Trends · data through September 2026

Car Washes in Washington

Iceflower tracks 258 stores from 141 car wash chains in Washington. The Wave Car Wash grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Brown Bear Car Wash and Mister Car Wash.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
141
Tracked stores
258
Consumer panel
130M+

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. The Wave Car Wash and Brown Bear Car Wash sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 The Wave Car Wash - +11.1%
2 Brown Bear Car Wash - +9.8%
3 Mister Car Wash - +6.9%
4 Elephant Car Wash - +3.3%
5 Castle Car Wash ▲1 -7.7%
6 Car Wash ▲1 -28.6%
7 Glint Car Wash ▼2 -95.8%
  • Brown Bear Car Wash
  • Mister Car Wash
  • Shur-Kleen Car Wash
  • Washman Car Wash
  • The Wave Car Wash
  • Elephant Car Wash
  • Kaady Car Wash
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

258 tracked store locations in Washington. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 92 of the 258 stores (36%); 117 of the 141 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across the United States.

  • Brown Bear Car Wash (41)
  • Mister Car Wash (17)
  • Shur-Kleen Car Wash (5)
  • Washman Car Wash (1)
  • The Wave Car Wash (4)
  • Elephant Car Wash (17)
  • Kaady Car Wash (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Brown Bear Car Wash 41
  • 2 Mister Car Wash 17
  • 3 Elephant Car Wash 17
  • 4 Car Wash 10
  • 5 Classy Chassis 7
  • 6 Glint Car Wash 6
  • 7 Shur-Kleen Car Wash 5
  • 8 The Wave Car Wash 4
  • 9 Castle Car Wash 4
  • 10 Pony Express 2
  • 11 Mega Wash Express 2
  • 12 Car Wash Plaza 2
  • 13 Auto Spa 2
  • 14 Blue Dolphin Car Wash 2
  • 15 Metro Express Car Wash 2
  • 16 Speedi Car Wash 2
  • 17 Quick Quack Car Wash 2
  • 18 The Clean Machine 2
  • 19 Aloha Car Wash Company 2
  • 20 Spanky's Auto Wash 2
  • 21 Kirkland Premier Car Wash 2
  • 22 Blue Cow Car Wash 2
  • 23 Wet Rabbit Express Car Wash 2
  • 24 Sudstar Car Wash 2
  • 25 Kingsgate Car Wash 1
  • 26 Sasquatch Car Wash Bonney Lake 1
  • 27 The Wash Zone 1
  • 28 Tumwater Auto Spa 1
  • 29 Green Clean 1
  • 30 Speedy Wash 1
  • 31 Aberdeen Auto Spa 1
  • 32 Squeaky's Car Wash 1
  • 33 Autobahn Auto Care Center 1
  • 34 Kwik n Kleen 1
  • 35 Classic Auto Salon 1
  • 36 Flamingo Car Wash 1
  • 37 Fox's Car Wash 1
  • 38 Jiffy Car Wash 1
  • 39 Kenmore Car Wash 1
  • 40 Clean Image Car Wash 1
  • 41 Sud City Car Wash 1
  • 42 De Wagen Wasserij 1
  • 43 Soft Touch Car Wash 1
  • 44 Jet Pro Express Car Wash 1
  • 45 Chewelah Car Wash 1
  • 46 Oasis Auto Spa 1
  • 47 Mercer Island Auto Spa 1
  • 48 Papa Bear's Car Wash 1
  • 49 Sehome Classic Car Wash 1
  • 50 GTO Carwash 1

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