Bremerton Car Wash Market Analysis
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
Data updated · September 26, 2026
12,612 Google reviews across 88 car washes in 1 Bremerton counties. Format mix, operator rank, geographic distribution, income overlay, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 88
- 81% independent
- Chains
- 8
- lead: Brown Bear Car Wash (5 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.44★
- near national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.5%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 17.6%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 44% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $11
- range $10–$15
- Median unlimited
- $25/mo
- cheapest $19/mo at Monstar Car Wash & Detail Center
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 276,581
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 107,264
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 3,143
- 1.6× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.9
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 88 car wash locations operated by 8 chains and 71 independents across 1 county.
- Weighted Google rating 4.44★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 12,612 Google reviews, 3,237 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
88 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Bremerton sits near the center of the US-metro distribution on concentration, format mix, and rating. 88 locations across 8 chains and 71 independents, distributed across 1 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.44★, damage 1.5%, cancel friction 17.6%. Staff is the brightest aspect signal (0.84/+1). 12,612 Google reviews drive the analysis, 3,237 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
Published pricing across the 5 of 90 Bremerton locations with menus available: median single car wash $11 (range $10–$15), median unlimited membership $25/month (range $19–$28.88/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $19/mo at Monstar Car Wash & Detail Center (On The Run Unlimited).
See the top car wash chains in Bremerton
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Bremerton metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Bremerton metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 5 of 90 tracked locations have usable published pricing (6% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Bremerton | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monstar Car Wash & Detail Center On The Run Unlimited | $19 per mo |
| 2 | Shur-Kleen Car Wash Basic | $22.99 per mo |
| 3 | Klean Freak Car Wash Klean Freak | $25 per mo |
| 4 | Sudstar Car Wash BASIC | $28.88 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Bremerton | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monstar Car Wash & Detail Center Complete Touchless Wash - Basic | $10 |
| 2 | Klean Freak Car Wash KLEAN FREAK | $11 |
| 3 | Klean Freak Car Wash Klean Freak | $11 |
| 4 | Shur-Kleen Car Wash Basic | $13 |
| 5 | Sudstar Car Wash BASIC | $15 |
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 Bremerton metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Bremerton metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 73% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 19, now employing about 90 people at a $28,395 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.
About the Bremerton car wash market
How many car washes are in the Bremerton metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Bremerton metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Bremerton?
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What is the average customer rating in the Bremerton car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Bremerton?
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How much does a car wash cost in Bremerton?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Bremerton?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Bremerton?
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What kinds of car washes does Bremerton have?
The format mix in Bremerton 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 4.96★ across 11 locations. Lowest-rated: In-Bay Automatic at 4.02★ (4 locations).
63 (71.6%) of 88 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 | 63 | 71.6% | 6,224 | 4.60 | 0.83% | — |
| Detail Shop | 11 | 12.5% | 1,200 | 4.96 | 0.17% | 0.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 10 | 11.4% | 3,906 | 4.15 | 4.69% | 17.8% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 4 | 4.5% | 1,282 | 4.02 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Bremerton car washes?
40 Bremerton car washes with at least 10 Google reviews are plotted below against the mean IRS AGI per return for their ZIP. The Pearson correlation we compute is one of the cleanest cuts on whether neighborhood income meaningfully shapes wash quality here.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 40 qualifying locations: 0.26 — mild positive. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly better-rated washes, but operator execution still dominates. Scatter mean: $92K AGI/return, 4.41★.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 1 | 3 | 274 | 4.30 | — |
| $75K – $100K | 5 | 36 | 8,386 | 4.32 | Detail Shop (8) |
| $100K – $150K | 2 | 11 | 3,389 | 4.65 | Express Tunnel (3) |
| $150K+ | 1 | 2 | 54 | 5.00 | Detail Shop (1) |
Income band spread: 2/5.00★ at the highest tier; 0/0.00★ at the lowest. In a balanced market, the per-tier read is most useful as a sanity check on whether the operating quality is income-uniform or income-stratified.
Who operates the most Bremerton car washes?
8 chains alongside 71 independents make up Bremerton's car wash supply. The chain rank below shows the multi-location operators' position; the per-location detail near the bottom of the page captures the independent layer.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown Bear Car Wash | 5 | 1,560 | 4.39 | 5.80% | — | 0.00% |
| 2 | 76 | 3 | 1,123 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Chevron | 2 | 56 | 3.67 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Klean Freak Car Wash | 2 | 788 | 4.09 | 1.66% | 11.1% | 0.00% |
| 5 | Peninsula Subaru | 2 | 1,572 | 4.50 | 0.30% | — | 0.60% |
| 6 | Conoco | 1 | 159 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Shur-Kleen Car Wash | 1 | 644 | 4.30 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Top Notch Tint & Detail + | 1 | 457 | 5.00 | 0.57% | — | 0.57% |
Which counties have the most car washes in Bremerton?
The table below splits the metro's car wash inventory across the 1 counties of the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA CBSA, with location count, total reviews, and weighted-average rating per county.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Kitsap County | 88 | 100.0% | 12,612 | 4.44 |
What do customers love and complain about in Bremerton?
Reading the aspect grid: numbers above 0.3 are strong positives; numbers below -0.1 indicate meaningful friction; in between is mixed signal. staff is the brightest spot here. equipment reliability is the pain point.
Where are all the car washes in the Bremerton metro?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Bremerton MSA is captured in the underlying dataset; the table below shows the highest-review-volume sites for at-a-glance comparison. Each row shows operator, address, format, chain affiliation, rating, review count, and the IRS mean AGI for the ZIP.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Liberty Bay Auto 20201 Front St NE | Poulsbo, WA | — | — | 4.8 | 2,227 | $106K |
| Peninsula Subaru 3888 WA-16 | Bremerton, WA | — | Peninsula Subaru | 4.5 | 1,510 | $81K |
| Car Toys 10300 Silverdale Way NW | Silverdale, WA | — | — | 4.4 | 1,064 | $92K |
| Shur-Kleen Car Wash 3311 Kitsap Way | Bremerton, WA | Express Tunnel | Shur-Kleen Car Wash | 4.3 | 644 | $81K |
| Burwell 76 2550 Burwell St | Bremerton, WA | In-Bay Automatic | 76 | 4.0 | 512 | $81K |
| Monstar Car Wash & Detail Center 2990 Bethel Rd SE | Port Orchard, WA | Express Tunnel | — | 4.0 | 466 | $78K |
| Top Notch Tint & Detail + 2132 6th St | Bremerton, WA | Detail Shop | Top Notch Tint & Detail + | 5.0 | 457 | $81K |
| Klean Freak Car Wash 9550 Ridgetop Blvd NW | Silverdale, WA | Express Tunnel | Klean Freak Car Wash | 4.0 | 449 | $92K |
| Sudstar Car Wash 1901 SE Sedgwick Rd | Port Orchard, WA | Express Tunnel | — | 3.4 | 448 | $78K |
| Brown Bear Car Wash 3082 NW Bucklin Hill Rd | Silverdale, WA | Express Tunnel | Brown Bear Car Wash | 4.4 | 447 | $92K |
| Brown Bear Car Wash 18764 WA-305 | Poulsbo, WA | Express Tunnel | Brown Bear Car Wash | 4.4 | 373 | $106K |
| 76 294 Bravo Ter | Port Orchard, WA | In-Bay Automatic | 76 | 4.0 | 342 | $94K |
| Klean Freak Car Wash 21205 Olhava Way NW | Poulsbo, WA | Express Tunnel | Klean Freak Car Wash | 4.2 | 339 | $106K |
| Brown Bear Car Wash 1500 NE Fairgrounds Rd | Bremerton, WA | Express Tunnel | Brown Bear Car Wash | 4.3 | 333 | $79K |
| Brown Bear Car Wash 6301 WA-303 | Bremerton, WA | Express Tunnel | Brown Bear Car Wash | 4.5 | 294 | $79K |
| 76 4650 Werner Rd | Bremerton, WA | In-Bay Automatic | 76 | 4.0 | 269 | $81K |
| APEX AUTO PROS TINTING, PPF & DETAILING 9220 Provost Rd NW | Silverdale, WA | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 266 | $92K |
| Affordable Used Cars & Trucks 3890 Wheaton Wy | Bremerton, WA | — | — | 4.7 | 224 | $69K |
| Hudson Auto Center 20081 Viking Ave NW Suite 101 | Poulsbo, WA | — | — | 4.4 | 215 | $106K |
| Diamond Luxe Paint Protection+Detail 6702 Bethel Rd SE suite #101 | Port Orchard, WA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 206 | $94K |
| 76 1350 Bay St | Port Orchard, WA | In-Bay Automatic | Conoco | 4.2 | 159 | $78K |
| TnT Mobile Detailing | , WA | — | — | 4.8 | 117 | — |
| Bainbridge MOBILE Auto Detail | , WA | — | — | 4.9 | 116 | — |
| Brown Bear Car Wash 19774 7th Ave NE | Poulsbo, WA | Express Tunnel | Brown Bear Car Wash | 4.3 | 113 | $106K |
| NW Auto Restoration | , WA | — | — | 5.0 | 103 | — |
Compare Bremerton to other WA car wash markets
Each link drills into a full per-metro analysis — operator concentration, format mix, and customer-experience signals against the same methodology.
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WashIndex. (2026, September 26). Bremerton car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/bremerton
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Car wash inventory for the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 1 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 3,237 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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