Tommy's Express® Car Wash profile
Ownership · Franchise

Who owns Tommy's Express® Car Wash?

Data updated · May 24, 2026

Tommy's Express® Car Wash is a franchise — its locations are owned and operated by independent franchisees rather than a single corporate parent. SBA records show 58 government-backed Tommy's Express® Car Wash franchise loans at a median of $2,149,500 per project. It spans 264 Express Tunnel locations across 38 states.

Structure
Franchise
Locations
264
38 states
Format
Express Tunnel
Franchise?
Yes

Is Tommy's Express® Car Wash a franchise?

Yes. Tommy's Express® Car Wash is franchised — independent operators own and run locations under the brand. The U.S. Small Business Administration has backed 58 Tommy's Express® Car Wash franchise projects worth $156M, at a $2,149,500 median loan — a real-world proxy for what it costs to open one.

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Frequently Asked Questions

About Tommy's Express® Car Wash ownership

Who owns Tommy's Express® Car Wash?

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Tommy's Express® Car Wash is a franchise — its locations are owned and operated by independent franchisees rather than a single corporate parent. SBA records show 58 government-backed Tommy's Express® Car Wash franchise loans at a median of $2,149,500 per project. It spans 264 Express Tunnel locations across 38 states.

Is Tommy's Express® Car Wash a franchise?

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Yes. Tommy's Express® Car Wash is franchised — independent franchisees own and operate locations under the brand. The SBA has backed 58 Tommy's Express® Car Wash franchise projects totaling $156M, at a median loan of $2,149,500 — a useful proxy for the capital it takes to open one.

Is Tommy's Express® Car Wash publicly traded or privately held?

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Tommy's Express® Car Wash is privately held; individual locations are franchisee-owned.

How many locations does Tommy's Express® Car Wash have?

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Tommy's Express® Car Wash operates 264 Express Tunnel locations across 38 states in the WashIndex dataset, with a weighted-average Google rating of 4.57★ across 134,780 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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