Corvallis Car Wash Market Analysis
Corvallis, OR
Data updated · June 9, 2026
2,797 Google reviews across 29 Corvallis car washes — a detail shop-dominant market. Format dominance breakdown, per-format quality, operator rank, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 29
- 83% independent
- Chains
- 5
- lead: Chevron (1 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.62★
- +0.21 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 0.6%
- 2.4× below national norm
- Cancel friction
- 0.0%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 67% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $7
- range $7–$7
- Median unlimited
- $29/mo
- cheapest $29/mo at Kaady Car Washes
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 96,359
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 38,286
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 3,323
- 1.7× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.3
- below the ~0.5 expandable band · classified sites
Key findings
- 29 car wash locations operated by 5 chains and 24 independents across 1 county.
- Detail shop dominates: 66.7% of formally-classified locations.
- Built from 2,797 Google reviews, 1,079 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
29 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Corvallis's car wash supply is structurally tilted toward detail shop. 66.7% of formally-classified locations operate as detail shop; the other formats appear at long-tail volume. That makes the metro a useful read on how detail shop performs at scale.
Weighted rating across the market is 4.62★; damage runs 0.6%. The dominant detail shop averages 4.88★ on its own. Facility cleanliness stands out positively (1.00/+1). The operator rank below shows which chains have committed most heavily to the dominant format.
Published pricing across the 2 of 29 Corvallis locations with menus available: median single car wash $7 (range $7–$7), median unlimited membership $29/month (range $29–$29/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $29/mo at Kaady Car Washes (Advanced).
See the top car wash chains in Corvallis
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Corvallis metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Corvallis metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 2 of 29 tracked locations have usable published pricing (7% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Corvallis | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaady Car Washes Advanced | $29 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Corvallis | ||
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| 1 | Detailed Perfection Basic/Exterior | $7 |
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 Corvallis metro, officially
the Corvallis metro has 6 car-wash employer establishments employing about 18 people, at a $32,301 average annual 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 Corvallis car wash market
How many car washes are in the Corvallis metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Corvallis metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Corvallis?
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What is the average customer rating in the Corvallis car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Corvallis?
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How much does a car wash cost in Corvallis?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Corvallis?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Corvallis?
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What kinds of car washes does Corvallis have?
Detail shop dominates Corvallis — 66.7% of formally-classified locations. The table below shows how the long tail breaks down: typically a thin layer of full-service, detail-shop, or self-serve operators serving a different occasion than the dominant format.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.88★ across 6 locations. Lowest-rated: In-Bay Automatic at 3.80★ (1 locations).
20 (69.0%) of 29 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 | 20 | 69.0% | 2,022 | 4.75 | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| Detail Shop | 6 | 20.7% | 269 | 4.88 | 0.00% | — |
| Express Tunnel | 1 | 3.4% | 80 | 4.20 | 6.25% | 0.0% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 1 | 3.4% | 220 | 3.80 | 14.81% | 0.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 3.4% | 206 | 4.10 | 3.57% | — |
What is the household income near Corvallis car washes?
Because Corvallis is detail shop-dominant, the income scatter below mostly reads as a study of how that one format ranges across income tiers. The other formats show up as small splotches at the long tail.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 14 qualifying locations: -0.32 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs in this market host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $87K AGI/return, 4.58★.
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $75K – $100K | 5 | 19 | 2,750 | 4.62 | Detail Shop (6) |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
Highest vs. lowest income tier: 0 sites/0.00★ vs. 0 sites/0.00★. Where the dominant format runs 66.7% of classified sites, the per-tier breakdown mostly reflects how that single format ranges across income levels.
Who operates the most Corvallis car washes?
In Corvallis, the chain rank below is closely tied to format dominance — the largest operators tend to be the ones that built out the dominant detail shop at scale. Per-chain quality numbers help separate format-correlated signal from operator-correlated signal.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevron | 1 | 127 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 2 | City Slick Mobile Car Detailing | 1 | 84 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Jacksons Food Stores | 1 | 14 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Personal Touch Car Wash | 1 | 80 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Kaady Car Washes | 1 | 220 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Corvallis?
1 counties make up the Corvallis CBSA. Because format mix is so concentrated metro-wide, county-level format mix usually follows the metro-wide pattern — though density (locations per capita) varies.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benton County | 29 | 100.0% | 2,797 | 4.62 |
What do customers love and complain about in Corvallis?
Facility cleanliness stands out positively (1.00); equipment reliability stands out as the friction point (-0.20).
Where are all the car washes in the Corvallis metro?
The location table below is shaped heavily by Corvallis's format dominance — most high-volume sites operate as detail shop.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Honda Corvallis 2150 NW 9th St | Corvallis, OR | — | — | 4.8 | 1,719 | $92K |
| Kaady Car Washes 1811 NW 9th St | Corvallis, OR | In-Bay Automatic | Kaady Car Washes | 3.8 | 220 | $92K |
| D&D U-Wash Self-Service Car Wash 1551 NW 9th St | Corvallis, OR | Self-Serve Bay | — | 4.1 | 206 | $92K |
| Chevron 2075 NW Circle Blvd | Corvallis, OR | — | Chevron | 4.2 | 127 | $92K |
| City Slick Mobile Car Detailing 2075 NW Taylor Ave | Corvallis, OR | Detail Shop | City Slick Mobile Car Detailing | 5.0 | 84 | $92K |
| Personal Touch Car Wash 5090 Philomath Blvd | Corvallis, OR | Express Tunnel | Personal Touch Car Wash | 4.2 | 80 | $79K |
| Superior Detailing 350 SW Wake Robin Ave | Corvallis, OR | — | — | 4.6 | 71 | $79K |
| C&R Mobile Auto Detailing 1329 NW 23rd St | Corvallis, OR | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 68 | $92K |
| Detailed Perfection 1815 SE 3rd St | Corvallis, OR | Detail Shop | — | 4.7 | 61 | $79K |
| JamesLee Auto Detailing 820 NW Kings Blvd | Corvallis, OR | Detail Shop | — | 4.5 | 29 | $92K |
| Toyota of Corvallis Service Department 800 NW 5th St | Corvallis, OR | — | — | 4.2 | 28 | $92K |
| Auto Aura Detailing 5075 Philomath Blvd | Corvallis, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 16 | $79K |
| Auto Passion LLC 2530 Newgate Dr | Philomath, OR | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 15 | $87K |
| ExtraMile by Jacksons 2075 NW Circle Blvd | Corvallis, OR | — | Jacksons Food Stores | 4.0 | 14 | — |
| DR Restoration – Willamette Valley Auto Restoration, Detailing & Glass Repair 23791 OR-99W | Junction City, OR | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 12 | $77K |
| Corvallis Auto Detailing | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 12 | — |
| Drip Details | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 11 | — |
| Auto Shine Detailing | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 7 | — |
| Prime Detailing 645 SW 13th St Suite A | Corvallis, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 7 | $79K |
| Smooth Ride Detailing LLC Main St | Philomath, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 5 | $87K |
| Brian’s Detailing - Albany Ceramic Coating Studio 2989 Northwest San Pedro Avenue | Albany, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 2 | $89K |
| Hager's Auto Detailing | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 2 | — |
| Eager Beaver Detailing | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 1 | — |
| Cbrax Mobile Detailing | , OR | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bigfoot Detail Design LLC | , OR | — | — | — | — | — |
Compare Corvallis to other OR 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, June 9). Corvallis car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/corvallis
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Car wash inventory for the Corvallis, OR 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 1,079 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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