Duluth, GA Car Wash Market Analysis
Part of the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA MSA.
Data updated · June 9, 2026
5,125 Google reviews across 13 car washes in Duluth. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 13
- Chains
- 4
- lead: bp (3)
- Avg rating
- 4.48★
- +0.07 vs MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.5%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 38% of classified
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 31,958
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 12,508
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,458
- 1.3× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 3.2
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 13 car wash locations operated by 4 chains and 7 independents.
- Weighted Google rating 4.48★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-market norms.
- Built from 5,125 Google reviews, 1,762 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
13 car wash locations in Duluth, GA · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Duluth reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 13 locations across 4 chains and 7 independents. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Headline numbers sit near US-market norms: rating 4.48★, damage 1.5%, cancel friction 13.5%. Facility cleanliness strong (0.96); equipment reliability weak (-0.17). 5,125 Google reviews drive the analysis, 1,762 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
See the best-rated car washes in Duluth, GA
Ranked by Google review rating
Car wash financing in Duluth, GA
Since 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 11 car-wash loans in Duluth, GA worth $25.4M, at a median of $2,275,000 per car wash and a 14.3% charge-off rate. About 11% funded brand-new or startup car washes.
- New build / open9% · $1.9M
- Acquisition9% · $2.8M
- Expansion / improvement73% · $2.3M
- Working capital9% · $5K
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 Duluth, GA
How many car washes are in Duluth, GA?
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Which car wash chains operate in Duluth, GA?
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What is the median household income near Duluth car washes?
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What is the average car wash rating in Duluth, GA?
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What kinds of car washes does Duluth have?
The format mix in Duluth reads as a typical mid-market US city — express tunnels and detail shops carrying the bulk of supply, with full-service and self-serve layered in. The bar chart pairs location count with per-format average rating.
Highest-rated format in this market: Detail Shop at 4.99★ (5 locations). Lowest: In-Bay Automatic at 3.70★ (3 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detail Shop | 5 | 38.5% | 1,086 | 4.99 | 0.40% | — |
| Express Tunnel | 4 | 30.8% | 3,536 | 4.39 | 2.06% | 12.5% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 3 | 23.1% | 114 | 3.70 | 0.00% | — |
| Full Service | 1 | 7.7% | 389 | 4.10 | 4.85% | 25.0% |
What is the typical household income near Duluth car washes?
Each ZIP in Duluth is joined to IRS Statistics-of-Income (tax year 2022) and to the per-location Google rating dataset. The scatter below sizes dots by review volume and colors them by format.
Pearson r between ZIP income and rating across 13 qualifying locations: -0.30 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $113K AGI/return, 4.41★.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $50K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 1 | 8 | 4,566 | 4.53 | Detail Shop (4) |
| $75K – $100K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 1 | 5 | 559 | 4.09 | In-Bay Automatic (2) |
Top-tier 5 sites, 4.09★ avg; bottom-tier 0 sites, 0.00★. Across Duluth's 13 qualifying locations, the income gradient correlates only weakly with rating — operator execution dominates.
Who operates the most Duluth car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Duluth by location count. Each row shows per-chain Google rating, damage rate, and cancel friction — the cleanest side-by-side cut on operator quality in the market.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bp | 3 | 114 | 3.70 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Mister Car Wash | 1 | 1,278 | 3.90 | 4.85% | 12.8% | 3.40% |
| 3 | Ultra Car Wash | 1 | 1,954 | 4.70 | 0.76% | 13.5% | 0.57% |
| 4 | Wash Factory Express | 1 | 235 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
What do customers love and complain about at Duluth car washes?
The aspect grid below summarizes 1,762 AI-extracted reviews across 13 Duluth car wash locations. Each aspect lands on a -1…+1 scale (negative = customers complain more than they praise; positive = the reverse).
Where are the 13 car washes in Duluth, GA?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Duluth market is captured in the underlying dataset; the table below shows the highest-review-volume sites for at-a-glance comparison. Each row shows operator, address, format, chain affiliation, rating, review count, and the IRS mean AGI for the ZIP.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultra Car Wash 3645 Peachtree Industrial Blvd | Duluth, GA | Express Tunnel | Ultra Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,954 | $70K |
| Mister Car Wash 2350 Pleasant Hill Rd | Duluth, GA | Express Tunnel | Mister Car Wash | 3.9 | 1,278 | $70K |
| EZ Auto Spa Duluth: Dent Repair, Ceramic Coating, PPF & Tint 3492 Satellite Blvd NW #120 | Duluth, GA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 989 | $70K |
| Club Corners Car Wash - Johns Creek 9735 Medlock Bridge Rd | Duluth, GA | Full Service | — | 4.1 | 389 | $181K |
| Wash Factory Express 2703 Buford Hwy NE | Duluth, GA | Express Tunnel | Wash Factory Express | 4.4 | 235 | $70K |
| AquaShine Express Car Wash 3105 Peachtree Industrial Blvd | Duluth, GA | Express Tunnel | — | 4.6 | 69 | $181K |
| bp 3190 Peachtree Industrial Blvd | Duluth, GA | In-Bay Automatic | bp | 3.3 | 60 | $181K |
| Auto Artisan 2975 Breckinridge Blvd #23 | Duluth, GA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 44 | $70K |
| InDetail AutoSalon LLC 2875 Buford Hwy suite c | Duluth, GA | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 31 | $70K |
| Amoco 2880 Peachtree Industrial Blvd | Duluth, GA | In-Bay Automatic | bp | 4.1 | 31 | $181K |
Compare Duluth to other car wash markets in the Atlanta metro
Cities in the same metro, ordered by closest comparable size. Each link runs the same operator concentration, format mix, and customer-experience analysis.
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WashIndex. (2026, June 9). Duluth, GA car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-cities/duluth-ga
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Car wash inventory for Duluth, GA is sourced from the WashIndex national car-wash place index, filtered to places whose Google-Maps-reported city matches Duluth, 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 Atlanta MSA dataset is established by point-in-polygon against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024).
Operating-quality signals are derived from 1,762 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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