Top 300 Car Wash Chains in North Carolina (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. Solar Shine Express Car Wash and Autobrite Car Wash sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Solar Shine Express Car Wash	▲1	+11.1%
2	Autobrite Car Wash	▲1	+5.6%
3	American Pride Car Wash	-	-0.3%
4	Autorific Car Wash	-	-1.8%
5	Hurricane Express Wash	-	-2.1%
6	Supreme Car Wash	-	-2.4%
7	Carolina Car Wash	-	-3.7%
8	Caliber Car Wash	▲3	-6.3%
9	TLC Autowash	-	-9.6%
10	Take 5 Car Wash	▲1	-12.1%
11	Whistle Express Car Wash	▲1	-12.5%
12	Fins Car Wash	-	-28.7%
13	Sam's Car Wash	▼2	-42.9%
14	Zips Car Wash	▼1	-58.8%
15	Tidal Wave Auto Spa	▼4	-75.6%

Sam's Xpress Car Wash
Whistle Express Car Wash
ModWash
Autobell Car Wash
Kings Car Wash Express
Rocket Wash Express
American Pride Xpress Car Wash
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

509 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 129 of the 509 stores (25%); 251 of the 300 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across the United States.