Prime Car Wash profile
Ownership · Franchise

Who owns Prime Car Wash?

Data updated · May 24, 2026

Prime Car Wash is a franchise — its locations are owned and operated by independent franchisees rather than a single corporate parent. SBA records show 13 government-backed Prime Car Wash franchise loans at a median of $1,365,000 per project. It spans 11 Full Service locations across 6 states.

Structure
Franchise
Locations
11
6 states
Format
Full Service
Franchise?
Yes

Is Prime Car Wash a franchise?

Yes. Prime Car Wash is franchised — independent operators own and run locations under the brand. The U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 13 Prime Car Wash franchise projects worth $18.1M, at a $1,365,000 median loan — a real-world proxy for what it costs to open one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

About Prime Car Wash ownership

Who owns Prime Car Wash?

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Prime Car Wash is a franchise — its locations are owned and operated by independent franchisees rather than a single corporate parent. SBA records show 13 government-backed Prime Car Wash franchise loans at a median of $1,365,000 per project. It spans 11 Full Service locations across 6 states.

Is Prime Car Wash a franchise?

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Yes. Prime Car Wash is franchised — independent franchisees own and operate locations under the brand. The SBA has backed 13 Prime Car Wash franchise projects totaling $18.1M, at a median loan of $1,365,000 — a useful proxy for the capital it takes to open one.

Is Prime Car Wash publicly traded or privately held?

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Prime Car Wash is privately held; individual locations are franchisee-owned.

How many locations does Prime Car Wash have?

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Prime Car Wash operates 11 Full Service locations across 6 states in the WashIndex dataset, with a weighted-average Google rating of 4.00★ across 8,743 reviews.

How we determine this

WashIndex classifies ownership structure from data it can verify: franchise status from SBA loan records, acquisition signatures from customer-review text, and footprint from the per-location index. A specific corporate or private-equity owner is named only where it is publicly established — we do not infer or guess parent companies. Where ownership isn't disclosed, the page says so.

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