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Car washes and detailers in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area
How the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compares with other metro areas and the U.S. for car washes and detailers: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 68 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #61 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 18
- 6 chain locations (33%)
- Official establishments
- 4
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $47.1M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,090 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.6M
- 4% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 4.2
- 11% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 104,669
- +0.5% since 2020
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What this means
As of September 2026, map listings count 18 car washes and detailers in the Fond du Lac metro area. Chain locations make up 33% of them, against 23% across the U.S. That comes to 4.2 for every 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Fond du Lac metro area comes to about $47.1M a year: $1,090 per household, 14% above the U.S. average. Spread across 18 car washes and detailers, that is $2.6M per location, 4% above 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.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as car washes in the Fond du Lac metro area was 4 in 2023. That is one for every 10,811 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
Population estimates show the Fond du Lac metro area grew 0.5% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Fond du Lac metro area scores 68 (upper middle) on the Groundwork market score for car washes and detailers, ranking #61 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 13 scored metro areas based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Fond du Lac metro area 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 | Fond du Lac metro area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $2.6M | $3.2M | $2.5M |
| Households per official establishment | 10,811 | 9,500 | 6,523 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +22.0% | +16.7% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +0.5% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,090 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $74,275 | $77,485 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 68 | 74 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 4
- Employees, 2023
- 32
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $756K
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 186 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 19The 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 the Fond du Lac metro area, 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 the Fond du Lac metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 104,669+0.5% since 2020
- Households
- 43,243
- Median age
- 42.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 720 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 145
- Median household income
- $74,275+19.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $92,084
- Median home value
- $222,800
- Jobs located here
- 49,885
- Daytime population
- 99,843Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Wisconsin for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Wisconsin (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Fond du Lac metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth, MN-WI | 77 | 35 | 2.9 | $3.7M | +0.2% | #12 of 387 |
| 1Madison, WI | 77 | 91 | 3.0 | $3.4M | +4.1% | #13 of 387 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 77 | 518 | 3.5 | $3.1M | +2.6% | #14 of 387 |
| 2La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 76 | 23 | 3.2 | $3.3M | +0.4% | #18 of 387 |
| 3Wausau, WI | 76 | 21 | 3.6 | $3.1M | +1.0% | #19 of 387 |
| 4Kenosha, WI | 75 | 23 | 3.3 | $3.3M | −0.4% | #21 of 387 |
| 5Janesville-Beloit, WI | 75 | 25 | 3.7 | $2.9M | +1.7% | #22 of 387 |
| 6Eau Claire, WI | 71 | 31 | 4.3 | $2.6M | +2.6% | #43 of 387 |
| 7Green Bay, WI | 69 | 52 | 3.8 | $2.9M | +2.5% | #51 of 387 |
| 8Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | 68 | 32 | 4.0 | $2.7M | +0.4% | #60 of 387 |
| 9Fond du Lac, WI | 68 | 18 | 4.2 | $2.6M | +0.5% | #61 of 387 |
Other business types in the Fond du Lac metro area
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 care56
- Auto repair shops55
- Collision repair and body shops30
- Car washes and detailing68
- Tire shops75
- Oil change and quick lube43
- Gas stations34
- Insurance agencies43
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 the Fond du Lac, WI metro area?
The Fond du Lac metro area has 18 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. 6 of them (33%) are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as car washes in 2023.
How much do households in the Fond du Lac, WI metro area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $47.1M a year, or $1,090 per household. That is 14% above the U.S. average (an index of 114, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 18 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $2.6M 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 43,243 households in the Fond du Lac metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Fond du Lac, WI metro area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Fond du Lac metro area has 4.2 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 11% above the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $2.6M, 4% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the national ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Fond du Lac metro area would have about 19, against 18 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 10,811 households, against one for every 6,523 across the U.S.
How fast is the Fond du Lac, WI metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Fond du Lac metro area at 104,669 people in 2025, up 0.5% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 43,243 households. Median household income in the Fond du Lac metro area is $74,275, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 19.1%, 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. The Fond du Lac metro area scores 68 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #61 of 387 scored metro areas.
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