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The 5 Best Car Washes in Long Beach, CA

The highest-rated car wash in Long Beach, CA is Gateway Express Car Wash at 4.4★ across 1,050 Google reviews, followed by Circle Marina Speedwash (4.4★) and Pacific Express Wash (4.4★). Rankings cover Long Beach, CA car washes with at least 30 Google reviews.

Part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA car wash market.

Data updated · May 20, 2026

The best-rated car wash in Long Beach, CA runs meaningfully ahead of the next tier. Gateway Express Car Wash carries 4.4★ across 1,050 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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    Gateway Express Car Wash

    4141 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815

    4.4
    1,050 reviews
    Express Tunnel $132K AGI ZIP
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    Circle Marina Speedwash

    4800 CA-1, Long Beach, CA 90804

    4.4
    724 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Roscoe Speedwash $59K AGI ZIP
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    Pacific Express Wash

    130 W Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA 90813

    4.4
    358 reviews
    Express Tunnel $42K AGI ZIP
  4. 4

    Surf N' Shine Express Car Wash

    7685 E Carson St, Long Beach, CA 90808

    4.4
    145 reviews
    Express Tunnel $118K AGI ZIP
  5. 5

    76

    3495 E South St, Long Beach, CA 90805

    4.0
    77 reviews
    In-Bay Automatic Chain · 76 $50K AGI ZIP
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What is the best-rated car wash in Long Beach, CA?

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Gateway Express Car Wash is the highest-rated car wash in Long Beach, CA at 4.4★ across 1,050 Google reviews. The location is at 4141 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90815.

What are the top 5 car washes in Long Beach, CA?

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Ranked by Google review rating (filtering to locations with at least 30 reviews): 1. Gateway Express Car Wash (4.4★, 1,050 reviews); 2. Circle Marina Speedwash (4.4★, 724 reviews); 3. Pacific Express Wash (4.4★, 358 reviews); 4. Surf N' Shine Express Car Wash (4.4★, 145 reviews); 5. 76 (4.0★, 77 reviews).

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

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WashIndex ranks Long Beach, CA 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

Ranking restricts to LLM-classified car wash formats with at least 30 Google reviews. Gateway Express Car Wash's 0.40-star lead over the rest of the top 5 is large enough that small rating movements won't change the #1 position. Ties broken by review count.

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