Top 6 Car Wash Chains in Champaign
Champaign-Urbana, IL
Data updated · May 22, 2026
The largest car wash operators in the Champaign metro by location count, drawn from 97 car washes across the Champaign-Urbana, IL CBSA. 6 chain operators total alongside 89 independent or single-location sites.
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Circle K
2 sites in Champaign · 128 reviews - Full profile🥈2
Rainstorm Car Wash
2 sites in Champaign · 745 reviews - Full profile🥉3
Crew Carwash
1 site in Champaign · 34 reviews - 4
Super Wash
1 site in Champaign · 66 reviews - Full profile5
Smitty's Car Wash
1 site in Champaign · 570 reviews · 4.70 - 6
Phillips 66
1 site in Champaign · 87 reviews
The Champaign car wash chain landscape is moderately concentrated, with the top-3 chains (Circle K, Rainstorm Car Wash, Crew Carwash) holding 62.5% of chain-affiliated locations. Across the full metro, 91.8% of all car washes operate as independents or single-location operators (89 of 97 sites) — an independent-heavy market where chains haven't pushed mom-and-pop competition out.
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About this ranking
Chains ranked by total location count inside the Champaign-Urbana, IL CBSA, computed from a point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024). Each chain is identified via the WashIndex per-location chain assignment.
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