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Car washes and detailers in Calumet County, WI

How Calumet County, WI 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 3.

Listings
3
0 chain locations (0%)
Official establishments
5
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$25.4M
On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,188 a household
Spending per listing
$8.5M
3.4 times the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.4
63% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
53,982
+2.9% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

As of September 2026, map listings count 3 car washes and detailers in Calumet County. Per 10,000 households, that is 1.4, 63% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.

Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in Calumet County comes to about $25.4M a year: $1,188 per household, 24% above the U.S. average. That is about $8.5M of household spending for each location on map listings, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. That spending covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, which car washes and detailers share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in Calumet County in 2023. That is one for every 4,274 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $2.3M has gone to businesses classed as car washes in Calumet County.

Population estimates put the population change in Calumet County from 2020 to 2025 at +2.9%, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). With 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, Calumet County isn’t given a market score: the score needs at least 5, since one listing more or less would swing it.

How Calumet County compares

The same measures for Wisconsin 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.

Car washes and detailing in Calumet County, WI compared with Wisconsin and the U.S.
MeasureCalumet CountyWisconsinU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.43.33.8
Spending per listing$8.5M$3.2M$2.5M
Households per official establishment4,2749,5006,523
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+22.0%+16.7%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.9%+1.3%+3.1%
Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs$1,188$1,061$958
Median household income$88,810$77,485$80,734
Groundwork market scoreNot scored74

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
3 → 5
Employees, 2023
14
Annual payroll, 2023
$265K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
30 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
10The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$2.3M

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as car washes in Calumet 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 Calumet County

Population, 2025 estimate
53,982+2.9% since 2020
Households
21,372
Median age
42.2
Homes lived in by their owners
80%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
318 sq. mi.
People per square mile
166
Median household income
$88,810+17.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$107,837
Median home value
$274,200
Jobs located here
17,565
Daytime population
42,761Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Car washes and detailing across Wisconsin

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The highest-scoring counties in Wisconsin for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with Calumet County marked.

Top counties in Wisconsin

Counties in Wisconsin ranked for car washes and detailers by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1Walworth County, WI84112.6$4.7M+0.8%#39 of 1,451
2Oconto County, WI8463.6$3.5M+2.9%#40 of 1,451
3Portage County, WI8082.7$4.2M+2.2%#56 of 1,451
4Washington County, WI80193.3$3.5M+1.8%#58 of 1,451
5Dane County, WI78732.9$3.4M+4.9%#77 of 1,451
6Manitowoc County, WI77102.8$3.8M+0.4%#92 of 1,451
7Dunn County, WI7763.4$3.4M+1.7%#95 of 1,451
8Sauk County, WI7593.2$3.5M+1.3%#119 of 1,451
9Marathon County, WI75213.6$3.1M+1.0%#127 of 1,451
10Rock County, WI75253.7$2.9M+1.7%#128 of 1,451
Calumet County, WINot scored31.4$8.5M+2.9%

Other business types in Calumet County

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many car washes and detailers are in Calumet County, WI?

Calumet County has 3 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 5 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.

How much do households in Calumet County, WI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?

About $25.4M a year, or $1,188 per household. That is 24% above the U.S. average (an index of 124, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 3 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $8.5M 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 21,372 households in Calumet County and national spending patterns by income.

How does Calumet County, WI compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?

Calumet County has 1.4 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 63% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $8.5M, 3.4 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Calumet County would have about 10, against 3 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,274 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.

How fast is Calumet County, WI growing?

Population estimates put Calumet County at 53,982 people in 2025, up 2.9% since 2020, in step with the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 21,372 households. Median household income in Calumet County is $88,810, 10% above the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 17.1%, 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. Calumet County has no market score for car washes and detailers: the score needs at least 5 on map listings, and it has 3.

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