Car Wash & Detailing · Austin, TX

Car Wash & Detailing Market in
Austin, TX

$41M TAM · Market Score 72/100 · Ranked #181 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Austin, TX MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$41M
rank #181 of 925
Market Score
72/100
rank #75 of 925 · 92th percentile
Operators
152
1,363 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
21.3%
rank #48 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Austin scored 72/100 for Car Wash & Detailing

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Austin ranks in the 92th percentile nationally for Car Wash & Detailing.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Estimated Vehicles40%1,764,48197
Fragmentation Score35%33.725
Median HH Income25%100,43197

TAM by segment

$41M in Austin broken down by segment

Wash_car Wash Visits
$8M
21% of total TAM
Wash_car Wash Detail
$32M
79% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Austin

Population
2,426,592
21.3% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$100,431
31.6% HHs $150K+
Housing units
1,042,843
11.9% age 65+
GDP per capita
$110,626

Frequently asked questions

Car Wash & Detailing market in Austin: common questions

How big is the car wash & detailing market in Austin, TX?

The car wash & detailing market in Austin, TX has a total addressable market of $41M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Austin the #181 largest car wash & detailing market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many car wash & detailing companies are in Austin?

PinpointIQ tracks 152 car wash & detailing establishments in the Austin MSA, employing approximately 1,363 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Austin rank nationally for car wash & detailing?

Austin scores 72/100 on PinpointIQ's Car Wash & Detailing Market Score, ranking #75 of 925 U.S. metros — the 92th percentile nationally. The Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite of the vertical-specific drivers that make a metro attractive for car wash & detailing operators and investors.

What drives car wash & detailing demand in Austin?

PinpointIQ scores Austin's car wash & detailing market on 3 components: Estimated Vehicles (40% weight, 97th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 25th percentile); Median HH Income (25% weight, 97th percentile). The weights are calibrated to the car wash & detailing vertical and applied consistently across every U.S. MSA.

What are the biggest car wash & detailing sub-segments in Austin?

Austin's $41M car wash & detailing TAM breaks down into: Wash_car Wash Visits ($8M, 21% of TAM); Wash_car Wash Detail ($32M, 79% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Austin growing? How does population affect the car wash & detailing market?

Austin has a population of 2,426,592 and has grown 21.3% over the last 5 years. Population change is one of the drivers of car wash & detailing demand and factors into PinpointIQ's Market Score alongside vertical-specific attractiveness metrics.

TAM figures reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up market size model built from U.S. Census, BLS, IRS County Business Patterns, and other public + commercial sources at the census-tract level. Market Score is PinpointIQ's percentile-weighted composite; the components and weights are set per vertical and shown above. Data refreshed monthly.

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