Ogden Car Wash Market Analysis
Ogden, UT
Data updated · June 9, 2026
424 sites, 22 chains, 42,752 reviews — the Ogden car wash market across 3 counties. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 424
- 85% independent
- Chains
- 22
- lead: Quick Quack Car Wash (13 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.50★
- +0.09 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.7%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 10.8%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 45% of classified inventory
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 645,510
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 210,632
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,522
- 1.3× denser than the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 2.1
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 424 car wash locations operated by 22 chains and 362 independents across 3 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.50★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 42,752 Google reviews, 14,080 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
424 car wash locations across 3 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
No single structural signal jumps out for Ogden — it's a mid-shape car wash market. 424 locations across 22 chains and 362 independents, distributed across 3 counties. Customer-experience signals across 14,080 AI-extracted reviews produce the distinct read on this market.
Headline numbers sit near US-metro norms: rating 4.50★, damage 1.7%, cancel friction 10.8%. Staff strong (0.85); equipment reliability weak (-0.43). Per-operator and per-format cuts below are more informative than the aggregates.
See the top car wash chains in Ogden
Ranked by location count in the metro
The car wash industry in the Ogden metro, officially
Low-wageCar-wash wages in the Ogden metro run about 22% below the national average ($25,394 vs. $32,560), across 61 employer establishments and roughly 533 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.
Car wash financing in the Ogden metro
Balanced mixSince 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 34 car-wash loans in the Ogden metro worth $29.6M, at a $685,000 median per car wash and a 5.3% charge-off rate. Its purpose mix tracks the national pattern — a blend of new builds, acquisitions, and reinvestment by existing operators — with no single signal dominating.
FY2026 annualized from its first 6 months.
- Weber 18
- Davis 16
- New build / open38% · $638K
- Acquisition6% · $1.1M
- Expansion / improvement53% · $1.1M
- Working capital3% · $150K
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration 7(a) & 504 FOIA datasets (NAICS 811192), data through 2026-03-31. See the Car Wash Lending Tracker for national figures and methodology.
About the Ogden car wash market
How many car washes are in the Ogden metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Ogden metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Ogden?
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What is the average customer rating in the Ogden car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Ogden?
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What kinds of car washes does Ogden 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. Ogden's mix sits close to the US-metro median shape.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.89★ across 42 locations. Lowest-rated: Self-Serve Bay at 4.22★ (5 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Express Tunnel | 44 | 10.4% | 22,663 | 4.52 | 2.68% | 9.3% |
| Detail Shop | 42 | 9.9% | 4,012 | 4.89 | 0.17% | 13.3% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 6 | 1.4% | 231 | 4.33 | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 5 | 1.2% | 916 | 4.22 | 0.85% | 0.0% |
What is the household income near Ogden car washes?
179 Ogden 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 179 qualifying locations: -0.04 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $87K AGI/return, 4.38★.
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 | 5 | 98 | 16,227 | 4.55 | Detail Shop (20) |
| $75K – $100K | 6 | 78 | 13,170 | 4.45 | Express Tunnel (15) |
| $100K – $150K | 8 | 66 | 12,234 | 4.46 | Detail Shop (13) |
| $150K+ | 1 | 1 | 87 | 4.10 | Express Tunnel (1) |
Income band spread: 1/4.10★ 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 Ogden car washes?
22 chains run sites in Ogden; the top 25 are listed below by location count, with their per-chain operating-quality numbers next to them. Useful for narrowing competitive-set considerations or for M&A evaluation.
| # | Chain | Locations | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage | Cancel | Upsell |
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| 1 | Quick Quack Car Wash | 13 | 11,138 | 4.57 | 2.90% | 11.2% | 1.30% |
| 2 | Phillips 66 | 6 | 889 | 4.22 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Mister Car Wash | 5 | 1,985 | 4.04 | 5.14% | 9.3% | 1.54% |
| 4 | Holiday Oil Co | 5 | 212 | 4.29 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Chevron | 4 | 369 | 3.99 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Cliff's Self Service Wash | 3 | 593 | 4.35 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Wash Factory | 3 | 1,489 | 4.35 | 1.72% | 12.1% | 0.00% |
| 8 | Wind River Wash | 3 | 56 | 3.54 | — | — | — |
| 9 | Velocity Car Wash | 2 | 713 | 4.13 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Super Tunnel Car Wash | 2 | 68 | 4.16 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Ultimate Express Car Wash | 2 | 1,641 | 4.84 | 1.43% | 3.6% | 0.43% |
| 12 | Common Cents Store | 2 | 104 | 3.79 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Hidden Cove Car Wash | 2 | 516 | 4.35 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Shiny Shell Carwash | 2 | 1,399 | 4.86 | 0.93% | 2.5% | 0.00% |
| 15 | Take 5 Car Wash | 1 | 661 | 3.60 | 7.25% | 34.8% | 1.04% |
| 16 | Dapper Pros Mobile Auto Detailing | 1 | 59 | 4.90 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Tagg-N-Go Car Wash | 1 | 795 | 4.60 | 5.00% | — | 1.67% |
| 18 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 1 | 397 | 4.70 | 1.83% | 8.8% | 0.46% |
| 19 | Charlie's Car Wash | 1 | 79 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 20 | RestorFX Utah | 1 | 29 | 4.60 | — | — | — |
| 21 | TLC Carwash | 1 | 126 | 3.10 | — | — | — |
| 22 | Sud Studs Car Wash | 1 | 87 | 4.10 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Ogden?
Counties of the Ogden CBSA are listed below by car wash count. Davis County is the most density-concentrated. Reading the rating column tells you whether quality is uniform across the metro or whether specific counties pull in either direction.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.42★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Davis County | 260 | 61.3% | 25,393 | 4.50 |
| Weber County | 157 | 37.0% | 17,228 | 4.50 |
| Morgan County | 10 | 2.4% | 131 | 4.08 |
What do customers love and complain about in Ogden?
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 Ogden metro?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Ogden 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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| Grease Monkey 2142 W 1800 N | Clinton, UT | — | — | 4.7 | 2,270 | $67K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 950 W Hill Field Rd | Layton, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.3 | 1,715 | $77K |
| Young Used Center 3079 Wall Ave | Ogden, UT | — | — | 4.6 | 1,653 | $69K |
| Grease Monkey 55 W Parrish Ln | Centerville, UT | — | — | 4.5 | 1,560 | $103K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 2566 S 500 W | Bountiful, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,246 | $111K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 244 S Orchard Dr | North Salt Lake, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,152 | $109K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 699 W Riverdale Rd | Ogden, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.4 | 1,045 | $78K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 518 N 400 W | Centerville, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.5 | 1,027 | $103K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 5331 S 1900 W | Roy, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,018 | $63K |
| Ultimate Express Car Wash 1853 N Washington Blvd | North Ogden, UT | Express Tunnel | Ultimate Express Car Wash | 4.8 | 984 | $96K |
| Shiny Shell Carwash 384 W 2700 N | Pleasant View, UT | Express Tunnel | Shiny Shell Carwash | 4.9 | 891 | $96K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 424 N Washington Blvd | Ogden, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 872 | $68K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1584 W 2700 N | Ogden, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 845 | $68K |
| Tagg-N-Go Car Wash 5263 S 1900 W | Roy, UT | Express Tunnel | Tagg-N-Go Car Wash | 4.6 | 795 | $63K |
| Cliff's Car Wash Roy 3536 W 4800 S | Roy, UT | Express Tunnel | — | 4.6 | 712 | $63K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1031 W 12th St | Marriott-Slaterville, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.9 | 708 | $68K |
| Just Wash It Car & Pet Wash 113 US-89 | North Salt Lake, UT | — | — | 4.5 | 703 | $109K |
| Mister Car Wash 1721 Washington Blvd | Ogden, UT | Express Tunnel | Mister Car Wash | 4.2 | 694 | $68K |
| Wash Factory - Syracuse 1818 S 2000 W | Syracuse, UT | Express Tunnel | Wash Factory | 4.4 | 689 | $94K |
| Take 5 Car Wash Utah 6060 S 1550 E | Ogden, UT | — | Take 5 Car Wash | 3.6 | 661 | $78K |
| Ultimate Express Car Wash 270 E Antelope Dr | Layton, UT | Express Tunnel | Ultimate Express Car Wash | 4.9 | 657 | $77K |
| Major League Detailing Car Detailing 345 W 1700 S | Clearfield, UT | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 647 | $67K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 136 N 500 W | Bountiful, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 636 | $111K |
| Ultimate Express Car Wash 255 S 1550 W | Syracuse, UT | Express Tunnel | — | 4.8 | 626 | $94K |
| Mister Car Wash 305 W 500 S | Bountiful, UT | Express Tunnel | Mister Car Wash | 3.8 | 552 | $111K |
Compare Ogden to other UT 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). Ogden car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/ogden
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Car wash inventory for the Ogden, UT CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 3 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 14,080 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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