Grants Pass Car Wash Market Analysis
Grants Pass, OR
Data updated · June 9, 2026
A read of Grants Pass's car wash market built from 2,822 Google reviews across 34 locations. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 34
- 82% independent
- Chains
- 4
- lead: Crater Car Wash (2 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.35★
- -0.06 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 2.2%
- 1.4× national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 2.6%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 33% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $10
- range $7–$10
- Median unlimited
- $30.99/mo
- cheapest $28/mo at Mill St Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 88,069
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 36,336
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,590
- 1.3× the national MSA median — lighter supply
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.1
- above ~1.0 — contested · classified sites
Key findings
- 34 car wash locations operated by 4 chains and 28 independents across 1 county.
- Weighted Google rating 4.35★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 2,822 Google reviews, 538 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
34 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Grants Pass reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 34 locations across 4 chains and 28 independents, distributed across 1 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.35★, damage 2.2%, cancel friction 2.6%. Staff strong (0.79); equipment reliability weak (-0.25). 2,822 Google reviews drive the analysis, 538 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
Published pricing across the 2 of 34 Grants Pass locations with menus available: median single car wash $10 (range $7–$10), median unlimited membership $30.99/month (range $28–$30.99/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $28/mo at Mill St Car Wash (Monthly Membership).
See the top car wash chains in Grants Pass
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Grants Pass metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Grants Pass metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 2 of 34 tracked locations have usable published pricing (6% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Grants Pass | ||
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| 1 | Mill St Car Wash Monthly Membership | $28 per mo |
| 2 | Rogue Carwash Ceramic Protect | $30.99 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Grants Pass | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mill St Car Wash Basic Wash | $7 |
| 2 | Rogue Carwash Basic | $10 |
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 Grants Pass metro, officially
the Grants Pass metro has 7 car-wash employer establishments employing about 75 people, at a $30,124 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 Grants Pass car wash market
How many car washes are in the Grants Pass metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Grants Pass metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Grants Pass?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Grants Pass?
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How much does a car wash cost in Grants Pass?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Grants Pass?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Grants Pass?
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What kinds of car washes does Grants Pass have?
The table below lists every operating format we classify, with locations, reviews, average rating, damage rate, and membership-cancel friction broken out per format. Grants Pass's mix sits close to the US-metro median shape.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.79★ across 3 locations. Lowest-rated: In-Bay Automatic at 3.63★ (3 locations).
22 (64.7%) of 34 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 | 22 | 64.7% | 453 | 4.28 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 4 | 11.8% | 1,429 | 4.54 | 3.80% | 2.6% |
| Detail Shop | 3 | 8.8% | 225 | 4.79 | 0.94% | — |
| In-Bay Automatic | 3 | 8.8% | 334 | 3.63 | 0.00% | — |
| Self-Serve Bay | 2 | 5.9% | 381 | 4.07 | 2.17% | — |
What is the household income near Grants Pass car washes?
Each ZIP in Grants Pass is joined to IRS Statistics-of-Income (tax year 2022) and to the per-location Google rating dataset. The scatter below sizes dots by review volume and colors them by format.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 21 qualifying locations: 0.19 — mild positive. Higher-income ZIPs host slightly better-rated washes, but operator execution still dominates. Scatter mean: $65K AGI/return, 4.28★.
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 | 3 | 255 | 3.80 | In-Bay Automatic (1) |
| $50K – $75K | 2 | 23 | 2,505 | 4.39 | Express Tunnel (4) |
| $75K – $100K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 3 sites across 1 ZIPs at 3.80★ 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 Grants Pass car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Grants Pass 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 |
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| 1 | Crater Car Wash | 2 | 617 | 4.47 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Paradise Car Wash | 2 | 381 | 4.07 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Shell | 1 | 67 | 3.10 | — | — | — |
| 4 | 76 | 1 | 255 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Grants Pass?
Grants Pass's 34 car washes distribute across 1 counties. Josephine County leads with 34 locations (100.0%). Cross-county rating dispersion is usually narrow at this scale.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Josephine County | 34 | 100.0% | 2,822 | 4.35 |
What do customers love and complain about in Grants Pass?
Seven aspects, 538 reviews, 34 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Grants Pass's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Grants Pass metro?
34 car washes are tracked in Grants Pass; below is the top of the list by Google review count. Locations with fewer than 10 reviews are excluded from the rating column.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Rogue Carwash 819 SE Mill St | Grants Pass, OR | Express Tunnel | — | 4.7 | 538 | $66K |
| Crater Car Wash 1562 NE F St | Grants Pass, OR | Express Tunnel | Crater Car Wash | 4.5 | 441 | $66K |
| Mill St Car Wash 599 NE F St | Grants Pass, OR | Express Tunnel | — | 4.4 | 274 | $66K |
| 76 112 Redwood Hwy | Cave Junction, OR | In-Bay Automatic | 76 | 3.8 | 255 | $45K |
| Paradise Express Lube And Auto Repair 110 NE Hillcrest Dr | Grants Pass, OR | Self-Serve Bay | Paradise Car Wash | 4.1 | 251 | $66K |
| Crater Car Wash 330 Union Ave | Grants Pass, OR | Express Tunnel | Crater Car Wash | 4.4 | 176 | $66K |
| Paradise Car Wash 116 NE Hillcrest Dr | Grants Pass, OR | Self-Serve Bay | Paradise Car Wash | 4.0 | 130 | $66K |
| Squeeky Clean Car Wash 2521 Williams Hwy | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 3.7 | 122 | $66K |
| Elite Detailing Services 800 NE E St | Grants Pass, OR | Detail Shop | — | 4.6 | 120 | $66K |
| Touchless Carwash 1553 Williams Hwy | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.2 | 84 | $66K |
| Shell 2017 NW Vine St | Grants Pass, OR | In-Bay Automatic | Shell | 3.1 | 67 | $66K |
| Mac's Customs and Detail 2001 Foothill Blvd A4 | Grants Pass, OR | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 55 | $66K |
| Route 97 Auto Detailing 2757 Highland Ave | Grants Pass, OR | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 50 | $66K |
| Crystal clear car care | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 45 | — |
| Self Service Car Wash 1810 NW 6th St | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 3.8 | 38 | $66K |
| Diamond Auto Detail 712 Redwood Hwy | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.7 | 33 | $66K |
| COME TO YOU CAR WASH 1708 Dowell Rd | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.6 | 31 | $66K |
| Flawless Detail Services 405 NW Loughridge Ave | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.6 | 22 | $66K |
| Solar Car Wash 1810 NE 7th St | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.0 | 18 | $66K |
| Bob's Buff & Shine 625 NE 7th St | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.8 | 17 | $66K |
| Dyers Mobile Detailing | , OR | — | — | 5.0 | 14 | — |
| Whale Wash Touchless Car Wash 1810 NE 7th St | Grants Pass, OR | In-Bay Automatic | — | 2.9 | 12 | $66K |
| Car Detailing|PR Family Auto Detailing mobile 1708 NE Fairview Ave #4 | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 12 | $66K |
| Top Spot Auto Detail 1810 NE 7th St | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 4.5 | 8 | $66K |
| Full Scale Detail 340 SW L St | Grants Pass, OR | — | — | 5.0 | 6 | $66K |
Compare Grants Pass 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). Grants Pass car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/grants-pass
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Car wash inventory for the Grants Pass, 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 538 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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