Gulfport Car Wash Market Analysis
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Data updated · June 9, 2026
20,518 Google reviews across 230 car washes in 4 Gulfport counties. Format mix, operator rank, geographic distribution, income overlay, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 230
- 91% independent
- Chains
- 9
- lead: Coastal Car Wash (4 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.45★
- near national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.2%
- 1.3× below national norm
- Cancel friction
- 8.5%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 46% of classified inventory
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 418,452
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 164,768
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,819
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.8
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 230 car wash locations operated by 9 chains and 209 independents across 4 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.45★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 20,518 Google reviews, 5,933 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
230 car wash locations across 4 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Gulfport's car wash market reads as US-metro-typical in shape; the distinctive cuts are at the format and aspect levels. 9 chains compete alongside 209 independents — typical mix for a market of 230 car washes. Customer-experience signals across 5,933 AI-extracted reviews produce the distinct read on this market.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.45★, damage 1.2%, cancel friction 8.5%. Equipment reliability runs as the sharpest friction (-0.47). Per-operator and per-format cuts below are more informative than the aggregates.
See the top car wash chains in Gulfport
Ranked by location count in the metro
The car wash industry in the Gulfport metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Gulfport metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 40% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 28, now employing about 191 people at a $23,302 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 Gulfport car wash market
How many car washes are in the Gulfport metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Gulfport metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Gulfport?
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What is the average customer rating in the Gulfport car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Gulfport?
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What kinds of car washes does Gulfport have?
Format counts below split Gulfport's 230 car wash locations by operating concept. Each format serves a different customer occasion — express tunnels for throughput, full-service for staffed convenience, detail shops for hand-finished work — and the rating column lets you read whether each format is meeting its own expectations here.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.82★ across 13 locations. Lowest-rated: Full Service at 4.13★ (2 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Detail Shop | 13 | 5.7% | 823 | 4.82 | 0.50% | 0.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 13 | 5.7% | 4,778 | 4.38 | 2.51% | 6.7% |
| Full Service | 2 | 0.9% | 709 | 4.13 | 4.32% | 25.0% |
What is the household income near Gulfport car washes?
Read together with the format mix above, the income scatter below tells you whether car wash quality in Gulfport tracks neighborhood income, format mix, or neither. Operating quality usually dominates this picture.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 79 qualifying locations: -0.13 — mild negative. Higher-income ZIPs in this market host slightly lower-rated washes on average, which is unusual. Scatter mean: $63K AGI/return, 4.36★.
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 | 4 | 34 | 3,306 | 4.68 | Detail Shop (4) |
| $50K – $75K | 18 | 105 | 14,704 | 4.40 | Express Tunnel (8) |
| $75K – $100K | 3 | 21 | 1,857 | 4.33 | Express Tunnel (4) |
| $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 34 sites across 4 ZIPs at 4.68★ 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 Gulfport car washes?
9 chains alongside 209 independents make up Gulfport'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 | Coastal Car Wash | 4 | 728 | 4.09 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Rainforest Carwash Laurel | 3 | 712 | 4.50 | 3.85% | — | 0.00% |
| 3 | PitStop Car Wash | 3 | 1,747 | 4.41 | 1.28% | 7.3% | 0.00% |
| 4 | Shell | 3 | 233 | 4.01 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Rich's Car Wash | 2 | 1,021 | 4.31 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Classy Chassis | 2 | 709 | 4.13 | 4.32% | — | 3.60% |
| 7 | Cheeky Monkey Car Wash | 2 | 190 | 4.35 | 6.60% | — | 0.94% |
| 8 | Quality Tint & Accessories | 2 | 269 | 4.84 | 0.00% | — | 0.00% |
| 9 | Circle K | 1 | 69 | 3.10 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 1 | 386 | 4.50 | 2.08% | 16.1% | 1.04% |
Which counties have the most car washes in Gulfport?
Gulfport's 230 car washes distribute across 4 counties. Harrison County leads with 120 locations (52.2%). Cross-county rating dispersion is usually narrow at this scale.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.23★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Harrison County | 120 | 52.2% | 12,901 | 4.41 |
| Jackson County | 84 | 36.5% | 6,540 | 4.55 |
| Hancock County | 27 | 11.7% | 1,026 | 4.37 |
| Stone County | 5 | 2.2% | 51 | 4.61 |
What do customers love and complain about in Gulfport?
Seven aspects, 5,933 reviews, 230 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Gulfport's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Gulfport metro?
230 car washes are tracked in Gulfport; 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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| J. Allen Toyota 11397 Helen Richards Dr | Gulfport, MS | — | — | 4.5 | 5,016 | $62K |
| Cannon Toyota of Moss Point 6521 MS-63 | Moss Point, MS | — | — | 4.8 | 1,684 | $43K |
| Jason Pilger Hyundai 613 De La Pointe Dr | Gautier, MS | — | — | 4.6 | 1,523 | $56K |
| J Allen Ford 9274 US 49 | Gulfport, MS | — | — | 4.4 | 854 | $62K |
| PitStop Car Wash 11319 US 49 | Gulfport, MS | Express Tunnel | PitStop Car Wash | 4.3 | 763 | $62K |
| Classy Chassis Express Wash & Detail Center 12126 US 49 | Gulfport, MS | Full Service | Classy Chassis | 4.1 | 592 | $62K |
| Rich's Car Wash - Gulfport 2018 E Pass Rd | Gulfport, MS | Express Tunnel | Rich's Car Wash | 4.4 | 585 | $69K |
| PitStop Car Wash 445 US-90 | Waveland, MS | Express Tunnel | PitStop Car Wash | 4.5 | 584 | $63K |
| Rich's Car Wash - Biloxi 1839 Popp's Ferry Rd | Biloxi, MS | Express Tunnel | Rich's Car Wash | 4.2 | 436 | $68K |
| Rainforest Carwash D'Iberville 10344 Lamey Brg Rd | D'Iberville, MS | Express Tunnel | Rainforest Carwash Laurel | 4.7 | 406 | $64K |
| Classy Chassis 2855 Bienville Blvd | Ocean Springs, MS | Express Tunnel | — | 3.8 | 400 | $85K |
| PitStop Car Wash 2513 34th St | Gulfport, MS | Express Tunnel | PitStop Car Wash | 4.5 | 400 | $38K |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 2910 Bienville Blvd | Ocean Springs, MS | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.5 | 386 | $85K |
| Coastal Car Wash 2142 E Pass Rd | Gulfport, MS | — | Coastal Car Wash | 4.3 | 370 | $69K |
| Cajun Clean Express Car Wash | Pascagoula, MS | — | — | 4.4 | 322 | $75K |
| Wash It Express Carwash 3915 Bienville Blvd | Ocean Springs, MS | Express Tunnel | — | 4.7 | 322 | $85K |
| Rainforest Carwash of St. Martin 6009 Washington Ave | Ocean Springs, MS | Express Tunnel | Rainforest Carwash Laurel | 4.2 | 296 | $85K |
| Coastal Car Wash 15319 Dedeaux Rd | Gulfport, MS | — | Coastal Car Wash | 3.9 | 212 | $62K |
| J. Allen Mazda 15150 Airport Rd | Gulfport, MS | — | — | 4.5 | 180 | $62K |
| Rosalie Station Car Wash & Detail Center 96 Jeff Davis Ave | Long Beach, MS | — | — | 4.2 | 177 | $67K |
| Ugly Headlights Detailing Service 1845 Popp's Ferry Rd | Biloxi, MS | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 158 | $68K |
| Magic Spray Car Wash 5520 Gautier Vancleave Rd | Gautier, MS | — | — | 4.2 | 152 | $56K |
| D'Iberville Car Wash 10497 D'Iberville Blvd | D'Iberville, MS | — | — | 2.1 | 149 | $64K |
| Coastal Car Wash - Pass Rd $10 unlimited Gated Self Serve 2759 Pass Rd | Biloxi, MS | — | — | 3.9 | 147 | $66K |
| Cheeky Monkey Car Wash 926 Iron Horse Rd | Biloxi, MS | Express Tunnel | Cheeky Monkey Car Wash | 4.3 | 138 | $68K |
Compare Gulfport to other MS 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). Gulfport car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/gulfport
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Car wash inventory for the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 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 5,933 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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