Davenport Car Wash Market Analysis
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
Data updated · June 9, 2026
12,288 Google reviews across 188 car wash locations in this chain-consolidated metro. Per-chain ratings vs. footprint, format mix, customer-experience signals across the chain-heavy market.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 188
- 77% independent
- Chains
- 15
- lead: bp (10 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.15★
- -0.26 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 2.3%
- 1.5× national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 15.7%
- Top format
- in-bay automatic
- 32% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $11
- range $4–$25
- Median unlimited
- $24/mo
- cheapest $15/mo at Hartwell Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 381,864
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 160,541
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,031
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.9
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 188 car wash locations operated by 15 chains and 145 independents across 4 counties.
- Top 10 chains control 20.2% of locations — above the 11.4% US-metro median, led by bp (10 sites).
- Built from 12,288 Google reviews, 3,056 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
188 car wash locations across 4 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Davenport stands out for how much chain rollup has reshaped supply. Across 188 tracked locations, the top ten operators control 20.2% of supply — above the 11.4% US-metro median, with bp the largest at 10 sites. The headline averages below behave like chain averages — the per-chain table is the right cut to read.
Average rating 4.15★ across 188 sites; damage 2.3%; cancel friction 15.7% of mem-discussing reviews. Equipment reliability is the sharpest friction point (-0.62). Because the operator mix is concentrated, those numbers behave more like chain averages than market averages.
Published pricing across the 7 of 188 Davenport locations with menus available: median single car wash $11 (range $4–$25), median unlimited membership $24/month (range $15–$27/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $15/mo at Hartwell Car Wash (Rinse & Dry).
See the top car wash chains in Davenport
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Davenport metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Davenport metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 7 of 188 tracked locations have usable published pricing (4% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Davenport | ||
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| 1 | Hartwell Car Wash Rinse & Dry | $15 per mo |
| 2 | Cow Pie Trailer Truck Wash Price | $20 per mo |
| 3 | Club Car Wash Rookie | $24 per mo |
| 4 | Power Wash Wash Only | $27 per mo |
| 5 | Power Wash Wash Only - Monthly Multi-Car | $27 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Davenport | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Wash Self Service | $4 |
| 2 | Power Wash Self Service - Cash | $4 |
| 3 | Club Car Wash Rookie | $11 |
| 4 | Cow Pie Trailer Truck Wash Price | $12 |
| 5 | Eck's Auto Shine Basic Car Wash - Vans Trucks & SUVs | $25 |
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 Davenport metro, officially
Low-wageCar-wash wages in the Davenport metro run about 16% below the national average ($27,412 vs. $32,560), across 33 employer establishments and roughly 378 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 Davenport car wash market
How many car washes are in the Davenport metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Davenport metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Davenport?
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What is the average customer rating in the Davenport car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Davenport?
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How much does a car wash cost in Davenport?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Davenport?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Davenport?
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What kinds of car washes does Davenport have?
In a market where 20.2% of locations sit inside a top-10 chain, the format breakdown reflects what those chains bought. Lower-throughput formats (detail shop, full service) generally cluster outside the rolled-up operator set.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.87★ across 13 locations. Lowest-rated: Full Service at 3.66★ (4 locations).
138 (73.4%) of 188 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 | 138 | 73.4% | 4,284 | 4.32 | 1.35% | 17.8% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 16 | 8.5% | 741 | 3.82 | 0.72% | 60.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 14 | 7.4% | 4,266 | 4.11 | 6.13% | 12.8% |
| Detail Shop | 13 | 6.9% | 910 | 4.87 | 0.57% | 0.0% |
| Full Service | 4 | 2.1% | 1,835 | 3.66 | 1.35% | 0.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 3 | 1.6% | 252 | 4.06 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Davenport car washes?
In a chain-consolidated market like Davenport, ZIP-level income tells you more about where chains chose to deploy capital than about how customers actually rate the wash. Rollups tend to anchor expansion in the $75K–$150K AGI band; below that range, supply is thinner.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 92 qualifying locations: 0.11 — mild positive. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly better-rated washes, but operator execution still dominates. Scatter mean: $84K AGI/return, 4.16★.
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 | 1 | 5 | 201 | 4.30 | Detail Shop (1) |
| $50K – $75K | 14 | 77 | 6,432 | 4.11 | In-Bay Automatic (8) |
| $75K – $100K | 4 | 15 | 1,521 | 3.66 | In-Bay Automatic (3) |
| $100K – $150K | 6 | 46 | 3,995 | 4.37 | Express Tunnel (7) |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
0 car washes in the top income tier (0.00★ avg) vs. 5 in the bottom (4.30★). Chain rollups gravitate toward middle-income suburbia — the part of the income curve where express-tunnel unit economics actually work.
Who operates the most Davenport car washes?
15 chains operate in Davenport, with the top ten holding 20.2% of supply. Damage rate, cancel friction, and per-aspect ratings are broken out per chain — useful for understanding which operators drive the metro's headline numbers.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | bp | 10 | 182 | 3.57 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Kwik Trip | 7 | 1,106 | 4.31 | 0.87% | — | 0.00% |
| 3 | Power Wash | 4 | 509 | 3.96 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Pro-Clean Car Wash Express | 4 | 2,126 | 3.89 | 1.65% | 18.2% | 2.20% |
| 5 | Club Car Wash | 3 | 529 | 4.31 | 9.23% | 10.8% | 1.03% |
| 6 | Silverstar Car Wash | 3 | 791 | 4.53 | 2.04% | 17.1% | 0.56% |
| 7 | Mister Car Wash | 2 | 224 | 4.30 | 9.02% | — | 2.46% |
| 8 | Aqua-Tech Car Wash | 2 | 377 | 4.50 | 4.23% | — | 0.00% |
| 9 | Super Wash | 2 | 229 | 4.07 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Truckomat of Kenly | 1 | 519 | 3.00 | 1.47% | — | 0.74% |
| 11 | Blue Grass Car Wash | 1 | 23 | 3.90 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 1 | 315 | 4.40 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Blue Beacon | 1 | 685 | 3.80 | 1.52% | — | 2.27% |
| 14 | Rainstorm Car Wash | 1 | 637 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Peru Clean and Lube | 1 | 18 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Davenport?
Counties don't matter equally in a chain-consolidated market. Scott County holds 102 of 188 metro locations — the operator concentration follows population density and median income, more than political geography.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.53★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Scott County | 102 | 54.3% | 7,774 | 4.16 |
| Rock Island County | 60 | 31.9% | 3,892 | 4.09 |
| Henry County | 21 | 11.2% | 571 | 4.39 |
| Mercer County | 5 | 2.7% | 51 | 4.62 |
What do customers love and complain about in Davenport?
Staff is the strongest signal here (0.71); equipment reliability runs as the sharpest pain (-0.62). Useful as a quick check on which aspects Davenport's consolidated supply does well at vs. poorly.
Where are all the car washes in the Davenport metro?
Top locations by review volume in Davenport are listed below. In a consolidated market, the top of the list is typically dominated by the largest chains' anchor sites; chain affiliation is called out in the Chain column.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Walcott, IA 1001 Walker St Y-40 | Walcott, IA | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.8 | 685 | $80K |
| Rainstorm Car Wash 4506 Avenue of the Cities | Moline, IL | Express Tunnel | Rainstorm Car Wash | 4.2 | 637 | $66K |
| Pro-Clean Car Wash & Detailing 3800 38th Ave | Moline, IL | Express Tunnel | Pro-Clean Car Wash Express | 3.7 | 579 | $66K |
| Pro-Clean Car Wash Express 1124 W Kimberly Rd | Davenport, IA | Express Tunnel | Pro-Clean Car Wash Express | 3.9 | 532 | $63K |
| Truckomat of Walcott I-80 Exit 284 | Walcott, IA | Full Service | Truckomat of Kenly | 3.0 | 519 | $80K |
| Pro-Clean Car Wash Express 4310 46th Ave | Rock Island, IL | Express Tunnel | Pro-Clean Car Wash Express | 4.0 | 510 | $57K |
| Pro-Clean Car Wash Express 2145 E Kimberly Rd | Davenport, IA | Express Tunnel | Pro-Clean Car Wash Express | 4.0 | 505 | $103K |
| Total Detailing Auto Spa 3245 Utica Ridge Rd | Bettendorf, IA | Full Service | — | 4.3 | 377 | $128K |
| Silverstar Car Wash 3011 Devils Glen Rd | Bettendorf, IA | — | Silverstar Car Wash | 4.7 | 345 | $128K |
| Aqua-Tech Car Wash 6280 Elmore Avenue | Davenport, IA | Express Tunnel | Aqua-Tech Car Wash | 4.5 | 331 | $103K |
| Kwik Star 1650 W Kimberly Rd | Davenport, IA | — | Kwik Trip | 4.3 | 324 | $63K |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash 4200 N Brady St | Davenport, IA | Express Tunnel | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 4.4 | 315 | $63K |
| Club Car Wash 3901 41st Ave Dr | Moline, IL | Express Tunnel | Club Car Wash | 4.4 | 284 | $66K |
| Silverstar Car Wash 306 Avenue of the Cities | East Moline, IL | — | Silverstar Car Wash | 4.4 | 269 | $58K |
| Kwik Star 301 W Kimberly Rd | Davenport, IA | — | Kwik Trip | 4.4 | 256 | $63K |
| Quality Truck Washes - Davenport, IA 3675 W 83rd St | Davenport, IA | Full Service | — | 3.7 | 254 | $63K |
| Driveway Details 2340 Cumberland Square Dr | Bettendorf, IA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 242 | $128K |
| Club Car Wash 3035 E 53rd St | Davenport, IA | Express Tunnel | Club Car Wash | 4.2 | 217 | $103K |
| Silverstar Car Wash 1914 N Division St | Davenport, IA | — | Silverstar Car Wash | 4.4 | 177 | $59K |
| Rabbit Wax Car Wash West 3143 Rockingham Rd | Davenport, IA | — | — | 4.2 | 172 | $43K |
| Cow Pie Trailer Truck Wash 26829 38th Ave N | Hillsdale, IL | — | — | 3.9 | 171 | $73K |
| Power Wash 3517 Devils Glen Rd | Bettendorf, IA | In-Bay Automatic | Power Wash | 4.2 | 167 | $128K |
| Kwik Star 2283 53rd Ave | Bettendorf, IA | — | Kwik Trip | 4.3 | 158 | $128K |
| Power Wash 5302 Avenue of the Cities | Moline, IL | In-Bay Automatic | Power Wash | 3.9 | 149 | $66K |
| Eldridge Body Shop Inc 1140 E Franklin St | Eldridge, IA | — | — | 4.9 | 142 | $100K |
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Car wash inventory for the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 4 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 3,056 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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