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Car Washes aren't as common as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire nation, there are more than 10,000 Car Washes. Given the current population of the United States, each one of those Car Washes serves about 30,000 citizens on average.

According to national labor statistics, Car Washes will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. Hence, Car Washes play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Car Washes
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
Montana
85
9.44
2.
Wyoming
45
9.16
3.
Iowa
241
8.24
4.
Nebraska
133
7.78
5.
Idaho
98
7.59
6.
Missouri
402
7.19
7.
418
6.87
8.
New Jersey
578
6.87
9.
Michigan
678
6.82
10.
Arizona
339
6.61
11.
New Mexico
118
6.51
12.
Illinois
806
6.49
13.
South Dakota
48
6.40
14.
Nevada
127
6.37
15.
272
6.32
16.
Ohio
692
6.11
17.
Oregon
203
5.95
18.
Utah
132
5.92
19.
Florida
907
5.68
20.
Connecticut
189
5.64
21.
North Carolina
445
5.53
22.
Rhode Island
57
5.44
23.
146
5.43
24.
Wisconsin
283
5.28
25.
Maine
67
5.27
26.
Vermont
32
5.26
27.
Delaware
41
5.23
28.
Tennessee
296
5.21
29.
Oklahoma
178
5.16
30.
Georgia
413
5.12
31.
324
5.10
32.
California
1,717
5.07
33.
Texas
1,055
5.06
34.
Washington
293
5.00
35.
Alaska
31
4.96
36.
West Virginia
89
4.96
37.
Pennsylvania
599
4.88
38.
South Carolina
193
4.81
39.
227
4.62
40.
Kentucky
178
4.41
41.
North Dakota
28
4.37
42.
Maryland
230
4.34
43.
Virginia
304
4.30
44.
Arkansas
114
4.27
45.
New Hampshire
52
4.21
46.
New York
724
3.82
47.
157
3.53
48.
Louisiana
142
3.18
49.
Mississippi
74
2.61
50.
District of Columbia
14
2.47
51.
Hawaii
27
2.23

Number of Car Washes by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
8770
5 to 9
2301
10 to 19
1717
20 to 49
1826
50 to 99
379
100 to 249
48
250 to 499
5
500 to 999
0
1000 or more
1

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