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Car washes and detailers in Wood County, WV
The car washes and detailers in Wood County, WV, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other counties.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 17 out of 100: Low
Ranked #1,382 of 1,451 scored counties
#10 of 18 scored counties in West Virginia
- Listings
- 16
- 8 chain locations (50%)
- Official establishments
- 9
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $28.6M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $798 a household
- Spending per listing
- $1.8M
- 29% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.5
- 18% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 82,385
- −2.1% since 2020
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What this means
For car washes and detailers, Wood County has a Groundwork market score of 17 (low): #1,382 of 1,451 scored counties and #10 of 18 scored counties in West Virginia. That puts it in the bottom quarter of counties.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Wood County comes to about $28.6M a year: $798 per household, 17% below the U.S. average. 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.
Wood County has 16 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. Chain locations make up 50% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.5 for every 10,000 households, 18% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Wood County in 2023. That is one for every 3,982 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Population estimates put the population change in Wood County from 2020 to 2025 at −2.1%, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Wood 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 | Wood County | West Virginia | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $1.8M | $2.1M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 3,982 | 9,108 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +23.1% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −2.1% | −1.4% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $798 | $833 | $958 |
| Median household income | $57,810 | $59,608 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 17 | 29 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 3 → 9
- Employees, 2023
- 73
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $1.8M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 168 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 11The 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 Wood 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 Wood County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 82,385−2.1% since 2020
- Households
- 35,836
- Median age
- 43.6
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 75%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.7
- Land area
- 367 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 228
- Median household income
- $57,810+22.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $79,213
- Median home value
- $158,500
- Jobs located here
- 37,360
- Daytime population
- 85,425Residents 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 |
Other business types in Wood 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 care20
- Auto repair shops24
- Collision repair and body shops51
- Car washes and detailing17
- Tire shops21
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations43
- Insurance agencies37
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 Wood County, WV?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 16 car washes and detailers in Wood County. 8 of them (50%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 9 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in Wood County, WV spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $28.6M a year, or $798 per household. That is 17% below the U.S. average (an index of 83, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 16 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 35,836 households in Wood County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Wood County, WV compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Wood County has 4.5 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 18% 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, Wood County would have about 11, against 16 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 3,982 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is Wood County, WV growing?
Population estimates put Wood County at 82,385 people in 2025, down 2.1% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,836 households. The median household income in Wood County is $57,810 a year, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 22.2% 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. Wood County scores 17 for car washes and detailers (low), #1,382 of 1,451 scored counties.
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