Car Washes Businesses by County (2023) 19,807 establishments in this category
operate nationally (2023 U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns), a national average density of 0.5914 per 10,000 residents . Ranked below by market
density, most saturated to least, across the 45 most populous U.S. counties
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Car Washes — establishments and density by county, 2023 CBP Rank County Establishments Density (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
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