Provo Car Wash Market Analysis
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
Data updated · September 26, 2026
63,856 Google reviews across 584 car washes in 2 Provo counties. Format mix, operator rank, geographic distribution, income overlay, customer-experience signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 584
- 89% independent
- Chains
- 18
- lead: Quick Quack Car Wash (20 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.59★
- +0.18 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.5%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 12.9%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 48% of classified inventory
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 695,895
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 199,358
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,192
- 1.6× denser than the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 2.0
- above ~1.5 — heavily built · classified sites
Key findings
- 584 car wash locations operated by 18 chains and 519 independents across 2 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.59★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 63,856 Google reviews, 22,855 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
584 car wash locations across 2 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Provo reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 584 locations across 18 chains and 519 independents, distributed across 2 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Average rating across the 584-location market weighs in at 4.59★; damage rate 1.5%; cancel friction 12.9%. Staff is the brightest aspect signal (0.89/+1). 63,856 Google reviews drive the analysis, 22,855 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
See the top car wash chains in Provo
Ranked by location count in the metro
The car wash industry in the Provo metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Provo metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 29% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 63, now employing about 591 people at a $23,780 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.
Car wash financing in the Provo metro
Consolidating marketSince 2010, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 16 car-wash loans in the Provo metro worth $12.7M, at a $398,450 median per car wash and a 0.0% charge-off rate. Early read: acquisitions are unusually prominent — 13% of loans went to buying existing washes (vs. 8% nationally), a sign operators are trading sites more than building new ones.
- Utah 15
- Juab 1
- New build / open25% · $704K
- Acquisition13% · $350K
- Expansion / improvement50% · $935K
- Working capital13% · $65K
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 Provo car wash market
How many car washes are in the Provo metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Provo metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Provo?
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What is the average customer rating in the Provo car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Provo?
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What kinds of car washes does Provo 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. Provo's mix sits close to the US-metro median shape.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.84★ across 44 locations. Lowest-rated: Self-Serve Bay at 3.60★ (1 locations).
493 (84.4%) of 584 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 | 493 | 84.4% | 15,715 | 4.41 | 1.18% | 16.7% |
| Detail Shop | 44 | 7.5% | 7,764 | 4.84 | 0.39% | 2.4% |
| Express Tunnel | 40 | 6.8% | 39,841 | 4.63 | 2.09% | 13.0% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 5 | 0.9% | 312 | 4.13 | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 0.2% | 162 | 3.60 | 1.92% | 0.0% |
| Full Service | 1 | 0.2% | 62 | 3.60 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Provo car washes?
Each ZIP in Provo 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 167 qualifying locations: 0.02 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $95K AGI/return, 4.47★.
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 | 7 | 449 | 3.58 | — |
| $50K – $75K | 5 | 48 | 13,057 | 4.50 | Detail Shop (8) |
| $75K – $100K | 4 | 69 | 14,652 | 4.58 | Express Tunnel (11) |
| $100K – $150K | 9 | 122 | 32,052 | 4.62 | Detail Shop (24) |
| $150K+ | 2 | 7 | 529 | 4.84 | Express Tunnel (1) |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 7 car washes across 2 ZIPs at 4.84★, against 7 sites across 1 ZIPs at 3.58★ 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 Provo car washes?
18 chains alongside 519 independents make up Provo'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 | Quick Quack Car Wash | 20 | 24,367 | 4.68 | 2.20% | 11.9% | 1.24% |
| 2 | Wiggy Wash | 6 | 8,621 | 4.44 | 2.60% | 22.7% | 0.96% |
| 3 | Tagg-N-Go Car Wash | 6 | 4,109 | 4.85 | 0.97% | 9.6% | 0.25% |
| 4 | Phillips 66 | 6 | 803 | 4.13 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Holiday Oil Co | 5 | 312 | 4.13 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Mister Car Wash | 4 | 995 | 4.02 | 3.94% | 13.2% | 1.39% |
| 7 | Take 5 Car Wash | 4 | 6,318 | 4.45 | 2.37% | 17.8% | 1.24% |
| 8 | Shiny Shell Carwash | 3 | 1,485 | 4.72 | 1.91% | 5.2% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Wind River Wash | 2 | 128 | 3.21 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Thunder Wash Car and Pet Wash | 1 | 162 | 3.60 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 1 | 264 | 4.50 | 5.51% | — | 1.69% |
| 12 | Fabulous Freddy's | 1 | 448 | 4.10 | 2.27% | — | 1.14% |
| 13 | Platinum Mobile Car Detailing of South Jordan | 1 | 12 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Dapper Pros Mobile Auto Detailing | 1 | 119 | 4.50 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Pure Finish | 1 | 50 | 5.00 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Veteran Detail | 1 | 271 | 4.90 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Shell | 1 | 48 | 3.30 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Texaco | 1 | 25 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Provo?
Provo's 584 car washes distribute across 2 counties. Utah County leads with 575 locations (98.5%). Cross-county rating dispersion is usually narrow at this scale.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.15★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Utah County | 575 | 98.5% | 63,689 | 4.60 |
| Juab County | 9 | 1.5% | 167 | 4.45 |
What do customers love and complain about in Provo?
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 Provo metro?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Provo 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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| Take 5 Car Wash Utah 367 N State St | Orem, UT | — | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.4 | 3,609 | $62K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 352 N W State Rd | American Fork, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 2,468 | $128K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 672 E 800 S | Orem, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 2,428 | $105K |
| Wiggy Wash 255 Center St | Orem, UT | Express Tunnel | Wiggy Wash | 4.4 | 2,418 | $62K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1991 W 680 N | Pleasant Grove, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 2,286 | $102K |
| Clean Mobile Detailing 1349 S 500 E Ste. 211 | American Fork, UT | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 2,018 | $128K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1710 N State St | Provo, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,936 | $117K |
| Wiggy Wash 1662 W 500 S | Springville, UT | Express Tunnel | Wiggy Wash | 4.6 | 1,865 | $82K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1588 N State St | Orem, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,787 | $62K |
| Wiggy Wash 80 W 1000 N | Spanish Fork, UT | Express Tunnel | Wiggy Wash | 4.2 | 1,688 | $87K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 66 W Pioneer Crossing | Saratoga Springs, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,649 | $100K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 5452 W 11000 N | Highland, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,510 | $128K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 376 E 1000 N | Spanish Fork, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,456 | $87K |
| Wiggy Wash 552 Kirby Ln | Spanish Fork, UT | Express Tunnel | Wiggy Wash | 4.7 | 1,403 | $87K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 4097 E Pony Express Pkwy | Eagle Mountain, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,390 | $86K |
| Sunny Car Detailing 1375 S 500 E | American Fork, UT | Detail Shop | — | 4.8 | 1,342 | $128K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 942 450 S | Springville, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.6 | 1,341 | $82K |
| Tagg-N-Go Car Wash 3482 W 1940 N | Lehi, UT | Express Tunnel | Tagg-N-Go Car Wash | 4.9 | 1,304 | $109K |
| Take 5 Car Wash Utah 1625 N Freedom Blvd | Provo, UT | — | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.5 | 1,276 | $117K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 912 Turf Farm Rd | Payson, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.7 | 1,206 | $78K |
| Squeegee Boys Mobile Detailing 111s 700 E Unit H | American Fork, UT | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 1,023 | $128K |
| Wiggy Wash 1347 Exchange Dr | Saratoga Springs, UT | Express Tunnel | Wiggy Wash | 4.2 | 927 | $100K |
| Take 5 Car Wash Utah 612 N State St | Lindon, UT | — | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.5 | 833 | $122K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 44 W Smt Dr | Spanish Fork, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.9 | 712 | $87K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 3765 W 2150 N St | Lehi, UT | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.8 | 698 | $109K |
Compare Provo 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, September 26). Provo car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/provo
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Car wash inventory for the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT CBSA is determined by point-in-polygon test against the official US Census county boundaries (TIGER/Line, 2024) for the 2 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 22,855 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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