Bismarck Car Wash Market Analysis
Bismarck, ND
Data updated · June 9, 2026
A read of Bismarck's car wash market built from 2,806 Google reviews across 94 locations. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 94
- 93% independent
- Chains
- 4
- lead: Red Carpet Carwash (3 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.19★
- -0.22 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 2.3%
- 1.4× national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 4.8%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 64% of classified inventory
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 134,286
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 54,617
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,429
- 1.4× denser than the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.4
- below the ~0.5 expandable band · classified sites
Key findings
- 94 car wash locations operated by 4 chains and 87 independents across 3 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.19★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 2,806 Google reviews, 708 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
94 car wash locations across 3 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Bismarck reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 94 locations across 4 chains and 87 independents, distributed across 3 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Average rating across the 94-location market weighs in at 4.19★; damage rate 2.3%; cancel friction 4.8%. Staff is the brightest aspect signal (0.78/+1). 2,806 Google reviews drive the analysis, 708 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
See the top car wash chains in Bismarck
Ranked by location count in the metro
The car wash industry in the Bismarck metro, officially
Low-wageCar-wash wages in the Bismarck metro run about 100% below the national average ($0 vs. $32,560), across 10 employer establishments and roughly 0 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 Bismarck car wash market
How many car washes are in the Bismarck metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Bismarck metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Bismarck?
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What is the average customer rating in the Bismarck car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Bismarck?
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What kinds of car washes does Bismarck have?
The format mix in Bismarck reads as a typical mid-market US metro — express tunnels and detail shops carrying the bulk of supply, with full-service and self-serve layered in. The bar chart pairs location count with per-format average rating.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.90★ across 9 locations. Lowest-rated: Express Tunnel at 3.68★ (2 locations).
80 (85.1%) of 94 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unclassified | 80 | 85.1% | 1,463 | 4.22 | 1.19% | 0.0% |
| Detail Shop | 9 | 9.6% | 462 | 4.90 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 2 | 2.1% | 502 | 3.84 | 0.00% | — |
| Express Tunnel | 2 | 2.1% | 369 | 3.68 | 11.43% | 5.6% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 1 | 1.1% | 10 | 4.00 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Bismarck car washes?
Read together with the format mix above, the income scatter below tells you whether car wash quality in Bismarck tracks neighborhood income, format mix, or neither. Operating quality usually dominates this picture.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 36 qualifying locations: 0.19 — mild positive. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly better-rated washes, but operator execution still dominates. Scatter mean: $94K AGI/return, 4.37★.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $50K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 1 | 15 | 687 | 3.94 | Self-Serve Bay (1) |
| $75K – $100K | 3 | 44 | 1,528 | 4.31 | Detail Shop (9) |
| $100K – $150K | 1 | 12 | 538 | 4.11 | In-Bay Automatic (1) |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 0 sites across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★ in the lowest. Middle-income tiers typically host the densest express-tunnel concentrations — the part of the income curve where that format's unit economics are strongest.
Who operates the most Bismarck car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Bismarck by location count. Each row shows per-chain Google rating, damage rate, and cancel friction — the cleanest side-by-side cut on operator quality in the market.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Carpet Carwash | 3 | 405 | 3.93 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 2 | 369 | 3.68 | 11.43% | — | 0.00% |
| 3 | Shell | 1 | 11 | 2.90 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Simonson Station Stores | 1 | 10 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Bismarck?
Bismarck's 94 car washes distribute across 3 counties. Burleigh County leads with 60 locations (63.8%). Cross-county rating dispersion is usually narrow at this scale.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.04★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Burleigh County | 60 | 63.8% | 1,819 | 4.18 |
| Morton County | 34 | 36.2% | 987 | 4.22 |
What do customers love and complain about in Bismarck?
Seven aspects, 708 reviews, 94 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Bismarck's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Bismarck metro?
Top 25 car washes by review volume in Bismarck. The full set of 94 is available in the underlying dataset.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| The Wash Barn Car/RV Wash 1800 46th Ave SE | Mandan, ND | Self-Serve Bay | — | 3.7 | 321 | $94K |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash 1800 N 12th St | Bismarck, ND | Express Tunnel | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 3.6 | 299 | $72K |
| Red Carpet Carwash 2921 N 11th St | Bismarck, ND | — | Red Carpet Carwash | 3.9 | 274 | $118K |
| Turbo Spa Car Wash 1801 Eastside Ct #1428 | Mandan, ND | — | — | 4.4 | 201 | $94K |
| King Koin Laundry, Car Wash 2125 E Thayer Ave | Bismarck, ND | Self-Serve Bay | — | 4.1 | 181 | $72K |
| 5 Star Motors 3016 Memorial Hwy | Mandan, ND | — | — | 3.7 | 150 | $94K |
| Red Carpet Carwash 919 S Washington St | Bismarck, ND | — | Red Carpet Carwash | 4.1 | 117 | $96K |
| Interstate Laundry & Car Wash 1438 Interstate Loop | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.6 | 94 | $118K |
| Capital City Motor Worx 1828 E Main Ave | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.7 | 85 | $72K |
| Exclusive Mobile Detailing LLC 164 Riverwood Ave SE | Mandan, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 80 | $94K |
| Maddog's Auto Styling 837 Burlington Dr #306 | Bismarck, ND | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 76 | $96K |
| Infinity Auto Styling 2909 Morrison Ave C | Bismarck, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 75 | $96K |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash 925 E Bismarck Expy | Bismarck, ND | Express Tunnel | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 4.0 | 70 | $96K |
| Top That Ice Cream & Froyo 2921 N 11th St | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.1 | 64 | $118K |
| Triple S Mobile Detailing 4101 21st St SE UNIT 9 | Mandan, ND | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 61 | $94K |
| Dog Wash 1540 E Bismarck Expy | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.0 | 50 | $96K |
| Destin2Shine of ND/Ceramic Pro Bismarck 1365 Tacoma Ave Ste 5 | Bismarck, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.8 | 46 | $96K |
| SS Auto Care 806 Airport Rd | Bismarck, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.8 | 44 | $96K |
| Professional Touch Detail Center 1100 32nd Ave SE UNIT 104 | Mandan, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.8 | 38 | $94K |
| Car Wash 1833 E Main Ave | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.3 | 37 | $72K |
| Turbo Spa Car & Pet Wash 4540 N 19th St | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.4 | 35 | $118K |
| Perfection Plus Auto Detailing 3200 Rock Island Pl STE 1 | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 4.6 | 32 | $96K |
| Val's Auto Beauty Center, LLC 3904 Memorial Hwy | Mandan, ND | Detail Shop | — | 4.8 | 29 | $94K |
| Bender Auto Body 3335 Saratoga Ave | Bismarck, ND | — | — | 5.0 | 26 | $118K |
| Mighty Joe's Auto Detailing 2722 Memorial Hwy | Mandan, ND | — | — | 5.0 | 23 | $94K |
Compare Bismarck to other ND car wash markets
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WashIndex. (2026, June 9). Bismarck car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/bismarck
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Car wash inventory for the Bismarck, ND 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 708 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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