Redding Car Wash Market Analysis
Redding, CA
Data updated · June 9, 2026
11,919 Google reviews across 111 car washes in 1 Redding counties. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 111
- 94% independent
- Chains
- 5
- lead: Premier Oil Change (2 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.62★
- +0.21 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.3%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 6.5%
- Top format
- detail shop
- 50% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $30
- range $30–$30
- Median unlimited
- $24.99/mo
- cheapest $10/mo at SasqWash Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 181,554
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 71,473
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,636
- 1.2× denser than the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.6
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 111 car wash locations operated by 5 chains and 104 independents across 1 county.
- Weighted Google rating 4.62★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 11,919 Google reviews, 4,094 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
111 car wash locations across 1 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
No single structural signal jumps out for Redding — it's a mid-shape car wash market. 111 locations across 5 chains and 104 independents, distributed across 1 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Average rating across the 111-location market weighs in at 4.62★; damage rate 1.3%; cancel friction 6.5%. Staff is the brightest aspect signal (0.91/+1). 11,919 Google reviews drive the analysis, 4,094 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
Published pricing across the 5 of 114 Redding locations with menus available: median single car wash $30 (range $30–$30), median unlimited membership $24.99/month (range $10–$24.99/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $10/mo at SasqWash Car Wash (Tiny Foot).
See the top car wash chains in Redding
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Redding metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Redding metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 5 of 114 tracked locations have usable published pricing (4% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Redding | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SasqWash Car Wash Tiny Foot | $10 per mo |
| 2 | Quick Quack Car Wash Good | $24.99 per mo |
| 3 | Quick Quack Car Wash Good | $24.99 per mo |
| 4 | Quick Quack Car Wash Good | $24.99 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Redding | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A's Mobile Car Wash and Detailing Engine Bay Cleaning | $30 |
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 Redding metro, officially
the Redding metro has 12 car-wash employer establishments employing about 140 people, at a $34,116 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 Redding car wash market
How many car washes are in the Redding metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Redding metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Redding?
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What is the average customer rating in the Redding car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Redding?
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How much does a car wash cost in Redding?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Redding?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Redding?
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What kinds of car washes does Redding 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. Redding's mix sits close to the US-metro median shape.
Highest-rated format: Express Tunnel at 4.78★ across 4 locations. Lowest-rated: In-Bay Automatic at 4.15★ (2 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| Detail Shop | 6 | 5.4% | 995 | 4.76 | 1.16% | — |
| Express Tunnel | 4 | 3.6% | 3,892 | 4.78 | 1.85% | 6.4% |
| In-Bay Automatic | 2 | 1.8% | 167 | 4.15 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Redding car washes?
Each ZIP in Redding 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 32 qualifying locations: 0.06 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $72K AGI/return, 4.48★.
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 | 43 | 9,489 | 4.65 | Detail Shop (7) |
| $75K – $100K | 3 | 13 | 1,198 | 4.26 | — |
| $100K – $150K | 1 | 1 | 409 | 4.70 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 0 sites across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★ 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 Redding car washes?
5 chains alongside 104 independents make up Redding'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 |
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| 1 | Premier Oil Change | 2 | 2,361 | 4.62 | 0.88% | — | 3.01% |
| 2 | Quick Quack Car Wash | 2 | 2,516 | 4.83 | 1.48% | 3.6% | 0.43% |
| 3 | Shell | 1 | 38 | 4.00 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Stealth Window Tint In Chico | 1 | 211 | 4.90 | — | — | — |
| 5 | QUICK WASH | 1 | 1,156 | 4.80 | 2.21% | 8.9% | 0.22% |
| 6 | Power Market | 1 | 129 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Redding?
The table below splits the metro's car wash inventory across the 1 counties of the Redding, CA CBSA, with location count, total reviews, and weighted-average rating per county.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Shasta County | 114 | 102.7% | 11,919 | 4.62 |
What do customers love and complain about in Redding?
Seven aspects, 4,094 reviews, 111 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Redding's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Redding metro?
Top 25 car washes by review volume in Redding. The full set of 111 is available in the underlying dataset.
| Location | City | Format | Chain | Rating | Reviews | ZIP AGI |
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| Premier Oil Change & Car Wash 100 N Boulder Dr | Redding, CA | — | Premier Oil Change | 4.6 | 1,952 | $72K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 1045 Dana Dr | Redding, CA | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.8 | 1,702 | $72K |
| REDDING CAR AND TRUCK CENTER 3000 Bechelli Ln | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.7 | 1,254 | $69K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 3025 McMurry Dr | Anderson, CA | Express Tunnel | QUICK WASH | 4.8 | 1,156 | $60K |
| Quick Quack Car Wash 2525 Hartnell Ave | Redding, CA | Express Tunnel | Quick Quack Car Wash | 4.9 | 814 | $69K |
| Win River Mini Mart 2415 S Bonnyview Rd | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.2 | 523 | $83K |
| Churn Creek Car Wash 2163 Churn Crk Rd | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.3 | 490 | $69K |
| Vivid Detailz Auto Spa & Ceramic Coatings | , CA | — | — | 5.0 | 437 | — |
| Premier Oil Change 9402 Deschutes Rd | Palo Cedro, CA | — | Premier Oil Change | 4.7 | 409 | $120K |
| Cypress Street Auto Wash 570 W Cypress Ave | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.3 | 377 | $83K |
| Tay-Van Car Wash 1803 Hilltop Dr | Redding, CA | Detail Shop | — | 4.7 | 287 | $69K |
| SasqWash Car Wash 4603 Churn Crk Rd | Redding, CA | Express Tunnel | — | 4.0 | 220 | $69K |
| Clean Car Car Wash 2180 Churn Crk Rd | Redding, CA | Detail Shop | — | 4.4 | 198 | $69K |
| Auto Spa Car Wash 747 Lake Blvd | Redding, CA | — | — | 3.7 | 161 | $72K |
| Auto Spa Car Wash 900 Hartnell Ave | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.0 | 142 | $69K |
| Power Market 1495 Lake Blvd | Redding, CA | In-Bay Automatic | Power Market | 4.2 | 129 | $72K |
| Legacy Detailing 1201 Mighty Oak Ln | Redding, CA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 122 | $69K |
| Spotless Car Wash 3065 East St | Anderson, CA | — | — | 3.9 | 119 | $60K |
| Ant's mobile auto detail Tierra oaks dr | Redding, CA | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 100 | $72K |
| Clean Detailing Co - Mobile Detailing - Redding CA | , CA | — | — | 5.0 | 98 | — |
| Auto Spa Car Wash 2726 S Market St | Redding, CA | — | — | 3.3 | 87 | $83K |
| Miranda's Spotless home and office cleaning LLC | , CA | — | — | 4.5 | 81 | — |
| Black Diamond Detail 3834 Fujiyama Way | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.9 | 67 | $83K |
| Royal Elite Detail 1417 Benton Dr | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.9 | 62 | $72K |
| Redding Auto Detail 1270 Hartnell Ave STE A | Redding, CA | — | — | 4.9 | 58 | $69K |
Compare Redding to other CA 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). Redding car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/redding
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Car wash inventory for the Redding, CA 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 4,094 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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