Wood County, WV | 17 | 16 | 4.5 | $1.8M | −2.1% | #1,382 of 1,451 |
| Wetzel County, WV | Not scored | 2 | 3.3 | $2.5M | −4.6% |
Other business types in Wetzel 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 Wetzel County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 2 car washes and detailers in Wetzel County. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Wetzel County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Wetzel County, WV spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $5.1M a year, or $833 per household. That is 13% below the U.S. average (an index of 87, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.5M 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 6,113 households in Wetzel County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wetzel County, WV compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Wetzel County has 2 car washes and detailers on map listings, too few for a steady comparison with the U.S. rate. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending.
How fast is Wetzel County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wetzel County at 13,734 people in 2025, down 4.6% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 6,113 households. The median household income in Wetzel County is $56,836 a year, 30% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 31.9% 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. Wetzel 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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