Warner Robins Car Wash Market Analysis
Warner Robins, GA
Data updated · June 9, 2026
6,890 Google reviews across 115 car washes in 2 Warner Robins counties. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 115
- 88% independent
- Chains
- 6
- lead: Skweeky Kleen (4 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.48★
- +0.07 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.8%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 25.4%
- Top format
- express tunnel
- 50% of classified inventory
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 195,171
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 72,442
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 1,697
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 1.1
- above ~1.0 — contested · classified sites
Key findings
- 115 car wash locations operated by 6 chains and 101 independents across 2 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.48★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 6,890 Google reviews, 2,147 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
115 car wash locations across 2 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Warner Robins reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 115 locations across 6 chains and 101 independents, distributed across 2 counties. Distinctive patterns show up below at the format and aspect levels.
Weighted rating 4.48★; damage 1.8%; membership-cancel friction 25.4%. Equipment reliability runs as the sharpest friction (-0.49). 6,890 Google reviews drive the analysis, 2,147 of them processed through the WashIndex LLM extractor.
See the top car wash chains in Warner Robins
Ranked by location count in the metro
The car wash industry in the Warner Robins metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Warner Robins metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 38% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 18, now employing about 81 people at a $26,529 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 Warner Robins metro
Balanced mixSince 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 10 car-wash loans in the Warner Robins metro worth $15.9M, at a $1,285,000 median per car wash. Early read: its purpose mix tracks the national pattern — a blend of new builds, acquisitions, and reinvestment by existing operators — with no single signal dominating.
- Houston 8
- Peach 2
- New build / open30% · $1.6M
- Expansion / improvement70% · $1.2M
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 Warner Robins car wash market
How many car washes are in the Warner Robins metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Warner Robins metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Warner Robins?
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What is the average customer rating in the Warner Robins car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Warner Robins?
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What kinds of car washes does Warner Robins have?
The format mix in Warner Robins reads as a typical mid-market US metro — express tunnels and detail shops carrying the bulk of supply, with full-service and self-serve layered in. The bar chart pairs location count with per-format average rating.
Highest-rated format: Detail Shop at 4.86★ across 4 locations. Lowest-rated: Express Tunnel at 4.47★ (8 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Express Tunnel | 8 | 7.0% | 3,841 | 4.47 | 2.28% | 26.8% |
| Detail Shop | 4 | 3.5% | 375 | 4.86 | 0.53% | — |
| In-Bay Automatic | 3 | 2.6% | 713 | 4.55 | 0.00% | 33.3% |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 0.9% | 39 | 3.80 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Warner Robins car washes?
Read together with the format mix above, the income scatter below tells you whether car wash quality in Warner Robins tracks neighborhood income, format mix, or neither. Operating quality usually dominates this picture.
Pearson r between ZIP income and Google rating across 34 qualifying locations: 0.07 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $64K AGI/return, 4.25★.
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 | 3 | 20 | 2,008 | 4.46 | Express Tunnel (2) |
| $50K – $75K | 5 | 39 | 2,911 | 4.37 | Express Tunnel (4) |
| $75K – $100K | 2 | 5 | 1,564 | 4.60 | Express Tunnel (2) |
| $100K – $150K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
Top-tier 0 sites, 0.00★ avg; bottom-tier 20 sites, 4.46★. Across Warner Robins's 34 qualifying locations, the income gradient correlates only weakly with rating — operator execution dominates.
Who operates the most Warner Robins car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Warner Robins 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skweeky Kleen | 4 | 604 | 4.36 | 5.67% | — | 1.42% |
| 2 | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 3 | 3,181 | 4.50 | 1.40% | 26.1% | 0.76% |
| 3 | Circle K | 3 | 131 | 2.87 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Byron Gas N Go | 2 | 688 | 4.55 | 0.00% | — | 0.00% |
| 5 | Crystal Clean Auto Spa | 1 | 56 | 3.90 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Mako Bay of Dublin | 1 | 25 | 4.50 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Warner Robins?
The table below splits the metro's car wash inventory across the 2 counties of the Warner Robins, GA CBSA, with location count, total reviews, and weighted-average rating per county.
Cross-county rating dispersion: 0.01★ between the highest- and lowest-rated counties with meaningful sample size.
| County | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating |
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| Houston County | 91 | 79.1% | 5,577 | 4.48 |
| Peach County | 25 | 21.7% | 1,313 | 4.49 |
What do customers love and complain about in Warner Robins?
Seven aspects, 2,147 reviews, 115 locations. The grid below gives a quick read on which dimensions of the experience Warner Robins's car wash market does well at and which generate friction.
Where are all the car washes in the Warner Robins metro?
The complete inventory of car wash locations in the Warner Robins 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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| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 2707 Watson Blvd | Warner Robins, GA | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.5 | 1,726 | $43K |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 1310 S Houston Lake Rd | Kathleen, GA | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.5 | 1,136 | $88K |
| Byron Gas N Go 248 GA-49 | Byron, GA | In-Bay Automatic | Byron Gas N Go | 4.5 | 604 | $61K |
| Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash 1005 Lake Joy Rd | Warner Robins, GA | Express Tunnel | Tidal Wave Auto Spa | Car Wash | 4.5 | 319 | $65K |
| Nothing But The Details 101 Lochlyn Pl Suite D | Bonaire, GA | — | — | 5.0 | 298 | $78K |
| Skweeky Kleen 102 GA-49 | Byron, GA | Express Tunnel | Skweeky Kleen | 4.4 | 273 | $61K |
| Midgard Self Storage 3528 US-41 | Byron, GA | — | — | 4.4 | 271 | $61K |
| Christian Soldiers Auto Detailing 206 Valley Dr | Perry, GA | Detail Shop | — | 4.9 | 243 | $71K |
| Skweeky Kleen Car Wash 226 Wes Park Dr | Perry, GA | Express Tunnel | Skweeky Kleen | 4.4 | 238 | $71K |
| Lightning Auto Detail 1209 S Houston Lake Rd | Warner Robins, GA | — | — | 4.2 | 130 | $65K |
| Dolphins Car Wash & Wax 325 S Houston Lake Rd | Warner Robins, GA | — | — | 3.6 | 122 | $65K |
| Mako Bay of Warner Robins 6151 Watson Blvd | Byron, GA | — | — | 4.5 | 100 | $61K |
| Royal Mobile Detailing LLC | , GA | — | — | 5.0 | 93 | — |
| H Town Detail Shop 626 General Courtney Hodges Blvd | Perry, GA | — | — | 4.5 | 93 | $71K |
| JB Auto Detailing | , GA | — | — | 5.0 | 86 | — |
| Five Points Gas n Go 101 Vineville St | Fort Valley, GA | In-Bay Automatic | Byron Gas N Go | 4.9 | 84 | $50K |
| Perfect Works Llc 604 Booth Rd | Warner Robins, GA | — | — | 4.9 | 78 | $65K |
| The Detail District LLC. 815 GA-247 Suite 25 | Kathleen, GA | Detail Shop | — | 5.0 | 71 | $88K |
| Skweeky Kleen Perry 2 car wash 100 Plaza Con | Perry, GA | Express Tunnel | Skweeky Kleen | 4.5 | 64 | $71K |
| Circle K 801 SR 96 | Warner Robins, GA | — | Circle K | 2.6 | 57 | $65K |
| Crystal Clean Auto Spa 75 Old Highway 96 | Bonaire, GA | Express Tunnel | Crystal Clean Auto Spa | 3.9 | 56 | $78K |
| Easy Clean Car Wash 1308 Main St | Perry, GA | — | — | 4.2 | 52 | $71K |
| Dolphins Express Car Wash 1911 Watson Blvd | Warner Robins, GA | — | — | 4.1 | 51 | $43K |
| RH Strictly Business Auto Detailing and Pressure Washing | , GA | — | — | 5.0 | 46 | — |
| Swift Street Laundry & Car Wash 1003 Swift St | Perry, GA | Self-Serve Bay | — | 3.8 | 39 | $71K |
Compare Warner Robins to other GA 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). Warner Robins car wash market analysis. https://washindex.com/car-wash-markets/warner-robins
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Car wash inventory for the Warner Robins, GA 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 2,147 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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