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Dr. Gleem Auto Salon

Dr. Gleem Auto Salon is a 4-location full service chain operating across 1 US state. Customer ratings have drifted from 4.92★ to 4.27★ since 2024-07, surfacing as a chain-wide signal in 4,810 AI-extracted reviews.

Data updated · May 24, 2026

Key findings

  • 4 full service locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in Texas).
  • Weighted rating drifted from 4.92★ to 4.27★ starting 2024-07 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
  • Built from 4,810 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.

4 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume

Executive Summary auto-generated from review signals

Review-time analysis flags Dr. Gleem Auto Salon as showing an active rating drift. Rating fell from 4.92★ to 4.27★ starting 2024-07, 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.

Even with the recent drift, Staff scores +0.98 — the chain's bright spot. The full review corpus (8,067) and the AI-scored subset (4,810) together drive the per-aspect signal.

Frequently Asked Questions

About Dr. Gleem Auto Salon

How many locations does Dr. Gleem Auto Salon have?

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Dr. Gleem Auto Salon operates 4 car wash locations in Texas only.

What is the average customer rating at Dr. Gleem Auto Salon?

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Dr. Gleem Auto Salon's review-weighted average rating is 4.78★ across 8,067 Google reviews from 4 locations.

What is Dr. Gleem Auto Salon's damage rate?

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0.2% of reviewers mention damage to their vehicle at Dr. Gleem Auto Salon, based on WashIndex's LLM extraction of 4,810 reviews. The dataset-wide average across all car wash chains is roughly 1–3%.

What format of car wash is Dr. Gleem Auto Salon?

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Dr. Gleem Auto Salon is predominantly a Full Service chain, with secondary presence in Hand Wash.

What do customers like most about Dr. Gleem Auto Salon?

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Across 4,810 AI-extracted Google reviews, Dr. Gleem Auto Salon customers most often praise friendly, helpful staff, clean facilities, and the quality of the wash. The strongest signal is staff interactions, cited positively in 3,696 reviews (net sentiment +0.98 on a -1 to +1 scale). A representative review: "Marjory was very helpful and nice. Fast service and very professional."

Where does Dr. Gleem Auto Salon have the most locations?

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Dr. Gleem Auto Salon's largest state by location count is Texas with 4 sites (averaging 4.78★ across 8,067 reviews).
Locations
4
States Served
1
Total Reviews
8K
Avg Rating
4.78
Damage Rate
0.2%
See leaderboard →
Cancel Friction
0.0%
of mem-mentioning reviews
01 Trends Over Time

How have Dr. Gleem Auto Salon 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 4.92★ to 4.27★ starting 2024-07. 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 months
1,5321,14976638302024-012024-042024-072024-102025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-04

Average star rating by month

scale 1–5
1.02.03.04.05.02024-012024-042024-072024-102025-012025-042025-072025-102026-012026-04

What customers love about Dr. Gleem Auto Salon

Staff
+0.98
Facility Cleanliness
+0.96
Wash Quality
+0.94
Wait Time
+0.92
Per-Wash Price
+0.33

Where customers complain about Dr. Gleem Auto Salon

No strongly-negative aspect signals.

Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →

Operational health signals

Damage Claim Rate
0.2%
Reviewer-reported vehicle damage
Membership Mention Rate
0.5%
Share of reviews discussing the program
Cancellation Friction
0.0%
Of mem-mentioning reviews
Upsell Pressure
0.2%
Reviewer complaints about pushy sales
02 Competitive Landscape

How much competition does Dr. Gleem Auto Salon face at each site?

Trade-area competitive density at Dr. Gleem Auto Salon sites averages 10.3 car washes within 1 mile and 245.8 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.

Within 1 mile
10.3
avg · median 10
Within 1 – 3 miles
245.8
avg · median 106
Within 3 – 5 miles
178.8
avg · median 176
Markets Where Dr. Gleem Auto Salon operates

Which metros and cities does Dr. Gleem Auto Salon have locations in?

Dr. Gleem Auto Salon operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Dr. Gleem Auto Salon's position alongside every other operator.

Metros (1)
Cities (1)
Competitor set

Alternatives to Dr. Gleem Auto Salon

The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.

04 Geographic Footprint

Which states does Dr. Gleem Auto Salon operate in?

Footprint: 4 locations across 1 state. concentrated in Texas (4). Per-state rating column below is where to look for geographic attribution of the drift.

State Locations Total Reviews Avg Rating
Texas 4 8,067 4.78
05 Per-Location Drill-Down

What are the top Dr. Gleem Auto Salon 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.

Houston, TX 5803 Bellaire Blvd City › Metro ›
4.9 3,206 reviews Comp 16 / 85 / 131

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 16 (4.5★)
1 – 3 mi 85 (4.3★)
3 – 5 mi 131 (4.4★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • Bellaire Car Wash & Auto Salon 0.00 mi · 4.0★
  • EZ Oil & Brakes 0.02 mi · 4.3★
  • Expert Auto Detail 0.18 mi · 5.0★
  • Toby's Mobile Hand Car Wash 0.23 mi · 3.6★
  • Sparkle Car Wash 0.29 mi · 3.6★

Operational Signals

Damage rate 0.2%
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate 0.1%
Scored reviews 1,749
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Membership Value +1.00
  • Staff +0.99
  • Wash Quality +0.96

Monthly Review Velocity

2025-08 2026-04
Houston, TX 3103 Ella Blvd City › Metro ›
4.6 1,785 reviews Comp 7 / 730 / 265

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 7 (4.6★)
1 – 3 mi 730 (4.8★)
3 – 5 mi 265 (4.6★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • WhiteWater Express Car Wash 0.06 mi · 5.0★
  • Stop N Wash 0.15 mi · 4.0★
  • David's Auto Collision 0.21 mi · 5.0★
  • Time hand car wash 0.25 mi · 4.2★
  • Angel's Hand Carwash 0.25 mi · 4.7★

Operational Signals

Damage rate 0.4%
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate 0.9%
Scored reviews 1,080
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Equipment Working -1.00
  • Staff +0.96
  • Wait Time +0.92
  • Wash Quality +0.89

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-04
Houston, TX 3211 Cypress Creek Pkwy City › Metro ›
4.8 1,731 reviews Comp 12 / 127 / 98

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 12 (4.9★)
1 – 3 mi 127 (4.7★)
3 – 5 mi 98 (4.2★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • RV There Yet Mobile RV Detailing | RV Wash 0.43 mi · 4.8★
  • U.S. Autowash 0.51 mi · 3.8★
  • My Buddy's Mobile Detail 0.73 mi · 5.0★
  • Alvarado Mobile Detailing 0.89 mi · 5.0★
  • Prime touch auto detailing LLC 0.98 mi · 5.0★

Operational Signals

Damage rate 0.0%
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate 0.5%
Scored reviews 1,132
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Wait Time +1.00
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Membership Value +1.00
  • Staff +0.98

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-03
Houston, TX 14610 TX-249 #100 City › Metro ›
4.7 1,345 reviews Comp 6 / 41 / 221

Trade-Area Competitors

Within 1 mi 6 (3.4★)
1 – 3 mi 41 (4.5★)
3 – 5 mi 221 (4.8★)
Nearest competitors (≤ 1 mi)
  • Universal Car Wash & Lube 0.01 mi · 4.4★
  • Kroozin 249 Car Wash 0.35 mi · 2.4★
  • Car Wash 0.67 mi · 4.0★
  • Danny's Detailing Service 0.73 mi · 5.0★
  • Car Wash 0.92 mi · 1.0★

Operational Signals

Damage rate 0.4%
Cancel friction
Mem mention rate 0.9%
Scored reviews 849
Most-distinctive aspects
  • Facility Cleanliness +1.00
  • Membership Value +1.00
  • Staff +0.98
  • Wash Quality +0.91

Monthly Review Velocity

2024-01 2026-03
Cite this page

Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.

APA
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Dr. Gleem Auto Salon — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/dr-gleem-auto-salon
Chicago
WashIndex. "Dr. Gleem Auto Salon — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex. Last modified May 24, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/dr-gleem-auto-salon.
MLA
"Dr. Gleem Auto Salon — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex, May. 24, 2026, https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/dr-gleem-auto-salon.
BibTeX
@misc{washindex_car_wash_chains_dr_gleem_auto_salon_2026,
  title  = {{Dr. Gleem Auto Salon — WashIndex operator profile}},
  author = {{WashIndex}},
  year   = {2026},
  month  = {May},
  url    = {https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/dr-gleem-auto-salon},
  urldate = {2026-05-24},
}

About this profile

Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 4,810 customer reviews of Dr. Gleem Auto Salon 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. 4 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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