Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked car wash chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Romeo's Car Wash and California Car Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romeo's Car Wash | ▲1 | +15.5% |
| 2 | California Car Wash | ▲1 | +15.4% |
| 3 | Red Carpet Car Wash | - | +13.8% |
| 4 | Autopia Car Wash | - | +12.9% |
| 5 | Route 66 Car Wash | ▲3 | +12.7% |
| 6 | Pearl Car Wash | ▲2 | +9.8% |
| 7 | Super Clean Car Wash | ▲2 | +9.5% |
| 8 | Surf Thru Express Car Wash | ▲1 | +9.0% |
| 9 | Classic Car Wash | - | +8.1% |
| 10 | Crystal Clean Car Wash | ▲1 | +5.9% |
| 11 | Mister Car Wash | - | +5.3% |
| 12 | Splash and Dash Express Carwash | ▲1 | +3.8% |
| 13 | Rancho Car Wash | ▲1 | +1.6% |
| 14 | Sunset North Car Wash | ▼1 | +0.4% |
| 15 | Quick Quack Car Wash | ▲1 | +0.2% |
- Mister Car Wash
- Soapy Joe's Car Wash
- Splash and Dash Express Carwash
- Super Star Car Wash
- Sparkling Image Car Wash
- 7 Flags Car Wash
- Fast5Xpress Car Wash
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
1,244 tracked store locations in California. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 109 of the 1,244 stores (9%); 809 of the 925 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, the same share as across the United States.
- Mister Car Wash (47)
- Soapy Joe's Car Wash (15)
- Splash and Dash Express Carwash (3)
- Super Star Car Wash (21)
- Sparkling Image Car Wash (9)
- 7 Flags Car Wash (10)
- Fast5Xpress Car Wash (13)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Mister Car Wash 47
- 2 Super Star Car Wash 21
- 3 Soapy Joe's Car Wash 15
- 4 Surf Thru Express Car Wash 13
- 5 Fast5Xpress Car Wash 13
- 6 Quick Quack Car Wash 10
- 7 7 Flags Car Wash 10
- 8 Sparkling Image Car Wash 9
- 9 Classic Car Wash 7
- 10 Raceway Express Car Wash 7
- 11 Car Wash 7
- 12 Autopia Car Wash 6
- 13 GO Car Wash 6
- 14 Fast Track Car Wash 6
- 15 H2GO Car Wash 5
- 16 Happy Cow Car Wash 5
- 17 Wash-N-Go Car Wash 5
- 18 Buggy Bath Car Wash 4
- 19 Red Carpet Car Wash 4
- 20 Bellagio Express Car Wash 4
- 21 Tommy's Express Car Wash 4
- 22 Foothill Car Wash 4
- 23 Genie Car Wash 4
- 24 Little Sisters Truck Wash 4
- 25 Sunset North Car Wash 3
- 26 Super Clean Car Wash 3
- 27 Splash and Dash Express Carwash 3
- 28 Jack's Car Wash 3
- 29 Pearl Car Wash 3
- 30 Auto Pride Hand Car Wash 3
- 31 Romeo's Car Wash 3
- 32 Route 66 Car Wash 3
- 33 Auto Pride Car Wash 3
- 34 Crystal Clean Car Wash 3
- 35 Waterdrops Express Car Wash 3
- 36 Rancho Car Wash 3
- 37 Splash Car Wash 3
- 38 Monty's Express Carwash 3
- 39 California Car Wash 3
- 40 BlueWave Express Car Wash 3
- 41 Royal Truck Wash 2
- 42 Triple Crown Car Wash 2
- 43 Super Station Car Wash 2
- 44 Splash N Dash 2
- 45 Torrance Car Wash 2
- 46 Happy Boy Car Wash 2
- 47 Pacific Auto Spa 2
- 48 Wild Wash Express 2
- 49 Quality Car Care 2
- 50 Desert Hand Car Wash 2
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