# Independent Car Washes — U.S. & Puerto Rico location dataset

All 14,443 locations in U.S. & Puerto Rico, as one CSV: 27 fields per record, 52 states, file built October 2, 2026. $49 one-time, with up to 10 real rows free before you buy.

Canonical URL: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-car-wash-list

14,443 independent car washes across all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico: express tunnels, full-service and hand washes, self-serve bays and in-bay automatics that trade under their own name. Texas (1,581), California (1,527) and Florida (928) have the most, then Illinois (726) and Michigan (671). The list starts from Overture Maps place data for car washes. Taken out: 4,909 places at the same location as a site in one of our car wash chain lists; 1,873 named for a car wash chain (including Take 5, El Car Wash and Delta Sonic, which we hold no list for), a fuel or convenience-store brand, or an oil-change chain; 314 on a chain's own website; 478 rows of regional chains with 25 or more sites; 2,190 businesses that are not a car wash site (dealership service departments, detail-only shops, mobile detailers, truck, fleet and pet washes, laundromats, pressure-washing contractors); 2,455 with no street address or no wash word in the name or website; and 2,737 repeat listings of one place. Detailing shops filed as detailers are not in the file: they have no wash site. The locationsWithSameName column marks the 9,126 car washes that are the only row with their name. storeType says Express / tunnel (1,128), Full-service / hand wash (1,369), Self-serve (217) or Touchless / in-bay automatic (244) where the name says so. Phone is filled on 94.3% of rows, Facebook page on 80.2%, website on 70.2% and email on 38.4%.

## The figures

- Records: 14,443 locations
- States: 52
- Coverage: U.S. & Puerto Rico
- Fields: 27
- Price: $49 one-time, CSV download, commercial license (https://locationlists.com/license)
- Snapshot built on October 2, 2026. Not rebuilt on a schedule.
- File last modified: 2026-10-03

The file has all 14,443 locations across 52 states in one download. Building the same list by searching one area at a time tends to miss places, and a missed place looks like a gap in coverage that is not really there.

## Fields

- `name`: Business name
- `address`: Street address
- `city`: City
- `state`: Two-letter state code (DC and PR included)
- `zip`: ZIP code
- `country`: Country code (US)
- `phone`: Business phone number
- `website`: Business website, where one is listed
- `email`: Business email, where one is listed
- `facebook`: Business Facebook page, where listed
- `latitude`: GPS latitude
- `longitude`: GPS longitude
- `storeType`: Express / tunnel, Full-service / hand wash, Self-serve or Touchless / in-bay automatic when the name says so; Car wash otherwise
- `overtureCategory`: The place category the row was selected from (car_wash)
- `overtureConfidence`: Overture's confidence that the place exists, 0 to 1
- `overtureBrand`: The brand Overture tags the place with, where it has one
- `locationsWithSameName`: How many rows in the file share this business's name; 1 for a car wash that is the only one with its name
- `overtureId`: Overture Maps place id, for joining to other Overture data
- `overtureSources`: The map data sources Overture built the place from
- `overtureUpdated`: When the place was last updated in Overture
- `overtureRelease`: The Overture Maps release the row came from
- `geo_precision`: How the coordinates were arrived at: Overture's own point (source), a geocode of the street address, or the ZIP's centre
- `county`: County name
- `county_fips`: Five-digit county FIPS code
- `county_note`: Set when the ZIP code spans more than one county
- `address_quality`: complete, no_house_number, po_box, missing_city_or_zip or missing
- `zip4`: ZIP+4 add-on, where known

## Ask this list a question with a link

No connector and no account; each link answers with the matching count, preview rows and the price for just that part.

- [Only Texas, the state with the most](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list&state=TX)
- [Within 25 miles of New York, NY, the busiest area](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list&near=New+York+NY&radius=25)
- [Within a 30-minute drive of New York, NY](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list&near=New+York+NY&drive=30)
- [Only rows where locationsWithSameName is over 1](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list&where=locationsWithSameName%3Agt%3A1)
- [Every Car Washes & EV Charging list combined, within 25 miles of Huntington Park, CA](https://locationlists.com/find?category=auto-services&near=Huntington+Park+CA&radius=25)
- [Each one's nearest OEM-Certified Collision Repair Centers, in Texas, with miles](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list&state=TX&relate=nearest&k=1&b.dataset=collision-repair-shop-list&b.state=TX)
- [The whole list: add a city, state, ZIP code or distance](https://locationlists.com/find?dataset=independent-car-wash-list)

## The same dataset, for machines

- Record as JSON: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-car-wash-list/dataset.json
- Free sample, up to 10 real rows: https://locationlists.com/data/independent-car-wash-list/sample.csv or https://locationlists.com/data/independent-car-wash-list/sample.json
- Buy link (opens Stripe Checkout): https://locationlists.com/data/independent-car-wash-list/buy

## Questions

### What counts as an independent car wash here?

A car wash site that trades under its own name and is not a site of a chain. Every place at the same location as a site in one of our car wash chain lists is taken out, along with places named for a car wash chain, a fuel or convenience-store brand (a Circle K or Shell wash is part of a fuel station), places on a chain's own website, and any operator with 25 or more sites under one name.

### Are detailers and mobile washes included?

No. Detail-only shops, ceramic-coating and tint studios and mobile detailers or mobile washes are taken out: they have no wash site. A business whose name says it is a car wash and also details, such as a hand wash and detail center, stays.

### How do I keep only single-site car washes?

Keep the rows where locationsWithSameName is 1: 9,126 car washes. The other 5,317 rows share a name with at least one other row. A shared name is not always one owner: names such as Express Car Wash repeat across states.

### Where does the data come from?

Overture Maps place data (release 2026-08-19): the car wash category, checked against our 30 car wash chain lists. Each row keeps its Overture place id, sources and last-updated date.

### How current is it?

Snapshot built on October 2, 2026. It is a one-time snapshot and is not rebuilt on a schedule.