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. Hurricane Bay Carwash and F5 Auto Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hurricane Bay Carwash | ▲1 | +19.9% |
| 2 | F5 Auto Wash | ▲1 | +15.3% |
| 3 | Thoroughbred Express | ▲2 | +14.1% |
| 4 | Mike's Carwash | - | +13.6% |
| 5 | Splash Car Wash | ▲1 | +13.2% |
| 6 | Cheetah Clean Auto Wash | ▲2 | +4.5% |
| 7 | Take 5 Car Wash | ▲1 | +1.9% |
| 8 | Suds Car Wash | - | -0.2% |
| 9 | Thomas Car Wash | ▲1 | -1.3% |
| 10 | Speedwash Car Wash | - | -9.2% |
| 11 | Fast Freddy's Car Wash | ▼1 | -53.6% |
| 12 | Zips Car Wash | ▼2 | -55.9% |
| 13 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | ▼3 | -56.6% |
| 14 | Finish Line Car Wash | ▼3 | -99.4% |
- Mike's Carwash
- Take 5 Car Wash
- Todd's Place Express
- Cheetah Clean Auto Wash
- Thoroughbred Express
- Mr Spotless Car Wash
- Tidal Wave Auto Spa
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
235 tracked store locations in Kentucky. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 48 of the 235 stores (20%); 123 of the 153 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.
- Mike's Carwash (10)
- Take 5 Car Wash (5)
- Todd's Place Express (2)
- Cheetah Clean Auto Wash (3)
- Thoroughbred Express (6)
- Mr Spotless Car Wash (2)
- Tidal Wave Auto Spa (9)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Zips Car Wash 18
- 2 Mike's Carwash 10
- 3 Tidal Wave Auto Spa 9
- 4 Thoroughbred Express 6
- 5 Take 5 Car Wash 5
- 6 Speedwash Car Wash 5
- 7 Suds Car Wash 4
- 8 Super Wash 4
- 9 Splash Car Wash 3
- 10 Cheetah Clean Auto Wash 3
- 11 Thomas Car Wash 3
- 12 Hurricane Bay Carwash 3
- 13 Fast Freddy's Car Wash 3
- 14 Finish Line Car Wash 3
- 15 F5 Auto Wash 3
- 16 Jim's Express Car Wash 2
- 17 Wildcat Car Wash 2
- 18 Moby's Auto Spa 2
- 19 Miracle Car Wash 2
- 20 Pride Truck Wash 2
- 21 Whistle Express Car Wash 2
- 22 Water Works Car Wash 2
- 23 Wash N Shine 2
- 24 CleanWaves Express Wash 2
- 25 Clean Sweep Car Wash 2
- 26 Shammy's Auto Wash 2
- 27 Todd's Place Express 2
- 28 The Car Wash Company 2
- 29 Mr Spotless Car Wash 2
- 30 Jeff's Car Wash 2
- 31 WaterWorks Auto Wash 1
- 32 Spray N Shine Car Wash 1
- 33 Shine On Your Time 1
- 34 Calico Place Car Wash 1
- 35 All American Truck Wash 1
- 36 J Elliott Kwik Wash 1
- 37 Crystal Clean Car Wash 1
- 38 House of Wax 1
- 39 Clean Sweep 1
- 40 Mic-Zee's Car Wash 1
- 41 Wash-N-Shine Car Wash 1
- 42 Rocket Auto Wash Express 1
- 43 Allen Car Wash 1
- 44 Victory Lane Car Wash 1
- 45 Thoroughbred Car Wash 1
- 46 A&C Car Wash 1
- 47 K T Car Wash 1
- 48 Super Car Wash 1
- 49 Exit 65 Auto Wash 1
- 50 Clay City Car Wash 1
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