Youngstown Car Wash Market Analysis
Youngstown-Warren, OH
Data updated · June 9, 2026
A read of Youngstown's car wash market built from 26,293 Google reviews across 212 locations. Format mix, operator rank, county breakdown, rating vs. income, aspect-level customer signals.
Snapshot
- Locations
- 212
- 80% independent
- Chains
- 11
- lead: Super Suds Auto Spa (10 sites)
- Avg rating
- 4.52★
- +0.11 vs national MSA median
- Damage rate
- 1.7%
- near national MSA norm
- Cancel friction
- 15.0%
- Top format
- in-bay automatic
- 38% of classified inventory
- Median single wash
- $12
- range $10–$28.60
- Median unlimited
- $21/mo
- cheapest $17.99/mo at GetGo Café + Market & WetGo Car Wash
Market Quality snapshot
- Population
- 428,430
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Households
- 184,325
- ACS 2023 5-year
- Residents per wash
- 2,021
- near the national MSA median
- Express tunnels per 10K households
- 0.7
- in the 0.5–1.0 filling band · classified sites
Key findings
- 212 car wash locations operated by 11 chains and 170 independents across 2 counties.
- Weighted Google rating 4.52★ across the market; structural concentration and format mix sit near US-metro norms.
- Built from 26,293 Google reviews, 7,084 of them AI-extracted across 55 dimensions.
212 car wash locations across 2 counties · dots colored by format · sized by review volume
Youngstown reads as a balanced car wash market — neither sharply consolidated nor unusually fragmented. 11 chains compete alongside 170 independents — typical mix for a market of 212 car washes. Customer-experience signals across 7,084 AI-extracted reviews produce the distinct read on this market.
Weighted rating 4.52★; damage 1.7%; membership-cancel friction 15.0%. Staff is the brightest aspect signal (0.81/+1). Per-operator and per-format cuts below are more informative than the aggregates.
Published pricing across the 12 of 214 Youngstown locations with menus available: median single car wash $12 (range $10–$28.60), median unlimited membership $21/month (range $17.99–$35/mo). The cheapest unlimited membership in the metro is $17.99/mo at GetGo Café + Market & WetGo Car Wash (Guard Pass).
See the top car wash chains in Youngstown
Ranked by location count in the metro
What does a car wash cost in the Youngstown metro?
Published menu pricing for car washes in the Youngstown metropolitan area, captured from operator websites and the WashIndex AI calling agent. 12 of 214 tracked locations have usable published pricing (6% coverage).
| Cheapest unlimited memberships in Youngstown | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GetGo Café + Market & WetGo Car Wash Guard Pass | $17.99 per mo |
| 2 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash QUALITY | $19.99 per mo |
| 3 | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC Ripple | $21 per mo |
| 4 | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC Ripple | $21 per mo |
| 5 | Quality Care Detailing (Tint, PPF, Ceramic Coating, Detailing, Paint Correction) Car Wash Membership | $35 per mo |
| Cheapest single car washes in Youngstown | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC Ripple | $10 |
| 2 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash QUALITY | $10 |
| 3 | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC Ripple | $10 |
| 4 | GetGo Café + Market & WetGo Car Wash Guard Pass | $10 |
| 5 | Take 5 Car Wash Wash | $12 |
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 Youngstown metro, officially
Fast-growingthe Youngstown metro is one of the faster-growing car-wash job markets: employer establishments grew 18% from 2022 to 2024 — ahead of the ~7% national pace — to 26, now employing about 175 people at a $23,262 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 Youngstown metro
Operations-heavySince 2011, the U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 12 car-wash loans in the Youngstown metro worth $8.5M, at a $482,500 median per car wash and a 0.0% charge-off rate. Early read: an outsized 25% of loans were for working capital rather than construction or acquisition (vs. 10% nationally), which can point to operators managing cash flow more than expanding.
- Trumbull 6
- Mahoning 6
- New build / open25% · $609K
- Acquisition17% · $571K
- Expansion / improvement33% · $649K
- Working capital25% · $50K
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 Youngstown car wash market
How many car washes are in the Youngstown metro?
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What is the best-rated car wash in the Youngstown metro?
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Which car wash chain has the most locations in Youngstown?
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What is the average customer rating in the Youngstown car wash market?
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What is the typical household income near car washes in Youngstown?
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How much does a car wash cost in Youngstown?
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How much does an unlimited car wash membership cost in Youngstown?
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What is the cheapest car wash in Youngstown?
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What kinds of car washes does Youngstown have?
Format counts below split Youngstown's 212 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: Express Tunnel at 4.82★ across 13 locations. Lowest-rated: Full Service at 3.89★ (4 locations).
| Format | Locations | % of MSA | Reviews | Avg Rating | Damage Rate | Cancel Friction |
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| In-Bay Automatic | 17 | 8.0% | 2,309 | 3.89 | 1.02% | 10.0% |
| Express Tunnel | 13 | 6.1% | 13,972 | 4.82 | 1.46% | 9.7% |
| Detail Shop | 10 | 4.7% | 783 | 4.70 | 0.48% | — |
| Full Service | 4 | 1.9% | 1,446 | 3.89 | 1.89% | — |
| Self-Serve Bay | 1 | 0.5% | 172 | 4.30 | 0.00% | — |
What is the household income near Youngstown car washes?
Each ZIP in Youngstown 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 118 qualifying locations: -0.09 — effectively zero. Operating quality dominates over neighborhood income. Scatter mean: $65K AGI/return, 4.15★.
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 | 11 | 29 | 997 | 4.21 | Detail Shop (2) |
| $50K – $75K | 24 | 117 | 19,133 | 4.52 | Express Tunnel (11) |
| $75K – $100K | 5 | 25 | 5,206 | 4.60 | In-Bay Automatic (5) |
| $100K – $150K | 2 | 12 | 594 | 4.11 | In-Bay Automatic (3) |
| $150K+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | — |
The highest-income tier ($150K+) contains 0 car washes across 0 ZIPs at 0.00★, against 29 sites across 11 ZIPs at 4.21★ 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 Youngstown car washes?
The table below ranks the top 25 chains operating in Youngstown 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 |
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| 1 | Super Suds Auto Spa | 10 | 1,403 | 4.16 | 2.44% | 6.5% | 0.61% |
| 2 | Sheetz | 8 | 1,083 | 3.66 | 0.39% | — | 0.00% |
| 3 | ModWash | 7 | 12,360 | 4.87 | 1.08% | 9.9% | 0.17% |
| 4 | Mr. Magic Car Wash | 5 | 1,814 | 4.08 | 9.45% | 34.4% | 1.89% |
| 5 | Gulf Gas Station | 3 | 286 | 3.81 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Blue Beacon | 2 | 1,323 | 3.83 | 1.99% | — | 0.50% |
| 7 | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC | 2 | 559 | 4.20 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Take 5 Car Wash | 2 | 759 | 4.75 | 1.82% | 3.6% | 0.00% |
| 9 | GetGo Café + Market & WetGo Car Wash | 1 | 61 | 3.80 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 1 | 233 | 4.40 | 6.67% | 12.5% | 1.21% |
| 11 | Shell | 1 | 144 | 3.90 | — | — | — |
Which counties have the most car washes in Youngstown?
Youngstown's 212 car washes distribute across 2 counties. Mahoning County leads with 120 locations (56.6%). 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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| Mahoning County | 120 | 56.6% | 14,265 | 4.63 |
| Trumbull County | 94 | 44.3% | 12,028 | 4.39 |
What do customers love and complain about in Youngstown?
The aspect grid below summarizes 7,084 AI-extracted reviews across 212 Youngstown car wash locations. Each aspect lands on a -1…+1 scale (negative = customers complain more than they praise; positive = the reverse).
Where are all the car washes in the Youngstown metro?
212 car washes are tracked in Youngstown; 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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| ModWash 750 Boardman Poland Rd | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.9 | 2,741 | $66K |
| ModWash 5420 Mahoning Ave | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.9 | 2,108 | $54K |
| ModWash 3850 Belmont Ave | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.8 | 1,981 | $55K |
| ModWash 2674 E State St | Salem, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.9 | 1,915 | $65K |
| ModWash 3495 Elm Rd NE | Warren, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.9 | 1,760 | $75K |
| ModWash 2505 Niles Cortland Rd SE | Warren, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.8 | 1,565 | $75K |
| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Hubbard, OH Exit 234B, 7044 Truck World Blvd I-80 | Hubbard, OH | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.9 | 887 | $63K |
| Mr. Magic Car Wash 59 Youngstown Warren Rd | Niles, OH | — | Mr. Magic Car Wash | 4.2 | 610 | $51K |
| Mr. Magic Car Wash 2239 Elm Rd | Cortland, OH | — | Mr. Magic Car Wash | 4.2 | 439 | $70K |
| Blue Beacon Truck Wash of Girard, OH Exit 226, 2 Ohio Machinery Blvd I-80 | Girard, OH | Full Service | Blue Beacon | 3.7 | 436 | $57K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 6071 Mahoning Ave | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.7 | 388 | $54K |
| Take 5 Car Wash 2940 E State St | Salem, OH | Express Tunnel | Take 5 Car Wash | 4.8 | 371 | $65K |
| Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC 754 Boardman-Canfield Rd | Boardman, OH | Express Tunnel | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC | 4.2 | 348 | $66K |
| Car Culture 3810 Youngstown Rd SE | Warren, OH | — | — | 4.9 | 341 | $75K |
| Mr. Magic Car Wash 1210 Niles Cortland Rd SE | Warren, OH | — | Mr. Magic Car Wash | 4.0 | 327 | $75K |
| Acura of Boardman 883 Boardman-Canfield Rd | Youngstown, OH | — | — | 4.3 | 303 | $66K |
| Modwash 1500 Boardman-Canfield Rd | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | ModWash | 4.7 | 290 | $66K |
| Auto Toys (Auto Evolution / Noel's Car Toys) 5383 Youngstown Warren Rd | Niles, OH | Detail Shop | — | 4.6 | 256 | $51K |
| Super Suds Auto Spa 681 S High St #1502 | Cortland, OH | In-Bay Automatic | Super Suds Auto Spa | 4.2 | 247 | $70K |
| Mr. Magic Car Wash 6410 South Ave | Boardman, OH | — | Mr. Magic Car Wash | 3.6 | 243 | $66K |
| Tommy's Express® Car Wash 5633 Mahoning Ave | Austintown, OH | Express Tunnel | Tommy's Express® Car Wash | 4.4 | 233 | $54K |
| Boardman Subaru Service & Parts Department 7811 South Ave | Boardman, OH | — | — | 4.8 | 229 | $66K |
| Gulf Gas Station 5373 Youngstown Warren Rd | Niles, OH | — | Gulf Gas Station | 4.1 | 212 | $51K |
| Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC 6191 South Ave | Youngstown, OH | Express Tunnel | Rogue Wave Auto Wash LLC | 4.2 | 211 | $66K |
| Sheetz 9010 Market St | North Lima, OH | In-Bay Automatic | Sheetz | 4.2 | 199 | $101K |
Compare Youngstown to other OH car wash markets
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Car wash inventory for the Youngstown-Warren, OH 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 7,084 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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