US Car Wash Chain
U.S. · 1,784 locations
There are 1,784 Car Wash Chain locations in the US as of October 2026. They are in 41 states.
1,784 chain car wash locations across the United States, merged from the operators' own locators: 569 Mister Car Wash, 380 Quick Quack, 301 Tommy's Express, 194 Whistle Express, 188 ZIPS and 93 Autobell.
More about this list
Car washing is in the middle of one of the most aggressive roll-up cycles in retail services, driven by the shift to express tunnels with unlimited monthly memberships, and these named chains are the consolidators doing the buying. There is no licensing body and no registry for car washes, so a chain-level map is the practical way to see where the consolidators already are, which is exactly the question an independent owner considering a sale, a lender, a chemical or equipment supplier, or a private equity buyer needs answered. Refreshed weekly.
#Count report
Over time
| File built | Locations |
|---|---|
| September 14, 2026 | 1,726 |
| September 20, 2026 | 1,770 |
| September 27, 2026 | 1,771 |
| October 4, 2026 | 1,772 |
| October 18, 2026 | 1,784 |
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●Where the rows are
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| name | address | city | state | zip | phone | website | brand | wash type | has unlimited plan | geo precision | county | county fips | county note | address quality | country | latitude | longitude | source | source id | source url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 4301 DeBarr Road | Anchorage | AK | 99508 | (907) 302-6201 | https://tommys-express.com/locations/ak402 | Tommy's Express Car Wash | express | true | source | Anchorage Municipality | 02020 | complete | US | 61.21001618019936 | -149.79942312002328 | tommys-express.com | ak402 | https://tommys-express.com/locations/ak402/ | |
| Whistle Express Car Wash - 19 South Thomasville, GA | 14431 Us | 19 South Thomasville | GA | (980) 246-4037 | https://whistleexpresscarwash.com/locations/14431-us-19-south-thomasville-ga/ | Whistle Express Car Wash | express | true | source | Thomas County | 13275 | complete | US | 30.845935010118 | -83.945549049082 | whistleexpresscarwash.com | 14431-us-19-south-thomasville-ga | https://whistleexpresscarwash.com/locations/14431-us-19-south-thomasville-ga/ | ||
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 70330 Highway 21 | Covington | LA | 70433 | (985) 205-1017 | https://tommys-express.com/locations/la144/ | Tommy's Express Car Wash | express | true | source | St. Tammany Parish | 22103 | ZIP 70433 spans 2 counties; assigned to the county holding 93% of its land area | complete | US | 30.450692 | -90.136357 | tommys-express.com | la144 | https://tommys-express.com/locations/la144/ |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 11533 South 31st Street | Bellevue | NE | 68123 | (402) 205-4572 | http://tommys-express.com/locations/ne455 | Tommy's Express Car Wash | express | true | source | Sarpy County | 31153 | complete | US | 41.13702464165831 | -95.9584095355936 | tommys-express.com | ne455 | https://tommys-express.com/locations/ne455/ | |
| ZIPS Car Wash at Clemson Blvd | 4102 Clemson Blvd | Anderson | SC | 29621 | https://zipscarwash.com/locations/sc/anderson/4102-clemson-blvd | ZIPS Car Wash | full-service | true | source | Anderson County | 45007 | complete | US | 34.5598178 | -82.6919393 | zipscarwash.com | sc/anderson/4102-clemson-blvd | https://zipscarwash.com/locations/sc/anderson/4102-clemson-blvd |
{}What's in each row
| Field | What it is | Rows filled |
|---|---|---|
| name | Business or facility name | 100% |
| brand | Brand | 100% |
| address | Street address | 100% |
| city | City | 100% |
| state | Two-letter state code | 100% |
| zip | ZIP code | 90% |
| country | Country code | 100% |
| phone | Phone number where published | 89% |
| website | Website where published | 100% |
| latitude | GPS latitude where published | 100% |
| longitude | GPS longitude where published | 100% |
| wash | Wash type | 100% |
| has | Has unlimited plan | 98% |
| source | Which source the record came from | 100% |
| source | Source id | 100% |
| source | The public source this row came from | 100% |
| geo_ | How exact the map point is: the source's own point, the street address, or the ZIP code's centre | 100% |
| county | County the location is in | 100% |
| county_ | Five-digit federal code of that county | 100% |
| county_ | How the county was found, where it was not given by the source | 20% |
| address_ | Whether the street address is complete, missing a house number, or a PO box | 100% |
Rows filled is measured on every row of the delivered file.
✓Where this data comes from
Each row names the public source it came from, so any record can be checked against where it was published.
October 18, 2026
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Using ChatGPT, Claude or an API?
No setup needed. Ask ChatGPT or Claude your question about the US Car Wash Chain Locations and give it this page: it can open https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list with the filters you need and show you the count and price.
Using ChatGPT or Claude? Tell it to answer from locationlists.com/find — no account, no connector.
How assistants ask
No connector needed. Any AI assistant can answer from this site with a web link, no connector, no account: open https://locationlists.com/find with the question as query parameters.
If a question needs filtering, distance, drive time, combining lists or a price, open a /find link: either put the question itself in q=, or build the structured link. The answer does not need an API, a connector or an account.
Simplest, the question itself: https://locationlists.com/find?q=<the question in plain words>
Or set the parts yourself: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=<slug>&state=<ST>&city=<city>&county=<county>&zip=<zip>&near=<place or zip>&radius=<miles>&drive=<minutes>&where=<column>:<op>:<value>&total=<rows>
Leave out what the question does not need. Use radius for straight-line miles or drive for minutes of driving (5 to 60), not both; near can name several places separated by | to reach from any of them. To ask about several lists at once, use datasets with two or more names, or category with a kind of business. To compare two lists, add relate=nearest and the other list with b. in front of its parameters. To count by area, use areas=county (or zip, state, metro). To keep only places whose county, ZIP code, metro area or state meets a Census figure, add area_where (for example county:population>1000000); with areas, per=100000 gives counts per 100,000 residents.
Links an assistant can open, each showing how many rows match, a few preview rows and the price for just that part:
- Only Texas, the state with the most: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list&state=TX
- Within 25 miles of Houston, TX, the busiest area: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list&near=Houston+TX&radius=25
- Within a 30-minute drive of Houston, TX: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list&near=Houston+TX&drive=30
- Only rows where hasUnlimitedPlan is true: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list&where=hasUnlimitedPlan%3Aeq%3Atrue
- Every Car Washes & EV Charging list combined, within 25 miles of Houston, TX: https://locationlists.com/find?category=auto-services&near=Houston+TX&radius=25
- Each one's nearest Tidal Wave Auto Spa Locations, in Texas, with miles: https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list&state=TX&relate=nearest&k=1&b.dataset=tidal-wave-auto-spa-locations&b.state=TX
- The whole list: add a city, state, ZIP code or distance:
https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list - In plain words: "US Car Wash Chain Locations in Texas": https://locationlists.com/find?q=US+Car+Wash+Chain+Locations+in+Texas
- In plain words: "US Car Wash Chain Locations within 25 miles of Houston, TX": https://locationlists.com/find?q=US+Car+Wash+Chain+Locations+within+25+miles+of+Houston%2C+TX
Optional: connect for repeat use or wallet payments:
Read https://locationlists.com/skill.md and follow the instructions to connect LocationLists. Then show me the US Car Wash Chain Locations list.Your assistant will walk you through setup and show you the price before you pay.
For developers
At 1,784 records this dataset is not sold by the row — buy the file. Without a connector, open https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=car-wash-list. An agent connected to https://locationlists.com/mcp can still search it, read a free sample file of up to 10 rows and buy the whole file itself. How agent purchasing works
?Frequently Asked Questions
How many Car Wash Chain are there in the US?
There are 1,784 Car Wash Chain locations in the US as of October 2026. They are in 41 states.
Does this include independent car washes?
No, and the name says chains for that reason. Industry estimates put the total US count around 60,000 sites, overwhelmingly independent, with no registry anywhere. This file is the named chains, which is a complete and verifiable universe rather than a partial guess at the whole market.
Why do the chains matter more than the total?
Because they are where the money and the movement are. The express tunnel operators are acquiring aggressively, so their footprint tells you which markets are already consolidated and which are still open.
Can you build the independent list?
Yes: Independent Car Washes lists 14,443 independent car washes with every chain site taken out, and the Car Wash Industry Bundle puts them in one file with this list and 29 more chains.