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. Sam's Xpress Car Wash and Hurricane Express Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam's Xpress Car Wash | ▲2 | +19.8% |
| 2 | Hurricane Express Wash | ▲2 | +17.9% |
| 3 | Super Suds Car Wash | - | +14.0% |
| 4 | Fins Car Wash | ▲1 | +9.6% |
| 5 | Detrick's Car Wash | - | -21.1% |
| 6 | Whistle Express Car Wash | - | -30.4% |
| 7 | Zips Car Wash | - | -48.0% |
| 8 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | ▼1 | -75.2% |
| 9 | Time to Shine Car Wash | ▼4 | -82.9% |
| 10 | Sandlapper Car Wash | - | -100.0% |
- Papa Bear Car Wash
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash
- ModWash
- Take 5 Car Wash
- Scrubby's Car Wash
- Tidal Wave Auto Spa
- Hurricane Express Wash
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
244 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 65 of the 244 stores (27%); 116 of the 140 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across the United States.
- Papa Bear Car Wash (3)
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash (6)
- ModWash (12)
- Take 5 Car Wash (5)
- Scrubby's Car Wash (3)
- Tidal Wave Auto Spa (18)
- Hurricane Express Wash (8)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Zips Car Wash 20
- 2 Tidal Wave Auto Spa 18
- 3 ModWash 12
- 4 Hurricane Express Wash 8
- 5 Whistle Express Car Wash 7
- 6 Sam's Xpress Car Wash 6
- 7 Take 5 Car Wash 5
- 8 Super Suds Car Wash 5
- 9 Wash-N-Go Car Wash 5
- 10 Time to Shine Car Wash 5
- 11 Fins Car Wash 4
- 12 Spinx Car Wash 4
- 13 Sandlapper Car Wash 3
- 14 Detrick's Car Wash 3
- 15 Papa Bear Car Wash 3
- 16 Scrubby's Car Wash 3
- 17 White Horse Auto Wash 3
- 18 Lulu's Car Wash 2
- 19 Car Wash 2
- 20 Rosewood Car Wash 2
- 21 Splash N Dash 2
- 22 Frank's Car Wash 2
- 23 Big Dan's Car Wash 2
- 24 Sparkle Express Car Wash 2
- 25 Rev Express Car Wash 1
- 26 Abbeville car wash 1
- 27 The Car Wash 1
- 28 National Pride 1
- 29 Hollywood's Luxury Bubbles 1
- 30 John's Island Car Wash 1
- 31 Rubber Ducky Car Wash 1
- 32 Brite Touch 1
- 33 Suds Up Car Wash 1
- 34 Luxury Auto Spa 1
- 35 Xtreme XN 1
- 36 Water Works Car Wash 1
- 37 Kwik Klean Carwash 1
- 38 Scrubz Express 1
- 39 Aynor Car Wash 1
- 40 Sonic Suds Express Car Wash 1
- 41 Parr's Quality Car Wash 1
- 42 Two Notch Power Clean 1
- 43 Auto Spa on Boundary 1
- 44 Glenns Bay Car Wash 1
- 45 Mr Nick's Car Wash 1
- 46 Edge Express Car Wash 1
- 47 Arsonyst 1
- 48 Cruizers Car Wash, Inc. 1
- 49 Mr. Suds Car Wash 1
- 50 Loris Carwash 1
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