Beaumont Car Wash Market Analysis
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
Data updated · May 22, 2026
A detailed read of the Beaumont car wash industry built from 33,618 Google reviews across 193 locations in 3 counties. Covers format mix, operator dominance, geographic distribution, income demographics, and customer-experience signals at the metro, county, and ZIP level.
193 car wash locations across 3 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
The Beaumont metropolitan area hosts 193 car wash locations across its 3 counties — among the largest car-wash trade areas in the United States. Operating-quality signals are derived from 33,618 Google reviews, with 8,793 reviews processed through structured LLM extraction across 55 dimensions. The weighted-average rating across all locations is 4.69★, with a reviewer-reported damage rate of 0.74% and a membership-cancellation friction rate of 11.6% of mem-discussing reviews.
The market is highly fragmented: 166 of 193 locations (86.0%) operate as independents or single-location operators, while the top 10 chains together control 22 locations (11.4%). The largest single operator by location count is Take 5 Car Wash with 5 sites in the MSA.
Of 35 locations that have been formally format-classified, the dominant concept is Express Tunnel (21 sites), with strong secondary presence from Detail Shop (11), Full Service (3), and Self-Serve Bay (0). The remaining 158 locations are unclassified — typically smaller independent operators without enough website signal for format assignment.
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 | ||
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| 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.
About the Beaumont car wash market
How many car washes are in the Beaumont metro?
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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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What kinds of car washes does Beaumont have?
The Beaumont MSA contains a wide mix of car wash formats — from express tunnels and full-service operations to detail shops and self-serve bays. The bar chart below shows how many locations of each format have been formally classified by our LLM-based format classifier (which reads each operator's own website to determine the format), with the avg Google rating per format displayed alongside the count.
The format with the highest customer rating is Express Tunnel at 4.80★ across 21 locations — typical of the format, which is staffed, hand-finished, and oriented toward customers who care more about wash result than throughput. The lowest-rated format is Full Service at 3.94★ across 3 locations. Format-level rating gaps of this size are common — different formats serve different customer occasions and have inherently different expectations.
Of the 193 total locations in the MSA, 158 (81.9%) are currently unclassified — these are typically smaller independent operators without enough website signal to determine format unambiguously. Their inclusion in the overall location count is correct, but format-level statistics below should be read as describing the classified subset only.
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Unclassified | 158 | 81.9% | 3,956 | 4.07 | 1.21% | 25.0% |
| 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?
Each ZIP in the Beaumont MSA has been joined to IRS Statistics-of-Income data (tax year 2022, mean Adjusted Gross Income per return as the income proxy) and to the per-location Google rating dataset. The scatter below plots every car wash with at least 10 reviews against its ZIP-level income, with each dot colored by format and sized by review volume.
Across 84 qualifying locations the simple Pearson correlation between ZIP income and Google rating is -0.00 — effectively zero. Higher-income ZIPs in the MSA do not produce systematically better-rated car washes. Operating-quality signals are dominated by per-operator execution, not by neighborhood income. The mean-of-scatter location sits at $75K AGI/return and 4.29★.
Car wash count and quality by income tier
Grouping ZIPs by income tier shows how location count and average rating shift across the income distribution. The blue bars are location count per tier; the orange tick marks show the average Google rating across all car wash locations in that tier (scaled against the 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 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs, with a weighted-average rating of 0.00★ — compared to 43 locations across 5 ZIPs averaging 4.69★ in the lowest-income tier (Under $50K). The middle-income tiers ($75K–$150K) tend to host the densest concentrations of express tunnels — the format that monetizes most effectively at suburban price points.
Who operates the most Beaumont car washes?
The Beaumont MSA hosts 15 different chains alongside 166 independent operators (single-location or unaffiliated sites). The table below ranks the top 25 chains by location count in the MSA, with each chain's per-MSA Google rating, reviewer-reported damage rate, and membership cancellation friction rate.
The top 10 chains together control 22 of 193 locations (11.4%) — meaning 88.6% of the MSA's car wash supply remains in the hands of smaller chains and independent operators. That fragmentation level is typical of large US metros and creates meaningful consolidation runway for active acquirers.
| # | 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?
The Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX CBSA spans 3 counties. The table below shows how the MSA's car wash inventory is distributed across those counties — by location count, total review volume, and weighted-average customer rating.
Jefferson County is the heart of the metro's car wash supply, hosting 121 locations (62.7%) of the 193 total. Cross-county rating dispersion is narrow — about 0.17★ between the highest and lowest-rated county with meaningful sample size, which suggests operating quality is more a function of operator execution than of county-level market dynamics.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Jefferson County | 121 | 62.7% | 19,216 | 4.63 |
| Orange County | 39 | 20.2% | 12,702 | 4.79 |
| Hardin County | 33 | 17.1% | 1,700 | 4.63 |
What do customers love and complain about in Beaumont?
Aspect scores aggregate the per-review LLM extractions for 8,793 reviews across all 193 MSA locations. Each score is computed as (positive − negative) / (positive + negative + mixed) for that aspect, ranging from −1 (universally negative) to +1 (universally positive). Numbers above zero mean customers say more positive than negative things; below zero means the reverse.
Reading these together gives a quick read on where the metro's car wash industry stands operationally: which aspects of the experience are reliable strengths and which ones generate the most friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Beaumont metro?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Beaumont MSA, ranked by review volume. Each row shows the operator name, address, format classification (where determined), chain affiliation (when part of a multi-location operator), Google rating, total review count, county, and the IRS mean-AGI-per-return for the ZIP it sits in. Locations with fewer than 10 reviews on Google appear without a rating column populated.
We're showing the top 25 by review volume; the full set of 193 locations is available in the underlying dataset for users requesting a custom market study.
| 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 |
About this analysis
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.