St. Louis, MO · Auto Detailing
Auto Detailing in St. Louis, by the numbers.
The Census Bureau counted 165 car washes and detailing shops in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area in 2023, employing 1,624 people with $38 million in annual payroll.
The local market.
Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.
165
21st most of 384 US metro areas
1,624
9.8 per business, against 9.1 across all metros
$38 million
$23,417 per employee
62%
of businesses, against 68% across all metros
-9.8%
in the number of businesses (183 in 2022)
What the numbers say about St. Louis.
- St. Louis is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of car washes and detailing shops, 21st of 384.
- A typical business here is about the national size, with 9.8 employees.
- Pay runs below the metro average: $23,417 per employee a year, against $29,472.
- The count fell by 18 businesses since 2022.
How VERA helps auto detailing in St. Louis.
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 St. Louis
How many car washes and detailing shops are there in St. Louis?
165 in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 1,624 people and paid $38 million in annual payroll.
Is the St. Louis market for auto detailing growing?
By number of businesses it shrank between 2022 and 2023: from 183 to 165 (-9.8%).
What does VERA do for auto detailing in St. Louis?
VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a St. Louis 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.
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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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