Emmett Car Wash
Emmett Car Wash is a 6-location self-serve bay chain operating across 1 US state. The chain's weighted rating fell 0.51 stars (3.76★ → 3.25★) starting 2024-11.
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 6 self-serve bay locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in Idaho).
- Weighted rating drifted from 3.76★ to 3.25★ starting 2024-11 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 184 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
6 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Emmett Car Wash is in a measurable rating drift. Rating fell from 3.76★ to 3.25★ starting 2024-11, with broken equipment 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, Wash quality scores +0.18 — the chain's bright spot. Equipment reliability runs sharply negative (-0.37) and is the most-likely contributor to the drift. 184 AI-extracted reviews feed the cross-location aspect breakdown below.
About Emmett Car Wash
How many locations does Emmett Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Emmett Car Wash?
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What is Emmett Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Emmett Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Emmett Car Wash?
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What are common complaints about Emmett Car Wash?
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Where does Emmett Car Wash have the most locations?
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How have Emmett 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 3.76★ to 3.25★ starting 2024-11. 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
28 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Emmett Car Wash
- Facility Cleanliness
- +0.50
- Wash Quality
- +0.18
Where customers complain about Emmett Car Wash
- Equipment Working
- -0.37
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.16
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
How much competition does Emmett Car Wash face at each site?
14.0 competing car washes within 1 mile of the average Emmett Car Wash site; 46.5 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 Emmett Car Wash?
Amenity mentions across 184 reviews. The amenities cited most often in the drift window often differ from the chain's all-time pattern.
Which metros and cities does Emmett Car Wash have locations in?
Emmett Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Emmett Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Emmett Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Emmett Car Wash operate in?
1 state; concentrated in Idaho (6). Useful context for the drift — whether the rating drop is happening everywhere or concentrated in specific markets.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 6 | 1,216 | 3.66 |
What are the top Emmett Car Wash locations by review volume?
Per-location drill-down — useful for attributing the drift to specific sites. All 6 locations shown. Expand any row to see per-site monthly velocity and aspect breakdown.
3.9 476 reviews 2 / 75 / 111
Trade-Area Competitors
- Dayley Auto Detail 0.18 mi · 5.0★
- Coconut Detail 0.95 mi · 4.7★
Operational Signals
- Staff +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +0.75
- Equipment Working -0.43
- Wash Quality +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
3.8 346 reviews 10 / 43 / 30
Trade-Area Competitors
- Allstar Auto Detailing 0.25 mi · 5.0★
- The Detail Doctors 0.25 mi · 4.9★
- Envy Auto Detail 0.25 mi · 5.0★
- Dr S Mobile Car Wash Auto Detail 0.30 mi
- Idaho Express Detail: Mobile Car Detailing & Ceramic Coatings 0.37 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time -1.00
- Staff +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +0.33
- Equipment Working -0.31
Monthly Review Velocity
3.6 165 reviews 20 / 78 / 45
Trade-Area Competitors
- Supreme Clean Car Wash 0.69 mi · 3.6★
- BJ'S Mobile Car Wash & Detailing,LLC 0.77 mi · 5.0★
- Aura&shine auto detailing 0.77 mi
- Gemstar Auto Detailing Boise Car Detailing 0.77 mi
- Diamond Tough Detailing 0.77 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Membership Value -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +0.67
- Per-Wash Price -0.60
Monthly Review Velocity
Emmett, ID 116 W 4th St 4.0 88 reviews 2 / 1 / 1
Trade-Area Competitors
- Car Tube 0.00 mi · 4.1★
- Car Wash 0.70 mi · 4.0★
Operational Signals
- Per-Wash Price -1.00
- Wait Time -1.00
- Staff -1.00
- Equipment Working -1.00
Monthly Review Velocity
3.9 86 reviews 45 / 66 / 84
Trade-Area Competitors
- Polished Perfection Auto Detailing 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- Foothills Auto Detailing 0.31 mi
- Mobile Auto Spa 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- QuikSpit Auto Detailing 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- LGS Mobile Detailing LLC 0.31 mi
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Wash Quality -0.11
Monthly Review Velocity
Caldwell, ID 2800 Cleveland Blvd — 55 reviews 5 / 16 / 11
Trade-Area Competitors
- Car Wash 0.06 mi
- O'Dells Detailing 0.64 mi · 4.8★
- Turbo Auto Detail 0.71 mi
- Cobblestone Car Wash 0.89 mi · 4.3★
- Bluebird Truck Wash 0.99 mi · 4.3★
Operational Signals
Monthly Review Velocity
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 184 customer reviews of Emmett 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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