Dallas, TX · Auto Detailing
Auto Detailing in Dallas, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 487 car washes and detailing shops in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area in 2023, employing 5,596 people with $151.6 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
487
4th most of 384 US metro areas
5,596
11.5 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$151.6 million
$27,087 per employee
61%
of businesses, against 68% across all metros
-6.5%
in the number of businesses (521 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Dallas.
- Dallas is one of the ten largest metro markets in the country for car washes and detailing shops, 4th of 384.
- Businesses here run larger than average: 11.5 employees each, against 9.1 across all metros.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $27,087 per employee a year, against $29,472.
- The count fell by 34 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps auto detailing in Dallas.
The same product everywhere. It prepares the work and waits for your approval before anything goes out.
Quotes by package and vehicle size
Sedan, SUV, and truck rates, correction stages, coating tiers, and add-ons, priced from your own templates. The customer accepts from their phone.
Online booking for the time you have
A booking page with your packages and hours that offers only open slots. Each booking arrives as a request for you to confirm.
Memberships on repeat
Give a maintenance plan a repeat rule and VERA plans the visits ahead. Members move to automatic payments once they authorize them.
Questions
Auto Detailing in Dallas
How many car washes and detailing shops are there in Dallas?
487 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 5,596 people and paid $151.6 million in annual payroll.
Is the Dallas market for auto detailing growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 521 to 487 (-6.5%).
What does VERA do for auto detailing in Dallas?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Dallas business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.
Auto Detailing in other markets
Other Dallas markets
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is car washes and detailing shops, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.
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