Amarillo Car Wash Market Analysis
Amarillo, TX
Data updated · June 9, 2026
15,512 Google reviews across 147 car wash locations in this chain-consolidated metro. Operator concentration, per-chain quality, format mix, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 147
- 77% independent
- Chains
- 10
- lead: Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash (8 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.56★
- +0.15 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.4%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 11.5%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 42% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $28.60
- range $12–$50
- Median unlimited
- $24.99/mo
- cheapest $22.95/mo at Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 270,207
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 101,808
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,838
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.9
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 147 car wash locations operated by 10 chains and 113 independents across 5 counties.
- Top 10 chains control 23.1% of locations — above the 11.4% US-metro median, led by Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash (8 sites).
- Built from 15,512 Google reviews, 4,168 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
147 car wash locations across 5 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Operator concentration in Amarillo sits well above the US-metro norm. Across 147 tracked locations, the top ten operators control 23.1% of supply — above the 11.4% US-metro median, with Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash the largest at 8 sites. The headline averages below behave like chain averages — the per-chain table is the right cut to read.
Operating-quality aggregates: rating 4.56★, damage 1.4%, membership-cancel friction 11.5%. Aspect spread: Staff (0.85) on the positive side, equipment reliability (-0.32) on the friction side. Because the operator mix is concentrated, those numbers behave more like chain averages than market averages.
Published pricing across the 22 of 147 Amarillo locations with menus available: median single car wash $28.60 (range $12–$50), median unlimited membership $24.99/month (range $22.95–$50/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $22.95/mo at Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash (Basic Wash Pass).
See the top car wash chains in Amarillo
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Amarillo metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Amarillo metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 22 of 147 tracked locations have usable published pricing (15% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Amarillo | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash Basic Wash Pass | $22.95 per mo |
| 2 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash Basic Wash Pass | $22.95 per mo |
| 3 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash Basic Wash Pass | $22.95 per mo |
| 4 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash Basic Wash Pass | $22.95 per mo |
| 5 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash Basic Wash Pass | $22.95 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Amarillo | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 2 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash QUALITY | $14 |
| 3 | Doty's Auto Detail, LLC Book Appointment | $25 |
| 4 | Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Amarillo East, TX Flat Trailer | $28.60 |
| 5 | Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Amarillo West, TX Flat Trailer | $28.60 |
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.
The car wash industry in the Amarillo metro, officially
High-wageCar-wash wages in the Amarillo metro run about 22% above the national average ($39,861 vs. $32,560), across 22 employer establishments and roughly 266 jobs.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, QCEW (private, NAICS 811192). Counts car-wash employer establishments, a narrower universe than all physical wash locations — see methodology.
About the Amarillo car wash market
How many car washes are in the Amarillo metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Amarillo metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Amarillo?
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What is the average customer rating in the Amarillo car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Amarillo?
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How much does a car wash cost in Amarillo?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Amarillo?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Amarillo?
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What kinds of car washes does Amarillo have?
Amarillo's chain-heavy mix shapes the format distribution below. Express tunnels typically dominate consolidated markets — the format with the best unit economics for multi-location rollouts. Hand-finished detail shops and full-service operators usually run as the residual independent layer.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.73★ across 12 locations. Lowest-rated: Full Service at 3.90★ (2 locations).
102 (69.4%) of 147 locations are unclassified — small independents whose websites don't surface enough signal for format assignment. Format-level statistics describe the classified subset only.
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Unclassified | 102 | 69.4% | 1,427 | 4.46 | 0.89% | 0.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 19 | 12.9% | 11,087 | 4.65 | 1.65% | 9.8% |
| Detail Shop | 12 | 8.2% | 1,197 | 4.73 | 0.41% | 45.5% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 11 | 7.5% | 403 | 4.02 | 1.72% | 50.0% |
| Full Service | 2 | 1.4% | 1,305 | 3.90 | 1.98% | — |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 0.7% | 93 | 3.70 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Amarillo car washes?
The scatter below joins IRS Statistics-of-Income (mean AGI per return, 2022 tax year) to each car wash's ZIP. In Amarillo, where chains have aggressively rolled up supply, expect the densest car wash deployment in middle-to-upper-middle income ZIPs.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 57 qualifying locations: 0.25 — mild positive. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly better-rated washes, but operator execution still dominates. Scatter mean: $86K AGI/return, 4.36★.
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 | 3 | 16 | 2,048 | 4.56 | Express Tunnel (3) |
| $50K – $75K | 4 | 30 | 3,995 | 4.59 | Express Tunnel (5) |
| $75K – $100K | 4 | 37 | 5,602 | 4.39 | Express Tunnel (6) |
| $100K – $150K | 4 | 24 | 3,498 | 4.74 | Express Tunnel (5) |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) holds 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★; the lowest-income tier (Under $50K) holds 16 across 3 ZIPs at 4.56★. In a chain-consolidated market like Amarillo, the income mix mostly reads as a record of where the top operators chose to deploy — middle-income ZIPs typically anchor the densest rollouts.
Who operates the most Amarillo car washes?
In Amarillo, where chain share runs above the US-metro median, the chain-level breakdown below is where most of the operating-quality signal sits. Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash alone runs 8 of the metro's 147 sites; per-chain rating, damage rate, and membership-friction numbers follow.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Toot'n Totum Express Car Wash | 8 | 195 | 4.10 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Quick Quack Car Wash | 7 | 7,890 | 4.70 | 1.55% | 3.3% | 0.43% |
| 3 | Phillips 66 | 6 | 282 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Pak-A-Sak | 4 | 98 | 3.47 | — | — | — |
| 5 | CA Auto Spa | 2 | 562 | 4.82 | 0.00% | — | 0.00% |
| 6 | Blue Beacon | 2 | 1,305 | 3.90 | 1.98% | — | 2.37% |
| 7 | Take 5 Car Wash | 2 | 2,321 | 4.61 | 0.94% | 17.2% | 0.82% |
| 8 | Hurricane Beach Car Wash | 1 | 23 | 1.80 | — | — | — |
| 9 | IQ Car Wash | 1 | 241 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 1 | 440 | 4.70 | 3.33% | — | 0.00% |
Which counties have the most car washes in Amarillo?
Amarillo's 5 counties carry different shares of the metro's car wash supply. In a consolidated market, chain operators tend to concentrate in the densest counties — the table below shows where they did.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.38★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Randall County | 71 | 48.3% | 7,573 | 4.60 |
| Potter County | 71 | 48.3% | 7,902 | 4.51 |
| Carson County | 5 | 3.4% | 37 | 4.89 |
What do customers love and complain about in Amarillo?
Staff is the strongest signal here (0.85); equipment reliability runs as the sharpest pain (-0.32). Useful as a quick check on which aspects Amarillo's consolidated supply does well at vs. poorly.
Where are all the car washes in the Amarillo metro?
Locations table below: ranked by review count, with format, chain affiliation, rating, and ZIP-level IRS AGI for context. In a consolidated market like Amarillo, the chain column is the most useful filter.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Quick Quack Car Wash 1901 Bell St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,626 | $59K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 3574 S Soncy Rd | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.9 | 1,432 | $135K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 2806 S Georgia St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,333 | $89K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1001 E Amarillo Blvd | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,165 | $36K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 2400 S Georgia St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,039 | $89K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 5810 Coulter St S | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.5 | 988 | $135K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 4175 S Georgia St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 933 | $53K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 4310 Coulter St S | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 924 | $89K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1920 S Grand St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.4 | 771 | $43K |
| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Amarillo East, TX 8710 E I-40, I-40 Exit 75 | Amarillo, TX | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.9 | 767 | $85K |
| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Amarillo West, TX Exit 74, 2200 S Whitaker Rd I-40 | Amarillo, TX | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.9 | 538 | $85K |
| The Gym @ Contagion Athletics 8210 W Amarillo Blvd Suite A | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | CA Auto Spa | 4.8 | 458 | $140K |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash 6010 Lowes Ln | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 4.7 | 440 | $59K |
| IQ Car Wash 5688 Bell St | Amarillo, TX | Express Tunnel | IQ Car Wash | 4.0 | 241 | $89K |
| Bubble Bath Car Wash 1710 S Western St | Amarillo, TX | — | — | 3.9 | 236 | $59K |
| Stone Brothers Collision 3715 W Amarillo Blvd | Amarillo, TX | — | — | 4.9 | 197 | $59K |
| Double Suds Car Wash 3600 SW 45th Ave | Amarillo, TX | — | — | 4.1 | 164 | $89K |
| Xtreme Auto Re-Styling Center 7820 SW 77th Ave | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | — | 4.5 | 159 | $135K |
| Recharged Mobile Detailing LLC | , TX | — | — | 5.0 | 141 | — |
| Ceramic Pro Amarillo Elite Dealer 5107 Catalpa Ln | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 115 | $53K |
| CA Auto Spa 8210 W Amarillo Blvd Suite C | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | CA Auto Spa | 4.9 | 104 | $140K |
| Auto Max Car Wash 2310 12th Ave | Canyon, TX | Self-Serve Bay | — | 3.7 | 93 | $93K |
| Double Suds Car Wash - Washington 4801 S Washington St | Amarillo, TX | — | — | 4.2 | 84 | $53K |
| Absolute hand wash & Detailing 1620 S Western St | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | — | 4.2 | 82 | $59K |
| Texas Auto Hail Repair Guys 13195 I-27 suite 52 | Amarillo, TX | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 77 | $135K |
Compare Amarillo to other TX car wash markets
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WashIndex. (2026, June 9). Amarillo car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/amarillo
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Car wash inventory for the Amarillo, TX CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 5 counties that make up the MSA. Each location was verified to fall inside one of those county polygons; lat/lng comes from Google Maps metadata.
Operating-quality signals are derived from 4,168 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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