Pattern for success...
Good and thorough planning is perhaps the most important step toward building a successful business. First, you must determine if you really want to be in the vehicle wash business. Businesses that specialize in serving the motoring public are often prone to long hours of operation in all kinds of weather. Given that absentee ownership has many risks over and beyond the normal establishment of a business, plan on being married to the business to a large extent. A good accountant or consultant will be able to assist with the business plan, budgeting and cash-flow projections. Naturally, you will want to be conservative in your outlook. Developing a working relationship with a good banker and a competent attorney is also very important. Ask your contemporaries, who operate a successful business themselves, for suggestions.

Location, Location, Location!
Perhaps the single most important factor for the success or your new car wash location. Many factors add up to determine if a location is viable for a car wash operation. These include traffic counts, speed limits, area demographics, surrounding businesses and distance to the nearest competitor among other things. If you build a car wash in a location that doesn't have enough potential customers to support it or build it right down the street from an already successful competitor, all of the money and equipment in the industry won't help make you profitable. Many people in the car wash industry use traffic counts as a measure to the potential success of a car wash site. Commercial Washing Systems offers you a FREE CARWASH SITE ANALYSIS