Soap Hand Car Wash
Soap Hand Car Wash is a 1-state full service operator running 4 US locations, with its largest footprint in Texas. Its weighted Google rating has slipped from 4.00★ to 3.17★ since 2026-01, a sustained decline measurable across 311 AI-extracted reviews.
Data updated · September 26, 2026
Key findings
- 4 full service locations across 1 US state (largest footprint in Texas).
- Weighted rating drifted from 4.00★ to 3.17★ starting 2026-01 — a sustained chain-wide decline.
- Built from 311 AI-extracted Google reviews scored across 55 dimensions.
4 locations across 1 states · dot size scales with review volume
Review-time analysis flags Soap Hand Car Wash as showing an active rating drift. Rating fell from 4.00★ to 3.17★ starting 2026-01, with vehicle damage 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 +0.51 — the chain's bright spot. Price runs sharply negative (-0.39) and is the most-likely contributor to the drift. 311 AI-extracted reviews feed the cross-location aspect breakdown below.
Pricing varies across Soap Hand Car Wash's footprint. Across the 3 of 4 Soap Hand Car Wash locations with published pricing: median single car wash $10 (range $10–$15) — moderate variation across markets.
How much does a Soap Hand Car Wash car wash cost?
Published menu pricing across Soap Hand Car Wash's footprint, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. Pricing varies by location. 3 of 4 tracked locations have usable published pricing (75% coverage).
| Single wash menu at Soap Hand Car Wash | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dress Bumpers and Trim | 3 locations | $10 ($10–$30) |
| 2 | Light Conditioning of Leather | 3 locations | $20 |
| 3 | Full Wheel Detail | 3 locations | $20 ($20–$30) |
| 4 | Combo Clean | 3 locations | $30 |
| 5 | Mud Detail | 3 locations | $35 ($20–$35) |
| 6 | Dog Hair Removal | 3 locations | $35 ($15–$35) |
| 7 | Enzyme Treatment | 3 locations | $50 ($30–$50) |
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 Soap Hand Car Wash
How many locations does Soap Hand Car Wash have?
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What is the average customer rating at Soap Hand Car Wash?
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What is Soap Hand Car Wash's damage rate?
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What format of car wash is Soap Hand Car Wash?
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What do customers like most about Soap Hand Car Wash?
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What are common complaints about Soap Hand Car Wash?
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Where does Soap Hand Car Wash have the most locations?
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How much does a Soap Hand Car Wash car wash cost?
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How have Soap Hand Car Wash ratings and review volume trended over time?
Monthly review velocity and rating trends are where the drift becomes visible. The series below spans 2024-01 → 2026-06 across 30 months. Peak monthly volume hit 33 in 2024-10. The rating chart shows the timing of the drop most clearly.
Monthly review volume
30 monthsAverage star rating by month
scale 1–5What customers love about Soap Hand Car Wash
- Staff
- +0.51
- Wait Time
- +0.45
- Wash Quality
- +0.37
Where customers complain about Soap Hand Car Wash
- Per-Wash Price
- -0.39
Aspect score = (pos − neg) / (pos + neg + mixed), range −1 to +1. See per-pillar leaderboards →
Operational health signals
Industry averages are review-weighted across the WashIndex chain dataset (cancellation friction over chains with 200+ membership-discussing reviews, matching the leaderboard). Lower is better for damage, cancellation friction, and upsell pressure; membership mention rate reflects program engagement. Better/worse calls appear only for chains above the leaderboards’ minimum sample sizes.
How much competition does Soap Hand Car Wash face at each site?
8.5 competing car washes within 1 mile of the average Soap Hand Car Wash site; 95.5 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.
Which metros and cities does Soap Hand Car Wash have locations in?
Soap Hand Car Wash operates across the metros and cities below. Each link drills into the WashIndex per-metro or per-city market analysis, with Soap Hand Car Wash's position alongside every other operator.
Alternatives to Soap Hand Car Wash
The chains that compete with it most directly, compared.
Which states does Soap Hand Car Wash 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 | 1,651 | 4.04 |
What are the top Soap Hand 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.
4.1 648 reviews 8 / 91 / 148
Trade-Area Competitors
- Thompsons Touch Mobile Detailing 0.31 mi · 5.0★
- Car Butler Inc 0.33 mi · 4.7★
- Shell 0.38 mi · 3.0★
- Timewise Car Wash 0.38 mi · 3.4★
- Hudson's Mobile Detailing Of Houston 0.64 mi · 4.0★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.48
- Wait Time -0.43
- Facility Cleanliness +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
3.8 567 reviews 9 / 162 / 780
Trade-Area Competitors
- Honey Farms 0.18 mi · 2.8★
- Wash n' Run 0.20 mi · 2.0★
- Mobile1 DLux Detailers 0.29 mi
- Shell 0.57 mi · 2.8★
- Timewise Car Wash 0.57 mi · 2.6★
Operational Signals
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Per-Wash Price -0.46
- Wait Time +0.33
- Staff +0.28
Monthly Review Velocity
4.1 271 reviews 6 / 70 / 191
Trade-Area Competitors
- Splash Hand Car Wash and Detail 0.27 mi · 4.4★
- GRACE SONG, INC 0.43 mi
- Wash n' Run 0.46 mi · 2.1★
- RSCWash&Detailing 0.50 mi · 5.0★
- Shell 0.92 mi · 2.2★
Operational Signals
- Equipment Working -1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Wash Quality +0.44
- Staff +0.33
Monthly Review Velocity
4.5 165 reviews 11 / 59 / 139
Trade-Area Competitors
- Timewise Car Wash 0.35 mi · 3.0★
- Shell 0.35 mi · 3.4★
- CARisma WASH 0.41 mi · 4.6★
- Mister Car Wash 0.48 mi · 3.6★
- Shell 0.68 mi · 2.6★
Operational Signals
- Wait Time +1.00
- Facility Cleanliness +1.00
- Staff +0.86
- Wash Quality +0.74
Monthly Review Velocity
Data as of 2026-09-26. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, September 26). Soap Hand Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/soap-hand-car-wash
WashIndex. "Soap Hand Car Wash — WashIndex operator profile." WashIndex. Last modified September 26, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-chains/soap-hand-car-wash.
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Every operating-quality signal on this page is derived from 311 customer reviews of Soap Hand 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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