Car Wash & Detailing · Salt Lake City, UT

Car Wash & Detailing Market in
Salt Lake City, UT

$394M TAM · Market Score 69/100 · Ranked #19 of 925 MSAs by TAM

Bottom-up market data for the Salt Lake City, UT MSA. Sourced from PinpointIQ's MSA-level intelligence platform.

Total TAM
$394M
rank #19 of 925
Market Score
69/100
rank #121 of 925 · 87th percentile
Operators
101
1,009 employees
Pop. growth (5-yr)
9.0%
rank #141 of 872

Market Score breakdown

How Salt Lake City scored 69/100 for Car Wash & Detailing

PinpointIQ's Market Score is a percentile-weighted composite. The components + weights are set per vertical. Salt Lake City ranks in the 87th percentile nationally for Car Wash & Detailing.

ComponentWeightValuePercentile
Estimated Vehicles40%903,27895
Fragmentation Score35%22.319
Median HH Income25%98,08396

TAM by segment

$394M in Salt Lake City broken down by segment

Wash_car Wash Visits
$380M
96% of total TAM
Wash_car Wash Detail
$14M
4% of total TAM

Demographic snapshot

Who lives and buys in Salt Lake City

Population
1,275,870
9.0% 5-yr growth
Median HH income
$98,083
27.5% HHs $150K+
Housing units
474,627
11.7% age 65+
GDP per capita
$123,128

Frequently asked questions

Car Wash & Detailing market in Salt Lake City: common questions

How big is the car wash & detailing market in Salt Lake City, UT?

The car wash & detailing market in Salt Lake City, UT has a total addressable market of $394M, calculated bottom-up from U.S. Census, BLS, and IRS County Business Patterns data at the census-tract level. This makes Salt Lake City the #19 largest car wash & detailing market of 925 U.S. MSAs.

How many car wash & detailing companies are in Salt Lake City?

PinpointIQ tracks 101 car wash & detailing establishments in the Salt Lake City MSA, employing approximately 1,009 people. Establishment counts are sourced from IRS County Business Patterns and refreshed monthly.

How does Salt Lake City rank nationally for car wash & detailing?

Salt Lake City scores 69/100 on PinpointIQ's Car Wash & Detailing Market Score, ranking #121 of 925 U.S. metros — the 87th 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 Salt Lake City?

PinpointIQ scores Salt Lake City's car wash & detailing market on 3 components: Estimated Vehicles (40% weight, 95th percentile); Fragmentation Score (35% weight, 19th percentile); Median HH Income (25% weight, 96th 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 Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City's $394M car wash & detailing TAM breaks down into: Wash_car Wash Visits ($380M, 96% of TAM); Wash_car Wash Detail ($14M, 4% of TAM). Segment sizes reflect PinpointIQ's bottom-up model at the census-tract level.

Is Salt Lake City growing? How does population affect the car wash & detailing market?

Salt Lake City has a population of 1,275,870 and has grown 9.0% 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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