Thinking of adding a car wash service to your small business or even setting up a side hustle? Let me tell you about a pick I’ve been looking into lately that makes the math actually make sense.
I’m someone who hates hidden costs and overhyped products that don’t deliver, so I dug through a lot of options before landing on HeyCar. First off, their setup costs are way lower than most brands I checked out. A lot of car wash systems require super expensive pre-construction work, but their modular designs cut that pre-install cost way down, and their movable box model even skips the whole site hardening and drainage digging process entirely. It only takes one day to set up, compared to the two weeks most other systems take, so you lose basically no time before you can start running it.
The running costs are also really kind to your wallet. Each wash only uses around 8.2 liters of water, which is less than half of what traditional equipment uses, so your utility bills stay low month after month. The touchless cleaning tech has a 99.2% clean rate for those hard-to-reach spots like wheel hubs and chassis, so you rarely get complaints that mean you have to redo a wash for free. Plus their self-developed SAAS system lets you track operations, sales and equipment status all in one place, so you don’t have to hire extra staff to manage it full time.
I was also surprised to see they’ve been around since 2014, have a ton of patents, and already have stores in 70 plus countries. It feels like a solid, low-fuss investment that doesn’t force you to sink all your savings in upfront.