Car Washes in Kendall County, IL
Kendall County, IL has 20 car washes across 7 chains and 6 independents, drawing 1,590 Google reviews with a 0.6% reviewer-reported damage rate. It skews in-bay automatic (50% of locations) and is chain-consolidated; its washes rate below the national norm at 4.15★. The BLS counts 8 car-wash employer establishments in the county paying a $28,530 average wage.
Kendall County at a glance
- Car washes
- 20
- 30% independent
- Top operator
- Shell
- 4 locations
- Avg rating
- 4.15★
- -0.26 vs U.S. norm
- Damage rate
- 0.6%
- 2.6× below norm
- Top format
- in-bay automatic
- 50% of classified
- BLS establishments
- 8
- employer businesses (QCEW)
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 135,053
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 44,526
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 6,753
- 3.5× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.7
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · 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 Kendall County, IL
Customer-experience signals
Net sentiment (−1 to +1) across 332 AI-analyzed reviews. Positive = more praise than complaints.
Top operators in Kendall County, IL
| Operator | Locations | Avg rating |
|---|---|---|
| Shell | 4 | 3.42 |
| Circle K | 4 | 3.37 |
| bp | 2 | 3.67 |
| Fuller's Car Wash | 1 | 4.10 |
| Gas N Wash | 1 | 4.50 |
| Sparkle Express Joliet Car Wash | 1 | 4.50 |
| Bucky's Convenience Stores | 1 | 3.40 |
Car washes in Kendall County, IL
| Car wash | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Fuller's Car Wash | 4.1 | 490 |
| Paradise Car Wash | 4.6 | 394 |
| bp | 3.8 | 119 |
| Gas N Wash | 4.5 | 59 |
| Sparkle Express Car Wash Oswego | 4.5 | 51 |
| Shell | 3.2 | 47 |
| Shell | 2.8 | 46 |
| Shell | 4.3 | 44 |
| All About Detail | 5.0 | 39 |
| Circle K | Gas Station | 2.7 | 38 |
| Bucky's Convenience Stores | 3.4 | 36 |
| Circle K | Gas Station | 3.7 | 35 |
| bp | 3.2 | 34 |
| Wash Ur Whip llc | 4.7 | 32 |
| 630 Detailing | 5.0 | 27 |
| Elite Detailing Service Inc | 4.9 | 27 |
| Shell | 3.4 | 23 |
| Circle K | Gas Station | 3.2 | 21 |
| Cardenas Detailing | 5.0 | 16 |
| Circle K | Car Wash | 4.8 | 12 |
About Kendall County, IL
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WashIndex. (2026, September 26). Car Washes in Kendall County, IL — Market Analysis & Statistics. https://washindex.com/car-wash-counties/kendall-county-il
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title = {{Car Washes in Kendall County, IL — Market Analysis & Statistics}},
author = {{WashIndex}},
year = {2026},
month = {Sep},
url = {https://washindex.com/car-wash-counties/kendall-county-il},
urldate = {2026-09-26},
} Per-location car-wash data for Kendall County, IL (format, operators, AI-scored review signals) joined to the county's official BLS footprint. See the Chicago metro analysis · methodology. Free to cite with attribution to WashIndex.