Des Moines, IA · Auto Detailing
Auto Detailing in Des Moines, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 65 car washes and detailing shops in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area in 2023, employing 514 people with $17.2 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
65
56th most of 384 US metro areas
514
7.9 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$17.2 million
$33,434 per employee
78%
of businesses, against 68% across all metros
-4.4%
in the number of businesses (68 in 2022)
What the numbers say about Des Moines.
- Des Moines ranks 56th of 384 US metro areas by number of car washes and detailing shops.
- Businesses here run smaller than average: 7.9 employees each, against 9.1 across all metros.
- Pay runs above the metro average: $33,434 per employee a year, against $29,472.
- The count fell by 3 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps auto detailing in Des Moines.
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 Des Moines
How many car washes and detailing shops are there in Des Moines?
65 in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 514 people and paid $17.2 million in annual payroll.
Is the Des Moines market for auto detailing growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 68 to 65 (-4.4%).
What does VERA do for auto detailing in Des Moines?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Des Moines 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
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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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