Prime Car Wash franchise: cost, fees & unit track record
Opening a Prime Car Wash franchise takes $1,684,500 – $3,280,000 all-in, per its franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05). The initial franchise fee is $50,000 – $155,000. Anything the filings do not state is marked "Not disclosed" below — never estimated. The ledger below itemizes every figure we can source for Prime Car Wash, each one dated, so you can check the numbers before anyone gets your contact details.
Prime Car Wash franchise costs and fees
| Verification mark | Cost item | Low | High | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial franchise feeOne-time, paid to the franchisor at signing | $50,000 | $155,000 | $50,000 to $155,000 | |
| Initial investment (all-in)FDD Item 7-derived range: build-out, equipment, opening costs | $1,684,500 | $3,280,000 | $1,684,500 to $3,280,000 | |
| Net worth requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Liquid cash requiredFranchisor's stated qualification minimum | Not disclosed1 | Not disclosed1 | ||
| Cash to open (all-in range) | $1,684,500 | $3,280,000 | $1,684,500 to $3,280,000 | |
- 1 "Not disclosed" means Prime Car Wash's filings do not state this figure. We publish the gap instead of estimating it.
| RoyaltyOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
|---|---|
| Ad fundOngoing, % of sales | Not disclosed |
| Initial termLength of the first franchise agreement | Not disclosed |
See the full Prime Car Wash cost breakdown — what's in that number and what isn't
How Prime Car Wash's cost compares
A dollar figure means more with a yardstick. Here is where Prime Car Wash's disclosed cost sits against the Auto & Travel category:
- Minimum startup cost of $1,684,500 — about 9.5× the Auto & Travel median of $177,500.
- Initial franchise fee of $50,000 — about 1.5× the Auto & Travel median of $33,740.
Category medians are computed from the Auto & Travel brands in our data that disclosed each figure — a benchmark for scale, not a quality judgment. See all Auto & Travel franchises
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How Prime Car Wash's units have held up
Openings and closures from FDD Item 20-style unit history, 2020–2022: began the window at 1 units; 1 units opened, 0 closed, ending at 2 units.
What about earnings?
We don't publish per-brand earnings figures — for Prime Car Wash or anyone else. The only primary source is Item 19 of the brand's own franchise disclosure document (FDD), and no law requires a franchisor to publish one, so the "average owner income" numbers circulating elsewhere are usually unsourced or survivorship-biased. Ask Prime Car Wash for its current FDD and read Item 19 yourself — and if there is no Item 19, that silence is information too.
What this data can't tell you
Everything on this page comes from disclosure filings — fees, ranges, and unit counts. Four questions that matter just as much are not in any filing we can source, so we say so instead of guessing:
- The hours and the labor
- No dataset field says whether Prime Car Wash is a manage-from-a-laptop business or a 60-hour week in disguise. Item 15 of the FDD states whether you're obligated to run the business personally, and Item 11 lists what the franchisor actually does for you — then ask current owners what their week looks like (validation calls), not the sales team.
- How hands-on the ownership really is
- "Semi-absentee" is a pitch, not a filing field. Treat any hands-off claim as unverified until it's consistent with Item 15 and with what multiple current franchisees tell you — what absentee ownership actually means.
- Your territory — whether it's protected, and whether it's open
- Two territory questions sit outside our data. Whether Prime Car Wash grants a protected or exclusive area is set in Item 12 of the FDD and varies brand to brand — some grant none, and the carve-outs (online sales, national accounts) matter as much as the map. And filing data can't say what's open in your market this month; only Prime Car Wash can confirm current availability. Ask both before you inquire, and get the answer in writing.
- What owners earn
- Covered honestly above: our dataset has no earnings fields, the only primary source is the brand's own Item 19, and here is how to read that evidence.
About the Prime Car Wash franchise
Prime Car Wash is an auto & travel franchisor with 2 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history). Between 2020 and 2022, it began the window at 1 units; its filings record 1 unit openings and 0 closures, ending at 2 units. Its parent company is Prime Franchising, LLC.
No franchise-related lawsuits reported in the disclosure data we hold (FDD Item 3, as of 2026-05) — an absence in our sources, not a guarantee; confirm against the brand's current FDD.
From the franchisor's materials
We offer and award qualified parties a franchise for the right to independently own and operate a car wash location (each, a 'Car Wash') featuring flex-service car wash and detail services including, cleaning, vacuuming, waxing, shining, conditioning, drying, and other cleaning services, as well as limited products including beverages, refreshments, and snacks (collectively, the 'Approved Products and Services'). Each Car Wash is operated utilizing the proprietary marks (the 'Proprietary Marks') and the system of business operations (the 'System') that we designate from time to time and license to our franchisees under our then-current form of franchise agreement (the 'Franchise Agreement').
Prime Car Wash franchise: quick answers
- How much does a Prime Car Wash franchise cost?
- $1,684,500 – $3,280,000 all-in to open, per Prime Car Wash's franchise disclosure filings (data as of 2026-05).
- How many Prime Car Wash units are there?
- 2 units at the end of 2022 (FDD Item 20-style unit history).
- How have Prime Car Wash's units held up?
- 100% of units at risk between 2020 and 2022 did not close, per our metric recomputed from FDD Item 20-style unit history (methodology published on our verification page).