Clear Water Car Wash
Clear Water Car Wash operates 4 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state, anchored in California (4 sites). Customer ratings have drifted from 4.43★ to 4.05★ since 2025-07, surfacing as a chain-wide signal in 86 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 4 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in California).
- Weighted rating drifted from 4.43★ to 4.05★ starting 2025-07 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 86 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
4 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Review-time analysis flags Clear Water Car Wash as showing an active rating drift. Rating fell from 4.43★ to 4.05★ starting 2025-07, with refund the leading complaint theme during the window. Operator-level drift analysis like this isn't something an individual Google Maps listing can surface.
86 AI-extracted reviews feed the cross-location aspect breakdown below.
Pricing varies across Clear Water Car Wash's footprint. Across the 4 of 4 Clear Water Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $4 (range $4–$4) — remarkably consistent across markets.
How much does a Clear Water Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Clear Water Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 4 of 4 tracked locations have usable published pricing (100% coverage).
| Cheapest single car washes in Clear Water Car Wash | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clearwater Car Wash Wash | $4 |
| 2 | Clear Water Car Wash Wash | $4 |
| 3 | Clear Water Car Wash Wash | $4 |
| 4 | Clear Water Car Wash Wash | $4 |
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 Clear Water Car Wash
How many locations does Clear Water Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Clear Water Car Wash?
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What format of car wash is Clear Water Car Wash?
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Where does Clear Water Car Wash have the most locations?
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How much does a Clear Water Car Wash car wash cost?
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How have Clear Water 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 4.43★ to 4.05★ starting 2025-07. 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
28 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Clear Water Car Wash
- Wash Quality
- +0.82
Where customers complain about Clear Water Car Wash
No strongly-negative aspect signals.
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Clear Water Car Wash face at each site?
Trade-area competitive density at Clear Water Car Wash sites averages 13.5 car washes within 1 mile and 34.3 within 3. In a drift scenario, dense competitive sets accelerate customer-switching when quality slips.
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 Clear Water Car Wash?
Amenity mentions across 86 reviews. The amenities cited most often in the drift window often differ from the chain's all-time pattern.
Which metros and cities does Clear Water Car Wash have locations in?
Clear Water Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Clear Water Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Clear Water Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Clear Water Car Wash operate in?
Footprint: 4 locations across 1 state. concentrated in California (4). Per-state rating column below is where to look for geographic attribution of the drift.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 4 | 860 | 4.31 |
What are the top Clear Water Car Wash locations by review volume?
The per-location table is the most useful section for diagnosing chain-wide drift. Each row carries the site's own rating trajectory; the chain-wide drift may concentrate in just a handful of sites.
South San Francisco, CA 227 Hillside Blvd 4.4 350 reviews 9 / 42 / 62
Trade-Area Competitors
- A&D Auto Detailing 0.30 mi · 4.4★
- SBL Auto Detailing 0.33 mi · 4.8★
- Medina’sDetailing 0.51 mi
- Speedy Wash 0.71 mi · 1.8★
- G & S Truck Wash 0.72 mi · 4.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.82
- Equipment Working +0.78
- Per-Wash Price +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
4.3 245 reviews 20 / 28 / 44
Trade-Area Competitors
- The Detail Freak Mobile Detailing & Car Wash of Redwood City 0.39 mi · 5.0★
- Ducky's Express @ Chevron Redwood City 0.47 mi · 5.0★
- Chevron ExtraMileRedwood City 0.47 mi · 2.6★
- Car Wash | Chevron 0.48 mi · 3.3★
- Mobile Fresh detail 0.51 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Wash Quality +1.00
- Staff +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Per-Wash Price +0.43
Monthly Review Velocity
4.4 135 reviews 12 / 30 / 31
Trade-Area Competitors
- Mountain View Car Wash 0.00 mi
- Stierlin Auto Wash 0.00 mi · 4.4★
- Car Wash 0.33 mi · 3.4★
- Valero 0.34 mi · 3.7★
- Crash Champions Collision Repair Mtn View Moffett 0.34 mi · 4.8★
Operational Signals
- Staff +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.91
- Facility Cleanliness +0.60
- Equipment Working +0.56
Monthly Review Velocity
4.0 130 reviews 13 / 37 / 59
Trade-Area Competitors
- Hillsdale At 101 Car Wash 0.00 mi · 2.0★
- San Mateo Car Wash 0.08 mi · 4.3★
- Shell 0.41 mi · 3.2★
- Shell Car Wash 0.43 mi · 3.0★
- Belmont elite shine 0.43 mi
Operational Signals
- Per-Wash Price -1.00
- Wait Time +1.00
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +0.50
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Clear Water Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/clear-water-car-wash
WashIndex. "Clear Water Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex. Last modified May 24, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/clear-water-car-wash.
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 86 customer reviews of Clear Water 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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