Carmel Car Wash
Carmel Car Wash is a 5-location full service chain operating across 1 US state. Customer ratings have drifted from 3.17★ to 2.35★ since 2025-11, surfacing as a chain-wide signal in 287 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 5 full service locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in Texas).
- Weighted rating drifted from 3.17★ to 2.35★ starting 2025-11 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 287 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
5 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Carmel Car Wash stands out among 459 tracked chains for a recent rating drop. Rating fell from 3.17★ to 2.35★ starting 2025-11, with price hike the leading complaint theme during the window. Read the monthly velocity chart alongside the rating chart — the two together usually reveal whether the drift is a quality story or a customer-mix story.
Staff is the sharpest complaint cluster (-0.36, 108 negative mentions). 287 AI-extracted reviews feed the cross-location aspect breakdown below.
Pricing varies across Carmel Car Wash's footprint. Across the 5 of 5 Carmel Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $12 (range $12–$12), median unlimited membership $20 per month (range $20 to $20 per month) — remarkably consistent across markets on the membership side. Cheapest tier tracked at any Carmel Car Wash: $20 per month at Carmel Car Wash (Wash).
How much does a Carmel Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Carmel Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 5 of 5 tracked locations have usable published pricing (100% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Carmel Car Wash | ||
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| 1 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $20 per mo |
| 2 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $20 per mo |
| 3 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $20 per mo |
| 4 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $20 per mo |
| 5 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $20 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Carmel Car Wash | ||
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| 1 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 2 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 3 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 4 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 5 | Carmel Car Wash Wash | $12 |
Pricing scraped from operator websites where published; the WashIndex AI calling agent rings up locations that don’t publish menus online to capture pricing directly.
About Carmel Car Wash
How many locations does Carmel Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Carmel Car Wash?
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What is Carmel Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Carmel Car Wash?
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What are common complaints about Carmel Car Wash?
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Where does Carmel Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Carmel Car Wash membership?
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How much does a Carmel Car Wash car wash cost?
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How much does a Carmel Car Wash unlimited membership cost?
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Where can I find the cheapest Carmel Car Wash membership?
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How have Carmel Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
The trends chart below is the section to read first for a chain in active drift. The rating fell from 3.17★ to 2.35★ starting 2025-11. Watch for whether monthly review volume tracks alongside the rating drop (indicating customer-mix shift) or stays steady (indicating operating-quality shift).
Monthly review volume
27 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Carmel Car Wash
No strongly-positive aspect signals.
Where customers complain about Carmel Car Wash
- Equipment Working
- -0.80
- Staff
- -0.36
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.36
- Wash Quality
- -0.26
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Carmel Car Wash face at each site?
6.8 competing car washes within 1 mile of the average Carmel Car Wash site; 82.2 within 3 miles. Competitive density compounds the impact of any quality drift — there are alternatives within driving distance.
Per-site competitor counts use haversine distance against the WashIndex location index; sister sites in the same chain are excluded.
What amenities do customers mention at Carmel Car Wash?
Amenity mentions across 287 reviews. The amenities cited most often in the drift window often differ from the chain's all-time pattern.
Which metros and cities does Carmel Car Wash have locations in?
Carmel Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Carmel Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Which states does Carmel Car Wash operate in?
Carmel Car Wash's 5-location footprint spans 1 state; concentrated in Texas (5). The drift may or may not be uniform across the footprint — the state-level breakdown below is the first cut on geographic attribution.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Texas | 5 | 2,654 | 3.75 |
What are the top Carmel Car Wash locations by review volume?
All 5 Carmel Car Wash locations below. Expand any row for the site's monthly velocity, competitor rings, and aspect-level signals — useful for attributing the drift.
3.9 973 reviews 4 / 35 / 113
Trade-Area Competitors
- Car Wash 0.34 mi · 3.1★
- Detailed By Robby 0.39 mi · 5.0★
- Garage Of Texas: Auto Detailing 0.54 mi
- IDetail Rides Mobile Wash 0.98 mi · 4.8★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Equipment Working -0.60
- Per-Wash Price -0.58
- Wait Time +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
3.4 557 reviews 6 / 53 / 65
Trade-Area Competitors
- Frisco Finish - Mobile Car Detailing 0.70 mi · 5.0★
- SteamyBros 0.76 mi · 5.0★
- Legacy Luxury Detail 0.77 mi
- DLR Detailing 0.89 mi
- Tuner Goods LLC 0.95 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness -1.00
- Membership Value -1.00
- Staff -0.60
Monthly Review Velocity
4.0 522 reviews 10 / 241 / 135
Trade-Area Competitors
- Pride auto detailing 0.14 mi · 5.0★
- Sipriano`s Auto Detailing 0.75 mi
- Castros Royal Detailing 0.75 mi
- GZ Shine Mobile Detailing 0.75 mi
- CunasCarCare 0.75 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.40
- Wash Quality -0.32
- Staff +0.14
Monthly Review Velocity
3.6 503 reviews 11 / 22 / 31
Trade-Area Competitors
- Rockwash Car Wash 0.12 mi · 2.6★
- Car Wash Self Service 0.13 mi · 2.5★
- Shell 0.27 mi · 2.1★
- Toyota of Rockwall Service Center 0.30 mi · 3.7★
- Orchid Tint & Design 0.41 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.80
- Wait Time -0.67
- Staff -0.63
Monthly Review Velocity
3.7 99 reviews 3 / 60 / 162
Trade-Area Competitors
- Shammy's Car Wash (Forest Ln. Central) - Dallas, TX 0.34 mi · 5.0★
- Detail Express Wash 0.34 mi · 2.3★
- Ceramic Shield Detailers 0.92 mi
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wait Time +0.71
- Equipment Working -0.33
- Membership Value +0.20
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Carmel Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/carmel-car-wash
WashIndex. "Carmel Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex. Last modified May 24, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/carmel-car-wash.
"Carmel Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex, May. 24, 2026, https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/carmel-car-wash.
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 287 customer reviews of Carmel Car Wash locations, processed through WashIndex’s 55-field LLM extraction pipeline. Competitor counts within 1 / 3 / 5 mi rings are computed by haversine distance against the WashIndex location index across the chain’s states and immediately adjacent ones (sister sites in the same chain are excluded). Monthly review and rating trends are pulled from the raw Google Maps review feed. 0 spam-flagged reviews were excluded from the aggregates.
See our full methodology for the extraction pipeline, validation samples, and aggregation logic. Term definitions in the glossary.
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