Car Wash & Detailing · Birmingham, AL

Car Wash & Detailing Market in
Birmingham, AL

$18M TAM · Market Score 68/100 · Ranked #319 of 925 MSAs by TAM

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

Total TAM
$18M
rank #319 of 925
Market Score
68/100
rank #137 of 925 · 85th percentile
Operators
67
494 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
3.5%
rank #353 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Birmingham scored 68/100 for Car Wash & Detailing

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Birmingham ranks in the 85th percentile nationally for Car Wash & Detailing.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Estimated Vehicles40%896,29995
Fragmentation Score35%51.440
Median HH Income25%71,49863

TAM by segment

$18M in Birmingham broken down by segment

Wash_car Wash Visits
$8M
47% of total TAM
Wash_car Wash Detail
$10M
53% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Birmingham

Population
1,184,613
3.5% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$71,498
18.6% HHs $150K+
Housing units
526,287
17.1% age 65+
GDP per capita
$75,857

Frequently asked questions

Car Wash & Detailing market in Birmingham: common questions

How big is the car wash & detailing market in Birmingham, AL?

The car wash & detailing market in Birmingham, AL has a total addressable market of $18M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Birmingham the #319 largest car wash & detailing market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many car wash & detailing companies are in Birmingham?

PinpointIQ tracks 67 car wash & detailing establishments in the Birmingham MSA, employing approximately 494 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Birmingham rank nationally for car wash & detailing?

Birmingham scores 68/100 on PinpointIQ's Car Wash & Detailing Market Score, ranking #137 of 925 U.S. metros — the 85th 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 Birmingham?

PinpointIQ scores Birmingham's car wash & detailing market on 3 components: Estimated Vehicles (40% weight, 95th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 40th percentile); Median HH Income (25% weight, 63th 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 Birmingham?

Birmingham's $18M car wash & detailing TAM breaks down into: Wash_car Wash Visits ($8M, 47% of TAM); Wash_car Wash Detail ($10M, 53% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

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

Birmingham has a population of 1,184,613 and has grown 3.5% 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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