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The 5 Best Car Washes in Kalamazoo, MI

The highest-rated car wash in Kalamazoo, MI is Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc. at 4.6★ across 598 Google reviews, followed by Milwood Auto Wash (4.5★) and Bob & Kay's Auto Wash (4.2★). Rankings cover Kalamazoo, MI car washes with at least 30 Google reviews.

Part of the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI car wash market.

Data updated · May 22, 2026

Among Kalamazoo, MI's tracked car washes, one operator pulls ahead on customer rating. Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc. carries 4.6★ across 598 Google reviews — a 0.40-star gap above the next ranked locations. Tied ratings break to the location with more reviews.

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    Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc.

    6775 W Main St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009

    4.6
    598 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc. $105K AGI ZIP
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    Milwood Auto Wash

    1617 Dorchester Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49001

    4.5
    113 reviews
    Full Service $48K AGI ZIP
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    Bob & Kay's Auto Wash

    5680 Stadium Dr, Kalamazoo, MI 49009

    4.2
    337 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Bob & Kay's Auto Wash $105K AGI ZIP
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    Xtreme Clean Auto Wash

    6670 W Main St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009

    4.2
    227 reviews
    In-Bay Automatic Chain · Xtreme Clean Auto Wash $105K AGI ZIP
  5. 5

    Phillips 66

    3320 Ravine Rd, Kalamazoo, MI 49006

    4.2
    212 reviews
    In-Bay Automatic Chain · Phillips 66 $56K AGI ZIP
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About Kalamazoo, MI

What is the best-rated car wash in Kalamazoo, MI?

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Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc. is the highest-rated car wash in Kalamazoo, MI at 4.6★ across 598 Google reviews. The location is at 6775 W Main St, Kalamazoo, MI 49009.

What are the top 5 car washes in Kalamazoo, MI?

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Ranked by Google review rating (filtering to locations with at least 30 reviews): 1. Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc. (4.6★, 598 reviews); 2. Milwood Auto Wash (4.5★, 113 reviews); 3. Bob & Kay's Auto Wash (4.2★, 337 reviews); 4. Xtreme Clean Auto Wash (4.2★, 227 reviews); 5. Phillips 66 (4.2★, 212 reviews).

How is the "best" car wash determined in this list?

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WashIndex ranks Kalamazoo, MI car washes by their Google review rating, restricted to locations with at least 30 customer reviews so that small-sample outliers don't surface. Where ratings tie, the location with more reviews wins. The pool is restricted to the LLM-classified car-wash formats that actually wash vehicles on site — Express Tunnel, Full Service, In-Bay Automatic, Self-Serve Bay and Hand Wash — so that detailing/tint shops, car dealerships and gas stations with attached washes don't crowd out the actual car-wash operators.

About this ranking

Ranked by Google review rating across 23 LLM-classified Kalamazoo car washes; sites with fewer than 30 reviews are excluded. The clear leader at the top runs well above the next tier.

Ric & Stan's Carwash Inc.'s lead at the top is durable, but the rest of the market matters too. The full Kalamazoo, MI market analysis covers operator concentration, format mix, and per-aspect customer reads. Full Kalamazoo, MI analysis › · Methodology ›

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