Car Washes in Pender County, NC
Pender County, NC has 10 car washes across 6 chains and 2 independents, drawing 3,541 Google reviews with a 0.9% reviewer-reported damage rate. It skews in-bay automatic (50% of locations) and is chain-consolidated; its washes rate well above the national norm at 4.76★. The BLS counts 4 car-wash employer establishments in the county paying a $32,253 average wage.
Pender County at a glance
- Car washes
- 10
- 20% independent
- Top operator
- Coastal Carolina Car Wash
- 2 locations
- Avg rating
- 4.76★
- +0.35 vs U.S. norm
- Damage rate
- 0.9%
- 1.7× below norm
- Top format
- in-bay automatic
- 50% of classified
- BLS establishments
- 4
- employer businesses (QCEW)
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 63,475
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 24,152
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 6,348
- 3.3× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.2
- 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 Pender County, NC
Customer-experience signals
Net sentiment (−1 to +1) across 1,169 AI-analyzed reviews. Positive = more praise than complaints.
Top operators in Pender County, NC
| Operator | Locations | Avg rating |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina Car Wash | 2 | 3.45 |
| bp | 2 | 4.25 |
| Caliber Car Wash | 1 | 4.90 |
| ModWash | 1 | 4.90 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 1 | 4.70 |
| Southport Auto Wash | 1 | 3.90 |
Car washes in Pender County, NC
| Car wash | Rating | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| Caliber Car Wash | 4.9 | 1,942 |
| ModWash | 4.9 | 677 |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.7 | 424 |
| Coastal Carolina Car Wash | 3.5 | 152 |
| Beach Dawgs & Co Mobile Detailing and Ceramic Coatings | 5.0 | 128 |
| Hampstead Auto Wash | 3.9 | 91 |
| Coastal Carolina Car Wash | 3.3 | 47 |
| bp | 4.5 | 38 |
| bp | 3.9 | 27 |
| Optimum Car Detailing | 5.0 | 15 |
About Pender County, NC
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WashIndex. (2026, June 9). Car Washes in Pender County, NC — Market Analysis & Statistics. https://washindex.com/car-wash-counties/pender-county-nc
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@misc{washindex_car_wash_counties_pender_county_nc_2026,
title = {{Car Washes in Pender County, NC — Market Analysis & Statistics}},
author = {{WashIndex}},
year = {2026},
month = {Jun},
url = {https://washindex.com/car-wash-counties/pender-county-nc},
urldate = {2026-06-09},
} Per-location car-wash data for Pender County, NC (format, operators, AI-scored review signals) joined to the county's official BLS footprint. See the Wilmington metro analysis · methodology. Free to cite with attribution to WashIndex.