Mako Express Car Wash
Mako Express Car Wash is a 4-location express tunnel chain operating across 2 US states. Its 4.93★ weighted Google rating sits above the 4.31★ chain-category median, paired with a 1.2% reviewer-reported damage rate (2.0× below peer median).
Data updated · May 24, 2026
Key findings
- 4 express tunnel locations across 2 US states (largest footprint in South Carolina).
- 4.93★ weighted Google rating with 1.2% damage rate — both above chain-category norms.
- Built from 752 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
4 locations across 2 states · dot size scales with review volume
Mako Express Car Wash ranks among the strongest operators in the chain-category dataset by customer-quality signals. Weighted rating 4.93★ across 913 customer reviews; damage rate 1.2% (2.0× below peer median of 2.4%). The aspect grid below decomposes the quality story — which specific dimensions of the experience drive the consistent above-norm rating.
Staff runs at +0.96 — the strongest aspect across the chain's footprint. Aspect grid and per-location detail below show how widely the chain's quality holds up across its footprint.
About Mako Express Car Wash
How many locations does Mako Express Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Mako Express Car Wash?
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What is Mako Express Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Mako Express Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Mako Express Car Wash?
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Where does Mako Express Car Wash have the most locations?
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How easy is it to cancel a Mako Express Car Wash membership?
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How have Mako Express Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
For a chain in the high-quality tier, the trends chart tests whether the quality is durable. 17 months of monthly data; rating + volume side by side below.
Monthly review volume
17 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Mako Express Car Wash
- Facility Cleanliness
- +1.00
- Staff
- +0.96
- Wash Quality
- +0.93
- Membership Value
- +0.85
- Per-Wash Price
- +0.74
- Equipment Working
- +0.53
Where customers complain about Mako Express 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 Mako Express Car Wash face at each site?
Trade-area density: 2.8 avg competitors within 1 mile. For a chain in the high-quality tier, sustained ratings against this level of competition is a meaningful signal.
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 Mako Express Car Wash?
Amenities that Mako Express Car Wash customers cite most. For a high-quality chain, the amenity mix typically aligns with the format — the breakdown below tests that.
Which metros and cities does Mako Express Car Wash have locations in?
Mako Express Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Mako Express Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Mako Express Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Mako Express Car Wash operate in?
Footprint: 4 locations across 2 states. anchored in South Carolina (3) and North Carolina (1). Quality leaders typically hold their rating consistently across geographies; per-state breakdown below.
| State | Locations | Total Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| South Carolina | 3 | 808 | 4.94 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 105 | 4.90 |
What are the top Mako Express Car Wash locations by review volume?
Each row below shows a Mako Express Car Wash location's own rating, damage signal, competitor density, and aspect-level pattern. Useful for confirming the chain-wide quality story.
5.0 424 reviews 2 / 5 / 26
Trade-Area Competitors
- CAMPUS CARWASH 0.42 mi
- Sudz Car/ RV Wash 0.80 mi · 3.7★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Equipment Working +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.99
Monthly Review Velocity
4.9 327 reviews 0 / 18 / 34
Trade-Area Competitors
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.96
- Membership Value +0.96
- Wash Quality +0.91
Monthly Review Velocity
4.9 105 reviews 8 / 38 / 70
Trade-Area Competitors
- ST detailing 0.26 mi · 5.0★
- Gemma Detailing | Mobile Professional Detail 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- All About Dents ILM 0.65 mi · 4.6★
- Gurgainous Mobile Detailing 0.67 mi · 5.0★
- High Tide Detailing LLC 0.67 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.92
- Wash Quality +0.92
- Per-Wash Price +0.67
Monthly Review Velocity
Little River, SC 2311 Hwy 9 E 4.7 57 reviews 1 / 4 / 23
Trade-Area Competitors
- Gordon’s Elite Detailing & Ceramic Coatings 0.21 mi · 5.0★
Operational Signals
- Membership Value +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.86
- Staff +0.82
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-05-24. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 24). Mako Express Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/mako-express-car-wash
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 752 customer reviews of Mako Express 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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