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.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY 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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