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. Whistle Express Car Wash and Green Clean Express Auto Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whistle Express Car Wash | ▲1 | +11.9% |
| 2 | Green Clean Express Auto Wash | - | +6.4% |
| 3 | Mega Auto Spa | - | +1.2% |
| 4 | Freedom Wash | - | -7.3% |
| 5 | Cool Wave Car Wash | - | -23.6% |
| 6 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | ▼1 | -81.0% |
- Green Clean Express Auto Wash
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash
- Carl's Wash and Service Center
- Mega Auto Spa
- Car Spa
- Freedom Wash
- American Pride Car Wash
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
72 tracked store locations in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 26 of the 72 stores (36%); 34 of the 44 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, the same share as across Virginia.
- Green Clean Express Auto Wash (12)
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash (4)
- Carl's Wash and Service Center (1)
- Mega Auto Spa (3)
- Car Spa (2)
- Freedom Wash (3)
- American Pride Car Wash (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Green Clean Express Auto Wash 12
- 2 Sam's Xpress Car Wash 4
- 3 Cool Wave Car Wash 4
- 4 Tidal Wave Auto Spa 3
- 5 Whistle Express Car Wash 3
- 6 Freedom Wash 3
- 7 Mega Auto Spa 3
- 8 Car Spa 2
- 9 Hurricane Express Wash 2
- 10 Riptide Car Wash 2
- 11 VB Window Tinting 1
- 12 Smith Brothers Car Wash 1
- 13 TLC Carwash 1
- 14 Buckets Car Wash 1
- 15 Rio Car Wash 1
- 16 Carl's Wash and Service Center 1
- 17 Splish Splash Car Wash 1
- 18 Pettie's Select and Car Wash 1
- 19 Majestic Auto Spa 1
- 20 Vortex Express Car Wash 1
- 21 King Kleen 1
- 22 Gloucester Point Car Wash 1
- 23 Splash In 1
- 24 Bay Wash 1
- 25 Currituck Salt Wash Car Wash 1
- 26 We Got It 1
- 27 Empire hand carwash 1
- 28 American Pride Car Wash 1
- 29 Grand Slam Car Wash 1
- 30 Splash2O Express Car Wash 1
- 31 Virginia Car Wash Co. 1
- 32 Prestige Hand Carwash 1
- 33 El Mexicano Hand Carwash 1
- 34 Blue Hippo Car Wash 1
- 35 Hickory Auto Service 1
- 36 GO Car Wash 1
- 37 Sparkle Flex Car Wash 1
- 38 Buggy Bathe Auto Wash 1
- 39 Beach Bubbles 1
- 40 Defense Auto Wash 1
- 41 Mercury Lazer Wash 1
- 42 Classic Detail & Hand Carwash 1
- 43 Tommy's Express Car Wash 1
- 44 Solar Wash 1
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