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Car washes and detailers in Dodge County, WI
How Dodge 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 · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #132 of 1,451 scored counties
#11 of 36 scored counties in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 7
- 1 chain location (14%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $40.4M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,124 a household
- Spending per listing
- $5.8M
- 2.3 times the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 1.9
- 50% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 89,097
- −0.3% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers in Dodge County is 74 (upper middle), #132 of 1,451 scored counties and #11 of 36 scored counties in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top 10% of counties for car washes and detailers.
Households in Dodge County spend about $40.4M a year on vehicle maintenance and repairs, or $1,124 per household, 17% above the U.S. average. That is about $5.8M of household spending for each location on map listings, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
Dodge County has 7 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 23% across the U.S. That is 1.9 per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in Dodge County, since they leave out counts under 3. Population estimates show Dodge County declined 0.3% from 2020 to 2025, against +3.1% for the U.S.
How Dodge 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.
| Measure | Dodge County | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 1.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $5.8M | $3.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | n/a | 9,500 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.0% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −0.3% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,124 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $75,929 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 74 | 74 |
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
- 71 chain location
- 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 Dodge 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 Dodge County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 89,097−0.3% since 2020
- Households
- 35,910
- Median age
- 43.7
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.0
- Land area
- 876 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 101
- Median household income
- $75,929+25.2% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,922
- Median home value
- $231,900
- Jobs located here
- 34,764
- Daytime population
- 79,179Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Walworth County, WI | 84 | 11 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +0.8% | #39 of 1,451 |
| 2Oconto County, WI | 84 | 6 | 3.6 | $3.5M | +2.9% | #40 of 1,451 |
| 3Portage County, WI | 80 | 8 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +2.2% | #56 of 1,451 |
| 4Washington County, WI | 80 | 19 | 3.3 | $3.5M | +1.8% | #58 of 1,451 |
| 5Dane County, WI | 78 | 73 | 2.9 | $3.4M | +4.9% | #77 of 1,451 |
| 6Manitowoc County, WI | 77 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.8M | +0.4% | #92 of 1,451 |
| 7Dunn County, WI | 77 | 6 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #95 of 1,451 |
| 8Sauk County, WI | 75 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #119 of 1,451 |
| 9Marathon County, WI | 75 | 21 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +1.0% | #127 of 1,451 |
| 10Rock County, WI | 75 | 25 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #128 of 1,451 |
| 11Dodge County, WI | 74 | 7 | 1.9 | $5.8M | −0.3% | #132 of 1,451 |
Other business types in Dodge 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 care58
- Auto repair shops49
- Collision repair and body shops52
- Car washes and detailing74
- Tire shops73
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations48
- Insurance agencies54
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 Dodge County, WI?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 car washes and detailers in Dodge County. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in Dodge County: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in Dodge County, WI spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $40.4M a year, or $1,124 per household. That is 17% above the U.S. average (an index of 117, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $5.8M 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 35,910 households in Dodge County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Dodge County, WI compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
Dodge County has 1.9 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 50% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $5.8M, 2.3 times the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, Dodge County would have about 16, against 7 on map listings.
How fast is Dodge County, WI growing?
Population estimates put Dodge County at 89,097 people in 2025, down 0.3% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 35,910 households. The median household income in Dodge County is $75,929 a year, 6% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 25.2% 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. Dodge County scores 74 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #132 of 1,451 scored counties.
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