Top 36 Car Wash Chains in Des Moines, IA (2026)

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. Executive Laser Wash and Mister Car Wash sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Executive Laser Wash	-	+8.3%
2	Mister Car Wash	-	+6.6%
3	Clean Works Autowash	-	+2.3%
4	Champion Xpress Carwash	-	-61.0%

Mister Car Wash
Executive Laser Wash
Oasis Car Wash
Executive Car Wash
The Shine Shop
Club Car Wash
Spot Free Car Wash
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

62 tracked store locations in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 29 of the 62 stores (47%); 29 of the 36 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, the same share as across Iowa.