Car Wash Marketing Tips

Including full-service car washes, conveyor car washes, self-serve car washes and in-bay automatic car washes, there are approximately 113,000 car washes operating in the United States. The car wash industry employs 350,000 people throughout the country and generates around $5.8 billion in revenue annually. Even though an increasing number of investors, gas and convenience stores are entering the car was industry, independent entrepreneurs still own 90 percent of car washes in operation.