Top 9 Car Wash Chains in Chico
Chico, CA
Data updated · May 22, 2026
The largest car wash operators in the Chico metro by location count, drawn from 106 car washes across the Chico, CA CBSA. 9 chain operators total alongside 95 independent or single-location sites.
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Surf Thru Express Car Wash
3 sites in Chico · 1,162 reviews · 4.03 - 🥈2
Spotless Reflections
1 site in Chico · 30 reviews - 🥉3
Circle K
1 site in Chico · 13 reviews - 4
Valero
1 site in Chico · 124 reviews - 5
Power Market
1 site in Chico · 191 reviews - 6
Chevron
1 site in Chico · 50 reviews - 7
Oil Changers & Car Wash
1 site in Chico · 877 reviews · 4.60 - 8
Sinclair
1 site in Chico · 12 reviews - 9
Stealth Window Tint In Chico
1 site in Chico · 321 reviews
The Chico car wash chain landscape is moderately concentrated, with the top-3 chains (Surf Thru Express Car Wash, Spotless Reflections, Circle K) holding 45.5% of chain-affiliated locations. Across the full metro, 89.6% of all car washes operate as independents or single-location operators (95 of 106 sites) — an independent-heavy market where chains haven't pushed mom-and-pop competition out.
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Chains ranked by total location count inside the Chico, CA 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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