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Car washes and detailers in the Sparta, WI area
The car washes and detailers in the Sparta, WI area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other small-town markets.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 74 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #53 of 441 scored small-town markets
#9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin
- Listings
- 6
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- n/a
- Fewer than 3, or not published
- Household spending a year
- $20.2M
- On vehicle maintenance and repairs · $1,102 a household
- Spending per listing
- $3.4M
- 33% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 3.3
- 13% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 46,572
- +0.6% since 2020
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What this means
Household spending on vehicle maintenance and repairs in the Sparta area comes to about $20.2M a year: $1,102 per household, 15% above the U.S. average. That works out to $3.4M per location, 33% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. The spending figure covers all vehicle maintenance and repairs, not only car washes and detailers.
The Sparta area has 6 car washes and detailers on map listings as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 23% across the U.S. That is 3.3 per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8.
Official counts don’t publish a figure for car washes in the Sparta area, since they leave out counts under 3.
Between 2020 and 2025, the population of the Sparta area grew 0.6%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For car washes and detailers, the Sparta area has a Groundwork market score of 74 (upper middle): #53 of 441 scored small-town markets and #9 of 12 scored small-town markets based in Wisconsin. That puts it in the top quarter of small-town markets.
How the Sparta 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 | Sparta area | Wisconsin | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
| Spending per listing | $3.4M | $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 | +0.6% | +1.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on vehicle maintenance and repairs | $1,102 | $1,061 | $958 |
| Median household income | $69,467 | $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
- 60 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 8The 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 Sparta 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 Sparta area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 46,572+0.6% since 2020
- Households
- 18,301
- Median age
- 40.0
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 73%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.9
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 51
- Median household income
- $69,467
- Average household income
- $87,535
- Median home value
- $210,000
- Jobs located here
- 19,806
- Daytime population
- 44,513Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Wisconsin market ranked →The highest-scoring small-town markets in Wisconsin for car washes and detailers, numbered among those based in Wisconsin, with the Sparta area marked.
Top small-town markets in Wisconsin
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Whitewater-Elkhorn, WI | 88 | 11 | 2.6 | $4.7M | +0.8% | #4 of 441 |
| 2Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 84 | 8 | 2.7 | $4.2M | +2.2% | #8 of 441 |
| 3Menomonie, WI | 83 | 6 | 3.4 | $3.4M | +1.7% | #11 of 441 |
| 4Baraboo, WI | 80 | 9 | 3.2 | $3.5M | +1.3% | #17 of 441 |
| 5Manitowoc, WI | 79 | 10 | 2.8 | $3.8M | +0.4% | #19 of 441 |
| 6Beaver Dam, WI | 76 | 7 | 1.9 | $5.8M | −0.3% | #29 of 441 |
| 7Rice Lake, WI | 76 | 5 | 2.5 | $4.6M | −0.5% | #31 of 441 |
| 8Watertown-Fort Atkinson, WI | 76 | 12 | 3.4 | $3.3M | +0.3% | #36 of 441 |
| 9Sparta, WI | 74 | 6 | 3.3 | $3.4M | +0.6% | #53 of 441 |
| 10Marinette, WI-MI | 63 | 13 | 4.4 | $2.4M | +0.3% | #117 of 441 |
Other business types in the Sparta 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 care76
- Auto repair shops76
- Collision repair and body shops66
- Car washes and detailing74
- Tire shops74
- Oil change and quick lube
- Gas stations45
- Insurance agencies51
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 Sparta, WI area?
Map listings as of September 2026 show 6 car washes and detailers in the Sparta area. None of them are chain locations. The listings count car washes and detailers. No official count is published for car washes in the Sparta area: counts under 3 are left out.
How much do households in the Sparta, WI area spend on vehicle maintenance and repairs?
About $20.2M a year, or $1,102 per household. That is 15% above the U.S. average (an index of 115, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 6 car washes and detailers on map listings, it comes to $3.4M 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 18,301 households in the Sparta area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Sparta, WI area compare with the U.S. for car washes and detailers?
The Sparta area has 3.3 car washes and detailers per 10,000 households, 13% below the U.S. rate of 3.8. Spending per location is $3.4M, 33% above the U.S. figure of $2.5M. At the U.S. ratio of car washes and detailers to household spending, the Sparta area would have about 8, against 6 on map listings.
How fast is the Sparta, WI area growing?
Population estimates put the Sparta area at 46,572 people in 2025, up 0.6% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 18,301 households. The median household income in the Sparta area is $69,467 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734.
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. A small-town market is a town of 10,000 to 50,000 people and the county or counties tied to it by commuting. 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 Sparta area scores 74 for car washes and detailers (upper middle), #53 of 441 scored small-town markets.
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