Learn how to start a car wash business, evaluate a car wash for sale, build a car wash, or buy a car wash franchise for maximum profitability. This free car wash business planning video includes everything you need to get started!

How to start a car wash business:

Video 1 — Car Wash Business Wash Types
Explore the pros and cons of full-serve, express-exterior, and flex serve car washing from operators doing all three.

Video 2 — Car Wash Business Site Selection
Review the common elements of successful site selection and gain a better understanding of the systematic steps to determine the best location for a car wash in a given market.

Video 3 — Car Wash Business Financing
Join industry experts and operators as they evaluate bank loans, SBA financing, and venture capital — weighing the pros and cons of each as it applies to the car wash industry.

What you need to know during construction:

Video 4 — Car Wash Business Construction
Go behind the scenes for a step by step guide to planning the construction of a conveyorized car wash from the ground up. Learn what you can do to streamline the process, avoid delays, and save money.

Video 5 — Car Wash Business Permitting
Understand the variables, people, and procedures you need to know to navigate the zoning and permitting of your car wash project with minimal risk and maximum efficiency.

Video 6 — Car Wash Equipment Selection
Learn what goes where and why in a conveyorized car wash to gte a clean, dry, shiny car in 3 to 5 minutes, with no damage, at a profit margin that makes sense to do so.

What you need to know after you open for business:

Video 7 — Car Wash Business Marketing
Full, Flex, or Express Exterior — meet successful operators across the country as they discuss what marketing strategies are (and are not) working for them.

Video 8 — Car Wash Business Financial Overview
Learn how to analyze cash-flow statements to manage the profitability of an existing location or determine if a proposed car wash project represents the right format, location, and equipment capacity to meet your investment objectives.

Video 9 — Car Wash Business Profit Centers
Review proven ways to increase revenue at a car wash with extra services and additional profit centers while motivating staff to help drive sales at your location.

Video 10 — Car Wash Business Risk Management
Understand potential liabilities at a car wash and learn what you can do to avoid known hazards while reducing your exposure to their impact on your business.