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The 5 Best Car Washes in Portsmouth, VA

Part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC car wash market.

Data updated · May 22, 2026

Ranked by Google review rating across 9 car washes identified by WashIndex's LLM classifier in Portsmouth, VA, with each location requiring at least 30 customer reviews to qualify (so small-sample outliers don't surface).

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    In & Out Detailing/Carpet Cleaning LLC

    3605 Dartmouth St, Portsmouth, VA 23707

    5.0
    80 reviews
    Detail Shop $50K AGI ZIP
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    The RipTide Car Wash

    3335 Victory Blvd, Portsmouth, VA 23701

    4.6
    165 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · The RipTide Car Wash $52K AGI ZIP
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    Green Clean Express Auto Wash

    4620 George Washington Hwy, Portsmouth, VA 23702

    4.5
    284 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Green Clean Express Auto Wash $41K AGI ZIP
  4. 4

    Green Clean Express Auto Wash

    3011 Turnpike Rd, Portsmouth, VA 23701

    4.5
    95 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Green Clean Express Auto Wash $52K AGI ZIP
  5. 5

    Green Clean Express Auto Wash

    5820 High St W, Portsmouth, VA 23703

    4.3
    198 reviews
    Express Tunnel Chain · Green Clean Express Auto Wash $64K AGI ZIP
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About Portsmouth, VA

What is the best-rated car wash in Portsmouth, VA?

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In & Out Detailing/Carpet Cleaning LLC is the highest-rated car wash in Portsmouth, VA at 5.0★ across 80 Google reviews. The location is at 3605 Dartmouth St, Portsmouth, VA 23707.

What are the top 5 car washes in Portsmouth, VA?

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Ranked by Google review rating (filtering to locations with at least 30 reviews): 1. In & Out Detailing/Carpet Cleaning LLC (5.0★, 80 reviews); 2. The RipTide Car Wash (4.6★, 165 reviews); 3. Green Clean Express Auto Wash (4.5★, 284 reviews); 4. Green Clean Express Auto Wash (4.5★, 95 reviews); 5. Green Clean Express Auto Wash (4.3★, 198 reviews).

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

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WashIndex ranks Portsmouth, VA 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 further restricted to the LLM-classified car wash formats (Express Tunnel, Full Service, Detail Shop, In-Bay Automatic, Self-Serve Bay) so that 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 LLM-classified car washes in Portsmouth, VA. Locations with fewer than 30 reviews are excluded to keep small-sample noise out of the ranking. Ties broken by review count. Dealerships, gas stations, and other auto-related businesses that don't primarily operate a car wash are excluded from the pool at the data-prep stage.

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