Longview, TX Car Wash Market Analysis
Part of the Longview, TX MSA.
Data updated · May 22, 2026
6,159 Google reviews across 15 Longview car washes — a express tunnel-dominant market. Format dominance breakdown, per-format quality, operator rank, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 15
- Chains
- 7
- lead: Take 5 Car Wash (2)
- Avg rating
- 4.48★
- +0.07 vs MSA median
- Damage rate
- 2.0%
- 1.3× MSA norm
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 67% of classified
- Median single wash
- $12
- range $7–$50
- Median unlimited
- $29.97/mo
- cheapest $29.95/mo at THE LOCAL WASH #3
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 82,765
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 32,343
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 5,518
- 2.9× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 3.1
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 15 car wash locations operated by 7 chains and 5 independents.
- Express tunnel dominates: 66.7% of formally-classified locations.
- Built from 6,159 Google reviews, 1,712 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
15 car wash locations in Longview, TX · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Longview's car wash supply is structurally tilted toward express tunnel. 66.7% of formally-classified locations operate as express tunnel; the other formats appear at long-tail volume. That makes the metro a useful read on how express tunnel performs at scale.
Headline operating signals: 4.48★ rating, 2.0% damage, 28.0% cancel friction. Aspect-level: Wait time strong (0.79), equipment reliability weak (-0.49). 6,159 Google reviews back the analysis, 1,712 LLM-extracted across 55 dimensions.
Published pricing across the 10 of 15 Longview locations with menus available: median single car wash $12 (range $7–$50), median unlimited membership $29.97/month (range $29.95–$100/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the city is $29.95/mo at THE LOCAL WASH #3 (Wheel Wash).
See the best-rated car washes in Longview, TX
Ranked by Google review rating
What does a car wash cost in Longview, TX?
Published menu pricing for car washes in Longview, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 10 of 15 tracked locations in the city have usable published pricing (67% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Longview | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE LOCAL WASH #3 Wheel Wash | $29.95/mo |
| 2 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash Simply Clean | $29.97/mo |
| 3 | Duarte's Detailing & Ceramic Coating, LLC Small Vehicles | $100/mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Longview | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soapies Car Wash at Marshall Avenue Basic Exterior | $7 |
| 2 | Soapies Car Wash Basic Exterior | $7 |
| 3 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 4 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 5 | THE LOCAL WASH #3 Wheel Wash | $12 |
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 Longview, TX
How many car washes are in Longview, TX?
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What kinds of car washes does Longview have?
Where most markets have a 2–3 format split, Longview runs as a single-format city for car washing. 66.7% of classified locations are express tunnel — the other formats appear, but at long-tail volume.
Highest-rated format in this market: Detail Shop at 4.55★ (5 locations). Lowest: Express Tunnel at 4.47★ (10 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Express Tunnel | 10 | 66.7% | 5,235 | 4.47 | 2.21% | 28.2% |
| Detail Shop | 5 | 33.3% | 924 | 4.55 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
What is the typical household income near Longview car washes?
15 car washes with ≥10 reviews are plotted below against ZIP-level mean AGI. With express tunnel carrying 66.7% of classified locations, dot color reads heavily skewed toward a single hue.
Pearson r between ZIP income and rating across 15 qualifying locations: -0.39 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $71K AGI/return, 4.37★.
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 | 1 | 2 | 143 | 5.00 | Detail Shop (2) |
| $50K – $75K | 3 | 9 | 3,497 | 4.49 | Express Tunnel (6) |
| $75K – $100K | 1 | 4 | 2,519 | 4.44 | Express Tunnel (4) |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
Top tier 0 sites at 0.00★; bottom tier 2 sites at 5.00★. Longview's express tunnel skew means the income mix reads less as "which formats serve which neighborhoods" and more as "where this one format reaches its limits".
Who operates the most Longview car washes?
7 chains compete in Longview, with the top names typically being heavy express tunnel operators. The damage and cancel-friction columns below tell you which chains do this format well and which do it poorly.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Take 5 Car Wash | 2 | 3,679 | 4.59 | 0.96% | 30.6% | 0.29% |
| 2 | Wash Masters Car Wash | 2 | 400 | 3.82 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Soapies Car Wash | 2 | 458 | 3.93 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 1 | 269 | 4.60 | 2.48% | — | 0.62% |
| 5 | Cave Wave Car Wash | 1 | 46 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Xpress Car Wash & Vacuum | 1 | 175 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 7 | THE LOCAL WASH | 1 | 208 | 4.90 | 1.68% | — | 0.00% |
What do customers love and complain about at Longview car washes?
Wait time stands out positively (0.79); equipment reliability stands out as the friction point (-0.49).
Where are the 15 car washes in Longview, TX?
Top locations by review count in Longview. With 66.7% of classified sites running as express tunnel, the format column below reads consistently rather than varying across the list.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Take 5 Car Wash 3150 N Eastman Rd | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.5 | 2,023 | $96K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 330 TX-63 Spur | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,656 | $63K |
| Zippy J's With Carwash 3913 US-80 | Longview, TX | Detail Shop | — | 4.3 | 573 | $66K |
| Soapies Car Wash at Marshall Avenue 300 E Marshall Ave | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Soapies Car Wash | 4.3 | 345 | $63K |
| Wash Masters Car Wash 3923-3999 W Marshall Ave | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Wash Masters Car Wash | 4.0 | 282 | $66K |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 4000 Estes Pkwy | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.6 | 269 | $71K |
| THE LOCAL WASH #3 3616 McCann Rd | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | THE LOCAL WASH | 4.9 | 208 | $96K |
| Xpress Car Wash & Vacuum 600 E Hawkins Pkwy | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Xpress Car Wash & Vacuum | 4.2 | 175 | $96K |
| Reflective Image Auto Spa LLC| Ceramic Coatings 2004 Lee St | Longview, TX | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 151 | $66K |
| Wash Masters Car Wash 3470 Gilmer Rd | Longview, TX | Express Tunnel | Wash Masters Car Wash | 3.4 | 118 | $66K |
Data as of 2026-05-22. Pick a format and click Copy.
WashIndex. (2026, May 22). Longview, TX car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-cities/longview-tx
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Car wash inventory for Longview, TX is sourced from the WashIndex national car-wash place index, filtered to places whose Google-Maps-reported city matches Longview, 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 Longview MSA dataset is established by point-in-polygon against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024).
Operating-quality signals are derived from 1,712 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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