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Car Washes Businesses by County (2023)

18,651 car washes operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 0.5569 per 10,000 residents. Ranked below by market density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties with data.

Car Washes — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP
RankCountyEstablishmentsDensity (per 10k)
1 Orange County, FL 151 1.026
2 Suffolk County, NY 134 0.88
3 Palm Beach County, FL 127 0.828
4 Nassau County, NY 112 0.811
5 Salt Lake County, UT 96 0.81
6 Broward County, FL 156 0.795
7 Wayne County, MI 134 0.765
8 Oakland County, MI 96 0.756
9 Orange County, CA 230 0.733
10 San Bernardino County, CA 161 0.733
11 Tarrant County, TX 156 0.715
12 Mecklenburg County, NC 82 0.705
13 Fulton County, GA 75 0.695
14 Hillsborough County, FL 105 0.684
15 Wake County, NC 81 0.681
16 Los Angeles County, CA 591 0.612
17 Bexar County, TX 126 0.604
18 Collin County, TX 72 0.602
19 Harris County, TX 288 0.596
20 Sacramento County, CA 94 0.593
21 Riverside County, CA 147 0.59
22 Travis County, TX 78 0.584
23 Clark County, NV 136 0.582
24 Allegheny County, PA 71 0.58
25 Middlesex County, MA 93 0.573
26 Cuyahoga County, OH 70 0.568
27 San Diego County, CA 185 0.566
28 Pima County, AZ 60 0.564
29 Franklin County, OH 73 0.551
30 Maricopa County, AZ 245 0.534
31 Dallas County, TX 137 0.526
32 Cook County, IL 267 0.525
33 Miami-Dade County, FL 137 0.51
34 Alameda County, CA 77 0.475
35 Hennepin County, MN 59 0.469
36 Queens County, NY 103 0.457
37 King County, WA 96 0.423
38 Santa Clara County, CA 74 0.394
39 Fairfax County, VA 45 0.394
40 Contra Costa County, CA 44 0.381
41 Bronx County, NY 49 0.361
42 Montgomery County, MD 36 0.34
43 Kings County, NY 85 0.332
44 Philadelphia County, PA 43 0.277
45 New York County, NY 9 0.056