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. Tommy's Express Car Wash and Green Clean Express Auto Wash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy's Express Car Wash | ▲1 | +15.8% |
| 2 | Green Clean Express Auto Wash | - | +10.9% |
| 3 | Whistle Express Car Wash | ▲1 | +5.8% |
| 4 | Mega Auto Spa | ▲1 | +5.5% |
| 5 | Car Wash | ▲1 | +1.0% |
| 6 | Willie's Car Wash | ▲1 | -0.9% |
| 7 | Freedom Wash | ▲1 | -3.4% |
| 8 | White Horse Auto Wash | ▲1 | -4.2% |
| 9 | GO Car Wash | - | -8.0% |
| 10 | Car Pool Car Wash | ▲1 | -10.1% |
| 11 | Ultimate Shine Car Wash | - | -10.7% |
| 12 | Flagship Carwash | - | -11.6% |
| 13 | Cool Wave Car Wash | ▲1 | -20.4% |
| 14 | Mr Wash Car Wash | ▲1 | -26.3% |
| 15 | Zips Car Wash | ▼1 | -55.4% |
- Green Clean Express Auto Wash
- Flagship Carwash
- Flagstop Car Wash
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash
- GO Car Wash
- White Horse Auto Wash
- Carl's Wash and Service Center
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
342 tracked store locations in Virginia. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 66 of the 342 stores (19%); 175 of the 210 tracked chains have a single store here. 4% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across the United States.
- Green Clean Express Auto Wash (12)
- Flagship Carwash (16)
- Flagstop Car Wash (14)
- Sam's Xpress Car Wash (10)
- GO Car Wash (11)
- White Horse Auto Wash (7)
- Carl's Wash and Service Center (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Flagship Carwash 16
- 2 Flagstop Car Wash 14
- 3 Tidal Wave Auto Spa 13
- 4 Green Clean Express Auto Wash 12
- 5 GO Car Wash 11
- 6 Sam's Xpress Car Wash 10
- 7 Car Pool Car Wash 8
- 8 White Horse Auto Wash 7
- 9 Zips Car Wash 7
- 10 Whistle Express Car Wash 6
- 11 Ultimate Shine Car Wash 5
- 12 Cool Wave Car Wash 4
- 13 Car Wash 3
- 14 Mr Wash Car Wash 3
- 15 Willie's Car Wash 3
- 16 Tommy's Express Car Wash 3
- 17 Freedom Wash 3
- 18 Mega Auto Spa 3
- 19 ModWash 3
- 20 Tiger Wash 2
- 21 Car Lovers Car Wash 2
- 22 Cardinal Car Wash 2
- 23 Wash Zone 2
- 24 Riptide Car Wash 2
- 25 Grand Prix Auto Wash 2
- 26 Super Wash 2
- 27 Station Auto Wash Express 2
- 28 Hurricane Express Wash 2
- 29 All American Car Wash 2
- 30 Sonic Soft Car Wash 2
- 31 Hang 10 Car Wash 2
- 32 Dominion Car Wash 2
- 33 Car Spa 2
- 34 Dave's Auto Spa 2
- 35 Carl's Wash and Service Center 1
- 36 Chester Laser Wash 1
- 37 R & C Laser Car Wash 1
- 38 Warrior Wash 1
- 39 Ervin's Mobile Car Wash 1
- 40 Piedmont Truck Wash 1
- 41 Aqua Express Car Wash 1
- 42 Broy's Car Wash 1
- 43 The Master Car Wash 1
- 44 Bedford Carwash 1
- 45 Broadway Bird Bath 1
- 46 DCA Rental Car Service Center 1
- 47 Nichols Car Wash 1
- 48 Eco Car Wash 1
- 49 Crossings Car Wash 1
- 50 Buckets Car Wash 1
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