Parma, OH Car Wash Market Analysis
Part of the Cleveland, OH MSA.
Data updated · May 22, 2026
2,549 Google reviews across 14 car washes in Parma. Format mix, operator rank, geographic distribution, income overlay, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 14
- Chains
- 6
- lead: Sheetz (2)
- Avg rating
- 4.13★
- -0.28 vs MSA median
- Damage rate
- 4.8%
- 3.1× MSA norm
- Top format
- detail shop
- 36% of classified
- Median single wash
- $14
- range $11–$25
- Median unlimited
- $22/mo
- cheapest $20/mo at Clean Express Auto Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 80,131
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 34,640
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 5,724
- 3.0× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.9
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 14 car wash locations operated by 6 chains and 6 independents.
- Weighted Google rating 4.13★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-market norms.
- Built from 2,549 Google reviews, 475 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
14 car wash locations in Parma, OH · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Tracked at 14 car wash locations, Parma matches the structural profile of the typical US city market of comparable size. 14 locations across 6 chains and 6 independents. Customer-experience signals across 475 AI-extracted reviews produce the distinct read on this market.
Headline numbers sit near US-market norms: rating 4.13★, damage 4.8%, cancel friction 21.7%. Wash quality strong (0.40); equipment reliability weak (-0.77). Per-operator and per-format cuts below are more informative than the aggregates.
Published pricing across the 4 of 14 Parma locations with menus available: median single car wash $14 (range $11–$25), median unlimited membership $22/month (range $20–$28/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the city is $20/mo at Clean Express Auto Wash (Basic Deal).
See the best-rated car washes in Parma, OH
Ranked by Google review rating
What does a car wash cost in Parma, OH?
Published menu pricing for car washes in Parma, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 4 of 14 tracked locations in the city have usable published pricing (29% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Parma | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean Express Auto Wash Basic Deal | $20/mo |
| 2 | Clean Express Auto Wash The Pilot | $22/mo |
| 3 | Sgt. Clean Car Wash Bronze | $28/mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Parma | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clean Express Auto Wash Basic Deal | $11 |
| 2 | Clean Express Auto Wash The Pilot | $11 |
| 3 | Sgt. Clean Car Wash Bronze | $14 |
| 4 | Car Wash Cleveland Exterior Only | $25 |
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 Parma, OH
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What kinds of car washes does Parma have?
The format mix in Parma 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 4.74★ (5 locations). Lowest: In-Bay Automatic at 3.33★ (4 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Detail Shop | 5 | 35.7% | 241 | 4.74 | 1.96% | — |
| In-Bay Automatic | 4 | 28.6% | 570 | 3.33 | 5.71% | 20.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 3 | 21.4% | 1,392 | 4.39 | 6.21% | 22.4% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 7.1% | 217 | 3.80 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Full Service | 1 | 7.1% | 129 | 4.40 | 12.50% | — |
What is the typical household income near Parma car washes?
14 Parma car washes with at least 10 Google reviews are plotted below against the mean IRS AGI per return for their ZIP. The Pearson correlation we compute is one of the cleanest cuts on whether neighborhood income meaningfully shapes wash quality here.
Pearson r between ZIP income and rating across 14 qualifying locations: -0.27 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $56K AGI/return, 4.15★.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 3 | 14 | 2,549 | 4.13 | Detail Shop (5) |
| $75K – $100K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 0 sites across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★ in the lowest. Middle-income tiers typically host the densest express-tunnel concentrations — the part of the income curve where that format's unit economics are strongest.
Who operates the most Parma car washes?
6 chains alongside 6 independents make up Parma's car wash supply. The chain rank below shows the multi-location operators' position; the per-location detail near the bottom of the page captures the independent layer.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheetz | 2 | 372 | 3.21 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Clean Express Auto Wash | 2 | 736 | 4.37 | 8.41% | — | 1.87% |
| 3 | Blue Falls Car Wash | 1 | 141 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Ultimate Wash | 1 | 217 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Sgt. Clean Car Wash | 1 | 656 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
| 6 | bp | 1 | 57 | 2.50 | — | — | — |
What do customers love and complain about at Parma car washes?
Seven aspects, 475 reviews, 14 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Parma's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are the 14 car washes in Parma, OH?
14 car washes are tracked in Parma; below is the top of the list by Google review count. Locations with fewer than 10 reviews are excluded from the rating column.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Sgt. Clean Car Wash 7875 Day Dr | Parma, OH | Express Tunnel | Sgt. Clean Car Wash | 4.4 | 656 | $53K |
| Clean Express Auto Wash 5720 Broadview Rd | Parma, OH | Express Tunnel | Clean Express Auto Wash | 4.4 | 528 | $56K |
| Sheetz 5795 W 130th St | Parma, OH | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 3.0 | 218 | $59K |
| Ultimate Wash 9600 W Sprague Rd | Parma, OH | Self-Serve Bay | Ultimate Wash | 3.8 | 217 | $59K |
| Clean Express Auto Wash 7600 Broadview Rd | Parma, OH | Express Tunnel | Clean Express Auto Wash | 4.3 | 208 | $56K |
| Sheetz 6767 Ridge Rd | Parma, OH | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 3.5 | 154 | $53K |
| Blue Falls Car Wash 7530 York Rd | Parma, OH | In-Bay Automatic | Blue Falls Car Wash | 4.0 | 141 | $59K |
| Car Wash Cleveland 5007 Brookpark Rd | Parma, OH | Full Service | — | 4.4 | 129 | $56K |
| Miracle Shield 7603 Brookpark Rd | Parma, OH | Detail Shop | — | 4.7 | 84 | $53K |
| CDubs Detailing 1840 Green Acres Dr | Parma, OH | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 79 | $56K |
Compare Parma to other car wash markets in the Cleveland 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, May 22). Parma, OH car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-cities/parma-oh
WashIndex. "Parma, OH car wash market analysis." WashIndex. Last modified May 22, 2026. https://washindex.com/car-wash-cities/parma-oh.
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Car wash inventory for Parma, OH is sourced from the WashIndex national car-wash place index, filtered to places whose Google-Maps-reported city matches Parma, 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 Cleveland MSA dataset is established by point-in-polygon against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024).
Operating-quality signals are derived from 475 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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