Top 5 Car Wash Chains in Burlington
The largest car wash chain in Burlington, VT is Champ Touchless Car Wash with 3 locations (4.20★), followed by Shell (2) and Seaway Car Wash (2), across 5 chain operators tracked in the metro.
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
Data updated · May 22, 2026
Burlington's car wash chain market is concentrated in a top-3 oligopoly. Top 3 operators (Champ Touchless Car Wash, Shell, Seaway Car Wash) account for 70.0% of chain supply — well above the typical US-metro level. The ranked list below shows the full top 5; per-chain quality numbers tell you which oligopoly member is best operationally.
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Champ Touchless Car Wash
3 sites in Burlington · 365 reviews - 🥈2
Shell
2 sites in Burlington · 43 reviews - 🥉3
Seaway Car Wash
2 sites in Burlington · 371 reviews - Full profile4
Splash Car Wash Express
2 sites in Burlington · 1,502 reviews · 4.22 - 5
Stewart's Shops
1 site in Burlington · 95 reviews
The Burlington car wash chain landscape is consolidated around a top-3 oligopoly (Champ Touchless Car Wash, Shell, Seaway Car Wash) that together control 70.0% of chain-affiliated locations. Across the full metro, 88.0% of all car washes operate as independents or single-location operators (73 of 83 sites) — an independent-heavy market where chains haven't pushed mom-and-pop competition out.
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About this ranking
The Burlington-South Burlington, VT CBSA hosts 5 chains; ranked here by location count. Ties broken by total review volume.
See the full Burlington car wash market analysis for every car wash, format mix, customer-experience signals, and county breakdown.