Colorado Springs, CO Car Wash Market Analysis
Part of the Colorado Springs, CO MSA.
Data updated · September 26, 2026
24,599 Google reviews across 77 car wash locations in this chain-consolidated city market. Per-chain ratings vs. footprint, format mix, customer-experience signals across the chain-heavy market.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 77
- Chains
- 17
- lead: Quick Quack Car Wash (8)
- Avg rating
- 4.61★
- +0.20 vs MSA median
- Damage rate
- 2.2%
- 1.4× MSA norm
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 45% of classified
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 483,099
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 198,070
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 6,274
- 3.2× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.8
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 77 car wash locations operated by 17 chains and 24 independents.
- Top 10 chains control 58.4% of locations — above the 11.4% US-market median, led by Quick Quack Car Wash (8 sites).
- Built from 24,599 Google reviews, 10,932 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
77 car wash locations in Colorado Springs, CO · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Colorado Springs stands out for how much chain rollup has reshaped supply. 17 chains operate alongside 24 independents, but Quick Quack Car Wash (8 sites) accounts for the largest single concentration. Most of the quality variance below comes from chain-vs-chain differences rather than chain-vs-independent ones.
Weighted across all locations the average Google rating is 4.61★; reviewer-reported damage runs at 2.2%, and membership-cancellation friction at 7.2% of mem-discussing reviews. Aspect spread: Staff (0.89) on the positive side, equipment reliability (-0.18) on the friction side. The chain-rank table below is the most actionable section on this page.
See the best-rated car washes in Colorado Springs, CO
Ranked by Google review rating
Car wash financing in Colorado Springs, CO
Since 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 14 car-wash loans in Colorado Springs, CO worth $19.1M, at a median of $502,000 per car wash. About 42% funded brand-new or startup car washes.
FY2026 annualized from its first 6 months.
- New build / open36% · $3.3M
- Acquisition14% · $349K
- Expansion / improvement50% · $518K
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) & 504 FOIA datasets (NAICS 811192), data through 2026-03-31. See the Car Wash Lending Tracker for national figures and methodology.
About Colorado Springs, CO
How many car washes are in Colorado Springs, CO?
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What is the best-rated car wash in Colorado Springs, CO?
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Which car wash chains operate in Colorado Springs, CO?
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What is the median household income near Colorado Springs car washes?
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What is the average car wash rating in Colorado Springs, CO?
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What kinds of car washes does Colorado Springs have?
Because chain operators have consolidated supply here, format counts below skew toward the formats those chains build at scale. The lowest-rated format is usually a long-tail mix of small operators rather than a meaningful share of the market.
Highest-rated format in this market: Detail Shop at 4.92★ (28 locations). Lowest: In-Bay Automatic at 3.87★ (6 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Express Tunnel | 35 | 45.5% | 18,877 | 4.65 | 2.59% | 7.0% |
| Detail Shop | 28 | 36.4% | 2,769 | 4.92 | 0.13% | 16.7% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 8 | 10.4% | 2,335 | 4.11 | 1.20% | 12.9% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 6 | 7.8% | 618 | 3.87 | 0.00% | — |
What is the typical household income near Colorado Springs car washes?
The scatter below joins IRS Statistics-of-Income (mean AGI per return, 2022 tax year) to each car wash's ZIP. In Colorado Springs, where chains have aggressively rolled up supply, expect the densest car wash deployment in middle-to-upper-middle income ZIPs.
Pearson r between ZIP income and rating across 77 qualifying locations: -0.15 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $80K AGI/return, 4.57★.
Car wash count and quality by income tier
Blue bars: location count per tier. Orange tick marks: average Google rating (same y-axis).
| Income tier (mean AGI/return) | ZIPs | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Top Format |
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| Under $50K | 2 | 4 | 2,072 | 4.50 | Express Tunnel (2) |
| $50K – $75K | 10 | 46 | 15,236 | 4.65 | Express Tunnel (22) |
| $75K – $100K | 4 | 12 | 3,721 | 4.43 | Self-Serve Bay (4) |
| $100K – $150K | 4 | 14 | 1,702 | 4.50 | Express Tunnel (7) |
| $150K+ | 1 | 1 | 1,868 | 4.90 | Express Tunnel (1) |
Top vs. bottom tier spread: 1 sites at 4.90★ (income $150K+) vs. 4 sites at 4.50★ (income Under $50K). For Colorado Springs's consolidated chain operators, the middle-income band is where the strongest deployment density typically sits.
Who operates the most Colorado Springs car washes?
The chain rank below is the more important section of this page given Colorado Springs's consolidation. Top 10 operators control 58.4% of 77 locations, anchored by Quick Quack Car Wash's 8-site footprint. Per-chain quality variance below explains most of the market-wide quality variance.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Quick Quack Car Wash | 8 | 8,042 | 4.67 | 3.07% | 11.5% | 0.72% |
| 2 | Super Star Car Wash | 7 | 5,694 | 4.82 | 2.04% | 4.7% | 1.49% |
| 3 | Conoco | 6 | 618 | 3.87 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Mister Car Wash | 5 | 2,064 | 4.23 | 4.71% | 6.5% | 2.96% |
| 5 | Club Car Wash | 4 | 169 | 4.21 | 8.00% | 23.1% | 4.80% |
| 6 | Bighorn Bubbles Car Wash | 4 | 296 | 3.85 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Whistle Express Car Wash | 4 | 488 | 4.75 | 2.40% | 8.3% | 0.00% |
| 8 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 3 | 1,179 | 4.74 | 1.71% | 2.8% | 0.11% |
| 9 | Springs Detailing | 2 | 411 | 4.91 | 0.53% | — | 0.00% |
| 10 | ST6 Mobile Detailing & Ceramic Coatings | 2 | 41 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Beyond Clean Mobile Detailing | 2 | 86 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
| 12 | ST6 Detailers | 1 | 87 | 4.70 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Big Splash Car Wash | 1 | 212 | 4.60 | 0.00% | — | 0.60% |
| 14 | Turbo Tide Car Wash | 1 | 142 | 4.50 | 3.17% | 8.3% | 0.00% |
| 15 | Freedom Express Car Wash | 1 | 421 | 4.30 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Auto Angels | 1 | 17 | 4.80 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Zz Denver Mobile Detailing | 1 | 66 | 4.90 | — | — | — |
What do customers love and complain about at Colorado Springs car washes?
10,932 reviews feed the aspect grid below; each is computed as (positive − negative) / total, on a -1…+1 scale. In Colorado Springs, the dominant chains' aspect profiles drive most of the metro-wide score.
Where are the 77 car washes in Colorado Springs, CO?
Locations table below: ranked by review count, with format, chain affiliation, rating, and ZIP-level IRS AGI for context. In a consolidated market like Colorado Springs, the chain column is the most useful filter.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Quick Quack Car Wash 7474 N Marksheffel Rd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.9 | 1,868 | $150K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 4285 Austin Bluffs Pkwy | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,540 | $70K |
| Super Star Car Wash - Razorback Rd & Dorothy Ln 8330 Razorback Rd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Super Star Car Wash | 4.8 | 1,481 | $96K |
| Super Star Car Wash - Centennial Blvd & Fillmore St 3225 Centennial Blvd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Super Star Car Wash | 4.8 | 1,448 | $68K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 6020 Barnes Rd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,276 | $71K |
| 5 Star Car Wash & Dog Wash 1510 Space Center Dr | Colorado Springs, CO | Self-Serve Bay | — | 4.3 | 976 | $56K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 2437 Marksheffel Rd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 970 | $66K |
| Super Star Car Wash - Academy Blvd & Pace Dr 1570 Pulsar Dr | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Super Star Car Wash | 4.8 | 968 | $47K |
| Mister Car Wash 5366 New Car Dr | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Mister Car Wash | 4.0 | 962 | $80K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1450 Harrison Rd | Colorado Springs, CO | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 905 | $63K |
Data as of 2026-09-26. Pick a format and click Copy.
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Car wash inventory for Colorado Springs, CO is sourced from the WashIndex national car-wash place index, filtered to places whose Google-Maps-reported city matches Colorado Springs, and further restricted to places whose format the WashIndex LLM classifier identified as a car wash (excluding dealerships, gas stations, and other auto-related businesses that don't primarily operate a car wash). Inclusion in the parent Colorado Springs MSA dataset is established by point-in-polygon against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024).
Operating-quality signals are derived from 10,932 customer reviews processed through WashIndex's 55-field LLM extraction pipeline. Format classification comes from a separate per-location website-reading classifier. ZIP-level income data is from the IRS Statistics of Income (tax year 2022) — mean Adjusted Gross Income per tax return, which is directionally aligned with ACS median household income but available without authentication.
See our full methodology for the extraction pipeline, validation samples, and aggregation logic. Term definitions in the glossary.
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