Car Washes in Beaufort County, SC
Beaufort County, SC has 24 car washes across 4 chains and 14 independents, drawing 6,502 Google reviews with a 1.2% reviewer-reported damage rate. It skews detail shop (54% of locations) and is a mix of chains and independents; its washes rate well above the national norm at 4.56★. The BLS counts 18 car-wash employer establishments in the county.
Beaufort County at a glance
- Car washes
- 24
- 58% independent
- Top operator
- Zips Car Wash
- 4 locations
- Avg rating
- 4.56★
- +0.15 vs U.S. norm
- Damage rate
- 1.2%
- 1.3× below norm
- Top format
- detail shop
- 54% of classified
- BLS establishments
- 18
- employer businesses (QCEW)
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 192,123
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 78,794
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 8,005
- 4.1× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.3
- above ~1.0 — contested · classified sites
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW (private, NAICS 811192). Counts employer establishments — a narrower universe than all physical wash locations. “—” = withheld by BLS for disclosure.
Format mix in Beaufort County, SC
Customer-experience signals
Net sentiment (−1 to +1) across 2,730 AI-analyzed reviews. Positive = more praise than complaints.
Top operators in Beaufort County, SC
| Operator | Locations | Avg rating |
|---|---|---|
| Zips Car Wash | 4 | 4.24 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 3 | 4.43 |
| Bluffton Ceramic | 2 | 5.00 |
| Whistle Express Car Wash | 1 | 4.90 |
Car washes in Beaufort County, SC
| Car wash | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Whistle Express Car Wash | 4.9 | 1,067 |
| Zips Car Wash | 4.3 | 730 |
| Zips Car Wash | 4.5 | 700 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.5 | 621 |
| Zips Car Wash | 4.2 | 528 |
| Summer Breeze Ceramic Coating & Mobile Detailing | 5.0 | 284 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.4 | 278 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.3 | 273 |
| Zips Car Wash | 3.5 | 273 |
| K’s Mobile Detailing | 5.0 | 260 |
| Custom Clean Full Serve Car wash | 4.2 | 222 |
| Lowcountry Detail Center LLC | 4.9 | 219 |
| EXPRESS LANE CAR WASH ️ ️ ️ ️ ️ | 4.6 | 207 |
| Panache Car Wash | 4.8 | 186 |
| Lux Detailer: Premium Detailing & Ceramic Coating | 5.0 | 184 |
| APEX Auto Works | 5.0 | 99 |
| Auto Spa | 4.8 | 97 |
| Diamond Auto Detail LLC | 5.0 | 86 |
| Lowtidedetailing | 5.0 | 54 |
| Bluffton Ceramic | 5.0 | 54 |
| Cross Island Detailers | 4.7 | 23 |
| A1 Auto Detailing and Car Storage | 4.3 | 21 |
| Headlight Clean Up LLC | 5.0 | 21 |
| Hilton Head Island Detailer | 4.9 | 15 |
About Beaufort County, SC
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} Per-location car-wash data for Beaufort County, SC (format, operators, AI-scored review signals) joined to the county's official BLS footprint. See the Hilton Head Island metro analysis · methodology. Free to cite with attribution to WashIndex.