Beaumont Car Wash Market Analysis
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Data updated · June 9, 2026
Quality-outlier car wash market analysis for Beaumont: 192 sites, 33,618 reviews, sharp deviation from chain-category norms. Per-operator damage attribution, format-level quality decomposition, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 192
- 86% independent
- Chains
- 15
- lead: Take 5 Car Wash (5 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.69★
- +0.28 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 0.7%
- 2.1× below national norm
- Cancel friction
- 11.6%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 60% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $12
- range $10–$28.60
- Median unlimited
- $21.99/mo
- cheapest $14.99/mo at Kroozin Mega Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 396,058
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 147,243
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,063
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.4
- above ~1.0 — contested · classified sites
Key findings
- 192 car wash locations operated by 15 chains and 165 independents across 3 counties.
- Reviewer-reported damage rate of 0.7% runs 2.1× below the 1.6% US-metro median.
- Built from 33,618 Google reviews, 8,793 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
192 car wash locations across 3 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Beaumont stands out for operational-quality signals that are below the typical US metro norm. Reviewer-reported damage runs at 0.7% across 192 tracked locations, vs. a peer median of 1.6%. That spread is the most distinctive read this market produces.
Average rating 4.69★ (above 4.41★ peer median); cancel friction 11.6%. Equipment reliability runs at -0.47 — the sharpest pain point measurable from these reviews. Per-location breakdown shows which specific sites pull the metro-wide damage rate in either direction.
Published pricing across the 14 of 193 Beaumont locations with menus available: median single car wash $12 (range $10–$28.60), median unlimited membership $21.99/month (range $14.99–$29.97/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $14.99/mo at Kroozin Mega Car Wash (Spotless).
See the top car wash chains in Beaumont
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Beaumont metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Beaumont metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 14 of 193 tracked locations have usable published pricing (7% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Beaumont | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kroozin Mega Car Wash Spotless | $14.99 per mo |
| 2 | L-Train Express Wash Raider Express | $19 per mo |
| 3 | BlueWave Express Car Wash Wash & Wheels | $21.99 per mo |
| 4 | BlueWave Express Car Wash Wash & Wheels | $21.99 per mo |
| 5 | BlueWave Express Car Wash Wash & Wheels | $21.99 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Beaumont | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WhiteWater Express Car Wash WhiteWater | $10 |
| 2 | L-Train Express Wash Raider Express | $10 |
| 3 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 4 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
| 5 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
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 Beaumont metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Beaumont metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 25% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 30, now employing about 262 people at a $29,001 average wage.
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.
Car wash financing in the Beaumont metro
Consolidating marketSince 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 12 car-wash loans in the Beaumont metro worth $16.3M, at a $1,233,000 median per car wash and a 20.0% charge-off rate. Early read: acquisitions are unusually prominent — 17% of loans went to buying existing washes (vs. 8% nationally), a sign operators are trading sites more than building new ones.
- Jefferson 6
- Orange 4
- Hardin 2
- New build / open50% · $1.4M
- Acquisition17% · $2.2M
- Expansion / improvement25% · $1.4M
- Unclassified8% · $75K
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) & 504 FOIA datasets (NAICS 811192), data through 2026-03-31. See the Car Wash Lending Tracker for national figures and methodology.
About the Beaumont car wash market
How many car washes are in the Beaumont metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Beaumont metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Beaumont?
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What is the average customer rating in the Beaumont car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Beaumont?
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How much does a car wash cost in Beaumont?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Beaumont?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Beaumont?
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What kinds of car washes does Beaumont have?
Format mix in Beaumont isn't where the distinctive story sits — the damage/quality signal at the top of the page is. Still, the per-format breakdown matters because damage rates concentrate inside specific formats (express tunnels typically run highest, hand-finished detail shops typically run lowest).
Highest-rated format: Express Tunnel at 4.80★ across 21 locations. Lowest-rated: Full Service at 3.94★ (3 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Express Tunnel | 21 | 10.9% | 28,321 | 4.80 | 0.62% | 11.5% |
| Detail Shop | 11 | 5.7% | 590 | 4.62 | 3.39% | — |
| Full Service | 3 | 1.6% | 751 | 3.94 | 3.42% | — |
What is the household income near Beaumont car washes?
In a quality-outlier market like Beaumont, the rating-vs-income relationship matters mainly as an attribution check. Pearson r below: if it's small, the quality story is about operators; if it's meaningful, neighborhood matters.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 84 qualifying locations: -0.00 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $75K AGI/return, 4.29★.
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 | 5 | 43 | 7,578 | 4.69 | Express Tunnel (4) |
| $50K – $75K | 8 | 56 | 11,605 | 4.77 | Express Tunnel (9) |
| $75K – $100K | 5 | 36 | 7,802 | 4.64 | Express Tunnel (7) |
| $100K – $150K | 2 | 16 | 6,510 | 4.61 | Full Service (1) |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
0 car washes in the highest-income tier at 0.00★ vs. 43 in the lowest at 4.69★. The interesting question for a quality-outlier market like Beaumont is whether the damage/rating signal correlates with income — the per-tier breakdown is the cleanest cut on that.
Who operates the most Beaumont car washes?
The chain rank below is where the quality-outlier picture decomposes. Per-chain damage rate, cancel friction, and rating tell you whether the metro's quality signal is a few chains' problem or a market-wide phenomenon.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Take 5 Car Wash | 5 | 19,448 | 4.86 | 0.61% | 9.5% | 0.08% |
| 2 | H-E-B Fuel | 3 | 275 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
| 3 | BlueWave Express Car Wash | 3 | 2,064 | 4.75 | 0.77% | 5.4% | 0.08% |
| 4 | Trademark Car Wash | 3 | 4,549 | 4.72 | 0.52% | 21.7% | 0.40% |
| 5 | Extreme Detail Hand Wash | 2 | 141 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Speedy Stop | 2 | 74 | 3.72 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 1 | 266 | 4.80 | 0.46% | — | 0.46% |
| 8 | Wolf Creek Car Wash | 1 | 174 | 4.30 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Car Wash | 1 | 719 | 3.60 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Blue Beacon | 1 | 560 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Sparkling Image Car Wash | 1 | 638 | 4.00 | 1.39% | — | 2.08% |
| 12 | WhiteWater Express Car Wash | 1 | 810 | 4.90 | 0.18% | 5.7% | 0.00% |
| 13 | Circle K | 1 | 25 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Exxpress Mart | 1 | 13 | 3.70 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Shell | 1 | 30 | 4.30 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Beaumont?
Beaumont's 3 counties below — ranked by location count, with average rating per county. In a quality-outlier metro, the county view often shows whether quality friction has a geographic pattern.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.17★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Jefferson County | 121 | 63.0% | 19,216 | 4.63 |
| Orange County | 39 | 20.3% | 12,702 | 4.79 |
| Hardin County | 33 | 17.2% | 1,700 | 4.63 |
What do customers love and complain about in Beaumont?
8,793 reviews back the aspect calculation. In a quality-outlier metro, the aspect with the sharpest negative score is usually the one pulling the metro-wide damage and rating numbers.
Where are all the car washes in the Beaumont metro?
192 sites in Beaumont; the top of the list below by review volume. Read alongside the elevated damage and quality signals above — the highest-volume sites usually anchor the metro-wide numbers.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Take 5 Car Wash 6045 Folsom Dr | Beaumont, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.8 | 5,247 | $127K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 2900 MacArthur Dr | West Orange, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.9 | 4,035 | $72K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 1480 Texas Ave | Bridge City, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.9 | 3,727 | $85K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 4650 FM 365 | Port Arthur, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.9 | 3,599 | $46K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 1540 N Main St | Vidor, TX | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.8 | 2,840 | $65K |
| Trademark Carwash 2550 FM 365 | Port Arthur, TX | Express Tunnel | Trademark Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,736 | $46K |
| Trademark Carwash 5210 39th St | Groves, TX | Express Tunnel | Trademark Car Wash | 4.8 | 1,584 | $65K |
| Trademark Carwash 7412 TX-105 | Beaumont, TX | Express Tunnel | Trademark Car Wash | 4.8 | 1,229 | $91K |
| BlueWave Express Car Wash 3820 College St | Beaumont, TX | Express Tunnel | BlueWave Express Car Wash | 4.8 | 944 | $41K |
| WhiteWater Express Car Wash 3122 N 16th St | Orange, TX | Express Tunnel | WhiteWater Express Car Wash | 4.9 | 810 | $72K |
| BlueWave Express Car Wash 710 S Main St | Lumberton, TX | Express Tunnel | BlueWave Express Car Wash | 4.7 | 744 | $96K |
| BAY BRIGHT CAR WASH 2990 Dowlen Rd | Beaumont, TX | — | Car Wash | 3.6 | 719 | $127K |
| Sparkling Image Car Wash 3040 FM 365 | Nederland, TX | Express Tunnel | Sparkling Image Car Wash | 4.0 | 638 | $93K |
| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Orange, TX 7144 I-10 Exit 873 | Orange, TX | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.8 | 560 | $79K |
| BlueWave Express Car Wash 5015 39th St | Groves, TX | Express Tunnel | BlueWave Express Car Wash | 4.7 | 376 | $65K |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 401 US 96, 401 Hwy 96 S S | Silsbee, TX | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.8 | 266 | $65K |
| Donalson Toyota Service Department 1396 TX-327 | Silsbee, TX | — | — | 4.7 | 249 | $65K |
| TVN Washateria 2285 Calder Ave | Beaumont, TX | — | — | 4.3 | 221 | $41K |
| Vidor Car Wash 1420 N Main St | Vidor, TX | — | — | 3.7 | 194 | $65K |
| Magic Express Wash and Lube 5550 Eastex Fwy Suite N | Beaumont, TX | Express Tunnel | — | 4.0 | 182 | $48K |
| Johnson's Express Lube & Carwash 6455 Prutzman Rd | Beaumont, TX | Full Service | Wolf Creek Car Wash | 4.3 | 174 | $127K |
| Squeaky Clean Car Wash #2 1140 N 5th St | Silsbee, TX | — | — | 4.2 | 168 | $65K |
| Blu's Car Wash 420 S Main St | Lumberton, TX | Express Tunnel | — | 4.7 | 147 | $96K |
| H-E-B Fuel 4800 FM 365 | Port Arthur, TX | — | H-E-B Fuel | 4.6 | 144 | $46K |
| Family Wash and Dry 4639 Highland Ave | Beaumont, TX | — | — | 4.1 | 127 | $60K |
Compare Beaumont to other TX car wash markets
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WashIndex. (2026, June 9). Beaumont car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/beaumont
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Car wash inventory for the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 3 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 8,793 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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