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. Flash Car Wash and Purple Elephant Car Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flash Car Wash | ▲1 | +10.9% |
| 2 | Purple Elephant Car Wash | - | +9.5% |
| 3 | Russell Speeder's Car Wash | ▲1 | +8.9% |
| 4 | Mr Sparkle Car Wash | - | +8.3% |
| 5 | Personal Touch Car Wash | - | +4.9% |
| 6 | Golden Nozzle Car Wash | - | -2.9% |
| 7 | Platinum Car Wash | - | -3.5% |
| 8 | Optimo Car Wash | ▼1 | -6.4% |
| 9 | Happy Hand Car Wash | - | -11.0% |
| 10 | Splash Car Wash | ▼1 | -18.1% |
| 11 | Fred's Car Wash | - | -65.7% |
| 12 | Water Works Car Wash | - | -100.0% |
- Russell Speeder's Car Wash
- Willimantic Car Wash
- Splash Car Wash
- Diamond Sparkle Car Wash
- Shoreline Quick Lube and Car Wash
- Soapy Noble
- Personal Touch Car Wash
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
211 tracked store locations in Connecticut. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 63 of the 211 stores (30%); 114 of the 132 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across the United States.
- Russell Speeder's Car Wash (20)
- Willimantic Car Wash (1)
- Splash Car Wash (19)
- Diamond Sparkle Car Wash (1)
- Shoreline Quick Lube and Car Wash (1)
- Soapy Noble (1)
- Personal Touch Car Wash (3)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Russell Speeder's Car Wash 20
- 2 Splash Car Wash 19
- 3 Mr Sparkle Car Wash 13
- 4 Golden Nozzle Car Wash 7
- 5 Optimo Car Wash 4
- 6 Purple Elephant Car Wash 4
- 7 Water Works Car Wash 3
- 8 Fred's Car Wash 3
- 9 Happy Hand Car Wash 3
- 10 Platinum Car Wash 3
- 11 Flash Car Wash 3
- 12 Personal Touch Car Wash 3
- 13 VIP Wash & Lube 2
- 14 Brothers Hand Car Wash 2
- 15 Super Shine Car Wash 2
- 16 El Mexicano Hand Car Wash 2
- 17 Jet Spray Car Wash 2
- 18 VIP Car Wash 2
- 19 Clean & Fast Hand Car Wash 1
- 20 Family Self-Serve Car Wash 1
- 21 Sparklez Car Wash 1
- 22 Car Wash Express 1
- 23 Elite touch hand car wash 1
- 24 Optimo Car Wash Bristol 1
- 25 Danbury Hand Car Wash 1
- 26 The Best Hand Car Wash & Detail 1
- 27 Torrington Car Wash 1
- 28 Optimo Car Wash Hamden 1
- 29 7 days car wash 1
- 30 Pro Wash Auto Spa 1
- 31 Royal Car Wash 1
- 32 El Mexicano Hand Wash 1
- 33 2 Brothers Hand Car Wash 1
- 34 Two Brothers Hand Car Wash 1
- 35 Park Road Car Wash 1
- 36 Plainfield Auto Wash 1
- 37 WOW Carwash 1
- 38 Budget Car Wash 1
- 39 Scrubbin Bubbles 1
- 40 Green Bubbles Car Spa 1
- 41 Suds McClean Car Wash 1
- 42 Newtown Car Wash 1
- 43 MadJax Car Wash 1
- 44 Crossroads Car Wash 1
- 45 Diamond Sparkle Car Wash 1
- 46 Willimantic Car Wash 1
- 47 Simply Clean Car Wash 1
- 48 CARisma WASH 1
- 49 Brothers carwash 1
- 50 Sparkle Car Wash 1
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