Manufacturers and Vendors

Company and brand profiles across equipment, software, chemistry, and operators. Part of the Car Wash Industry Glossary.

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Acquire Video

Car wash camera-technology vendor, described in EverWash/omniX Labs press materials as an “industry leader in camera technology” providing site-visibility/camera hardware, partnered with omniX Labs to combine camera feeds with omniX’s AI data analysis. See also: omniX Labs; LPR; Survision. Unverified.

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Adyen

Third-party payment processor and merchant service provider used in car wash membership payment processing and in payment-token transfers when migrating between POS systems. Also known as: Payment processor; merchant processor. See also: Token Transfer; Membership; CAGE.

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AMP Memberships (AMP)

Car wash membership/POS technology platform combining a point-of-sale system (Clarity), a white-label consumer mobile app, AI vehicle-recognition cameras, touchscreen kiosks, digital signage, and a reporting portal. Acquired by National Carwash Solutions (NCS) in January 2025. Also known as: AMP; AMP Technologies (used interchangeably in some press releases). See also: Clarity; National Carwash Solutions; Carwash 4.0; Loading Stations.

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Autec (AUTEC Car Wash Systems, Inc.)

Manufacturer of in-bay automatic wash systems (soft-touch, touch-free, and hybrid), sold and serviced through regional dealer networks (e.g., Northeast AUTEC). Model lines include AUTEC Evolution, 425, 260, Endura, Touch Free, and Shine Express. See also: IBA; Touchless; Soft-Touch; Rollover.

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AVW Equipment Company (AVW)

Manufacturer of stainless-steel tunnel equipment - mitter curtains, wraps (Z-Wraps), top/side/rocker brushes, arches, applicators, conveyors, dryers - marketed for high-volume commercial wash sites. See also: Mitter; Rocker Panel Brush; Top Brush; Wrap-Around.

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Belanger (Belanger, Inc.)

Long-standing manufacturer of conveyor tunnels, touchless and soft-touch in-bay automatics, and drive-thru fleet washes. Now sold and supported under the OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions (OPW VWS) umbrella alongside PDQ, ICS, and Kesseltronics. See also: H2Air; AirBlade; Wrap-Around; Dryer.

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Blendco (Blendco SuperSat / Red Rhino)

Blendco Systems (now a division of DuBois Chemicals) manufactures formulated powder and liquid car wash chemistry, including the patented “SuperSat Custom Detergent Systems” and “Red Rhino” branded detergents and protectants. Also known as: SuperSat; Red Rhino. See also: Detergent; Sealer Wax; Presoak.

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Car IQ

Fleet/vehicle payment company whose technology lets a vehicle (or its onboard system) transact directly and autonomously with a merchant - no card presented by the driver. Partnered with EverWash (2022) so fleet vehicles can pay for washes automatically, with centralized billing and fraud reduction for fleet managers. See also: EverWash; EverWash Direct; Fleet Membership Management; autonomous payments.

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Club Car Wash (Express Wash Concepts, EWC)

Midwest-focused car wash platform (225+ locations as of the source date) backed by Wildcat Capital, operating under a combined Club Car Wash / Express Wash Concepts structure with additional investment from Sculptor Real Estate (Oct. 2023). Preserves regional brand identity while centralizing back-office functions - a multi-brand roll-up pattern distinct from single-banner consolidators. Also known as: EWC; Wash Smart (Express Wash Concepts’ membership portal). See also: Platform; Cluster Strategy; Franchise vs. Corporate Model; Spotless Brands.

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Coleman Hanna Carwash Systems

Car wash equipment manufacturer (the merged “Hanna” and “Coleman” equipment lines) producing conveyor tunnel components - mitters, top/side washers, arches, tire/wheel equipment, dryers - plus in-bay automatics, self-serve gear, its own tunnel controller (“V4 Tunnel Equipment Controller”), motor control centers, an entrance/payment system (“SalesLink,” paired with the “OptiVA Virtual Attendant” contactless mode, managed remotely via “WashMAX”), hydraulic power packs, air compressors, and vacuum systems. Markets itself as the top seller of rotary top brushes worldwide. Also known as: Hanna; Hanna Systems (as in “Hanna Systems SalesLink”). See also: V4 Tunnel Equipment Controller; OptiVA Virtual Attendant; SalesLink; Rotary Top Brush.

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CryptoPay

A cashless/mobile payment vendor serving self-serve and in-bay car washes, discussed in trade press alongside Coinless as part of the shift away from coin acceptors. Not researched beyond that mention. See also: Coinless; coinless (generic); Autocashier; Meter Box. Unverified.

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D&S Car Wash Equipment (D&S Car Wash Supply)

Missouri-based (High Ridge, MO) manufacturer founded 1972, known for in-bay automatic (“IQ” line) and self-serve equipment; claims to be first to introduce an all-welded-stainless-steel vacuum to the industry and an early adopter of solid-state timers/digital displays. Acquired the WashCard payment system in 2024. Product line includes IQ 2.0 Touch Free, IQ Soft Touch, IQ Express, IQ Self Wash, and IQ MAX. See also: IBA; Touchless; Soft-Touch; Self-Serve Bay.

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Diamond Shine

Commercial car-wash-industry chemistry supplier (soaps, waxes, sealants, and specialty finishing chemicals), based in Mentor, Ohio, founded 2003 and “100 percent dedicated to commercial vehicle washing.” Acquired by Sonny’s Enterprises in October 2017. Product lines include the six-step Fusion System, Bullseye, Ceramic Rain Repel, Ceramic X3, and Graphene Xtreme. See also: Bullseye; Ceramic Rain Repel; Ceramic X3; Fusion System.

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DRB (DRB Systems, LLC)

The largest POS/technology vendor serving the conveyorized (“tunnel”) car wash industry, plus in-bay automatic (IBA) and convenience-store car washes via its Unitec brand. Founded in Akron, Ohio; acquired by Vontier Corporation in September 2021 for roughly $965 million. Operates as an umbrella brand over DRB Tunnel Solutions, DRB In-Bay Solutions (Unitec), Suds Creative, and Sgt. Sudz, and has owned Washify since March 2021, including the legacy Unitec/Sentinel car-wash-equipment line. DRB’s own tunnel controller is TunnelWatch, with TCS2 as the legacy relay hardware; “Tunnel Master” is an ICS product, not DRB’s, and “r-TC” is a Laguna/Kesseltronics product, not DRB’s. Also known as: DRB Systems; DRB Tunnel Systems (informal usage seen in operator/integrator email; not the company’s legal name); DRB In-Bay Solutions (Unitec division). See also: Vontier; Unitec; SiteWatch; Patheon.

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El Car Wash

Southeast-U.S.-focused (Florida-based) car wash operator; Warburg Pincus acquired a controlling stake in 2022 and has pursued regional densification/consolidation since. See also: Platform; Cluster Strategy; Sponsor.

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EverWash

Car wash membership platform providing a consumer mobile app (membership management, wash activation, pause, offer redemption), an attendant-facing sales app, 24/7 call-center member support, fleet membership programs, and membership analytics/retention tooling. Operates as a third-party unlimited-wash-club network that integrates with site POS systems (including a documented Washify partnership API) to manage subscription customers across multiple independent car washes. Acquired Coinless in May 2024. Also known as: Everwash (alternate capitalization). See also: EverWash Direct; WashX; OptSpot; Coinless.

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GoToKiosk

Car wash pay-kiosk manufacturer (hardware and software; founder Evan Timmons) acquired by Sonny’s Enterprises to accelerate its own controls and kiosk product development. Sonny’s CEO Paul Fazio described the deal as bringing in factory-direct production methods and engineering; its technology is understood to now underlie the Sonny’s Pay Station line. See also: Sonny’s Pay Station; CarWash Controls.

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Hamilton Manufacturing Corp.

Manufacturer of unattended payment kiosks (“pay stations”) for car washes and other cash/card self-service industries, whose product line includes Gold Line, HTK, CTK, Commander, and D.A.N. terminals plus ExpressPass loyalty/access technology and a Hosted Solutions back end. See also: Gold Line; HTK; CTK; Commander.

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Hydra-Flex

Independent manufacturer of car wash fluid-delivery equipment (pumps, manifolds, nozzles) whose products - including a “Velocity” line - are sold through Sonny’s and taught in a dedicated CarWash College course bundle (“Hydra-Flex & Velocity Equipment Maintenance”). Its independence from Sonny’s is inferred from the course-bundle structure rather than directly stated. Also known as: Velocity (Hydra-Flex product/water system line). See also: PECO Car Wash Systems; Applicator Pump Station; Hydrominder; Proportioner. Unverified.

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ICS (Innovative Control Systems, Inc.)

Car wash controller, payment-terminal, POS, and site-management software maker founded 1988 in Bethlehem, PA. Acquired by Dover Corporation (via its OPW/Fueling Solutions unit) on January 6, 2021; now marketed as part of OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions alongside PDQ, Belanger, and Kesseltronics. Makes the Tunnel Master WBC/Jr. controllers, the Auto Sentry payment-terminal family, Auto Passport RFID/LPR, and WashConnect POS/management software. Also known as: Innovative Control Systems (ICS); OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions (parent brand umbrella). See also: WashConnect; Tunnel Master; Auto Sentry; Auto Passport RFID.

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innovateIT (Hoffman innovateIT)

Car wash equipment brand (operating as “Hoffman innovateIT”) selling tunnel equipment including a tunnel controller marketed as “washIT,” standalone Motor Control Center product lines (Standard and Smart configurations), spot-free RO systems, and public explainer content on pulse switches. Also known as: Hoffman innovateIT Car Wash Equipment. See also: washIT; MCC (Motor Control Center); Pulse Switch; Tunnel Controller.

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Istobal

Spanish (Valencia-based) manufacturer of car wash equipment sold globally, including tunnel systems, in-bay automatics/rollovers, and heavy-vehicle wash systems; U.S. operations run as ISTOBAL USA. Product names include T’WASH PRO (tunnel), M’WASH PRO, M1 (in-bay automatic), T’BRUSH, and HW’ROTATORS (touchless heavy-vehicle wash). See also: Rollover; IBA; Touchless; Soft-Touch.

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Kesseltronics Systems

Car wash controls manufacturer based in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec, Canada; a division of Dover Canada Operations ULC and part of the OPW Vehicle Wash Solutions group (alongside PDQ Manufacturing, Belanger, and ICS). Sells the r-TC Remote Tunnel Controller, WashCode/DealerCode activation systems, Cortex/WebCode software, and the DriveClean Teller kiosk. Field commentary describes Kesseltronics’ r-TC as a successor product line to older PECO tunnel-control equipment. Also known as: KesselTronics (alternate capitalization seen in field use). See also: r-TC; ICS; Belanger; PECO Car Wash Systems.

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Laguna Industries

Independent car wash controller manufacturer headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Makes the rTC tunnel controller and a family of related site-technology products (smartBOX motor control, SiteConnect connectivity, WASHGuard, CentralACCESS monitoring). Markets itself as OEM-supplying “more equipment manufacturers globally than any competing product,” implying its controllers are integrated into other brands’ tunnel packages. See also: r-TC; smartBOX; SiteConnect; WASHGuard.

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Lustra (Cleaning Systems Inc / CSI)

Lustra is the professional car care chemistry brand of Cleaning Systems, Inc. (CSI), now marketed as “NCS Chemistry by CSI” following CSI’s relationship with National Carwash Solutions. As of a 2023 archived snapshot, Lustra organized its catalog into nine categories: Bases & Blends, Drying Agents, Wheel & Tire, Polishes & Conditioners, Sealants & Protectants, Detergents, Prep & Presoaks, Specialty, and Colors & Scents, spanning presoaks, specialty cleaners such as “Lustra Specialty Cleaner 280,” and other tunnel and fleet-wash chemistry. Its EarthReady sub-line is positioned as environmentally friendly: NPE- and phosphate-free formulas designed to be compatible with water-reclaim systems, packaged in Lustra’s “100% recyclable” Ultraflex containers. Also known as: NCS Chemistry by CSI. See also: Presoak; Detergent; Two-Step Presoak; National Carwash Solutions.

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MacNeil Wash Systems

Manufacturer of conveyor tunnel equipment and full express-tunnel wash systems, based in the Chicago area (Lake Bluff, IL). Product lines include mitters, wraps, top brushes, dryers, arches, tire/wheel cleaning gear, conveyors, and its own tunnel controllers (MCC, historically MTC) and entrance controller (PBS-4000). MacNeil does not make or officially sell a product called r-TC, though MacNeil tunnels are frequently retrofitted with a Kesseltronics r-TC in the field. MacNeil’s site describes it as part of an “NCS” family of brands, which is a different NCS from National Carwash Solutions, the separate industry roll-up, and the two are easily confused. Also known as: MacNeil; McNeil (common misspelling in field usage). See also: MCC (MacNeil); MTC; PBS-4000; r-TC.

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Magnetic AutoControl

Manufacturer of barrier gate openers and gate arms marketed for car wash entrances and exits, including a POS breakaway gate arm designed to release cleanly when struck at a pay station. Supplies the gate hardware, referred to in Washify’s knowledge base as “Magnetic Gates,” that tunnel-controller and POS vendors, including Washify, wire into their entry logic rather than manufacturing themselves. Physical maintenance of these barrier-arm gates covers motor replacement, spring balancing, and manual barrier-arm release during a power failure. Also known as: “Magnetic Gate,” “Magnetic Access Gate”. See also: Gate Arm; Breakaway Gate Arm; Gate; Sonny’s Multiple Gate Control System.

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Micrologic Associates

New Jersey-based car wash POS, kiosk, LPR, and marketing/back-office software vendor. Products include LogicWash, LogicLube, CleanCarPass, LogicVision, WashAssist, the Pegasus Payment Kiosk, and the newer WashCentral platform. Its tunnel controller is also one of the third-party brands Washify’s Loader software supports directly, with its own port and timing defaults in Loader settings. See also: LogicWash; WashCentral; CleanCarPass; WashAssist.

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Mister Car Wash

Pure-play express car wash chain with 500+ locations across 21 states; formerly NYSE: MCW, taken private by Leonard Green & Partners at $7.00/share. Reported ~74% of wash sales from its Unlimited Wash Club membership program, ~2 million members, and a premium “Titanium” membership tier introduced in 2023. Holder of the registered “Unlimited Wash Club” trademark. See also: Unlimited Wash Club; Four-Wall EBITDA; Average Unit Volume; Fleet Account.

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Mothers Automated Solutions

Car wash chemistry brand launched in 2024 by Mothers (the retail car-care products company), built on their car-care formulation heritage and targeting tunnel, in-bay automatic, and self-serve wash chemistry. In 2026, Sonny’s Enterprises signed an exclusive agreement to manufacture, sell, distribute, and support Mothers Automated Solutions products, positioning the line alongside (not replacing) Sonny’s own Diamond Shine chemistry. Headline offering is a “6-step Ceramic System.”. See also: Diamond Shine; Ceramic Sealant; Sonny’s Enterprises.

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Motor City Wash Works (MCWW)

Michigan-based manufacturer of tunnel wash equipment - wraps, mitters, top/side brushes, high-pressure arches, dryers, conveyors and correlators - sold under distinctive named product lines (300GT, Rockerz, Glide XD, CruzControl, Dry N’ Shine, Air One, C-Loop, PBR Wheel Blasters). Also known as: MCWW (trade/forum abbreviation). See also: 300GT Wrap Arounds; Side-to-Side Mitter; Front-to-Back Mitter; Rockerz.

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National Carwash Solutions (NCS)

Large car wash equipment, chemistry, and technology conglomerate that acquired AMP Memberships (January 2025) and whose brand portfolio includes Armor All Professional (exclusive commercial supplier), Zep Vehicle Care, Rain-X, NCS Chemistry by CSI (Lustra), the PurClean reclaim line, and MacNeil Wash Systems (per reseller listings). Uses the framework name “Carwash 4.0” to describe its vision of connected equipment, smart controllers, and data analytics. MacNeil’s own site separately describes an “NCS (National Car Wash Systems)” family branding, a different NCS from National Carwash Solutions, so any “NCS” reference should be checked carefully. Also known as: NCS. See also: AMP Memberships; Clarity; Carwash 4.0; MacNeil Wash Systems.

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Nayax

Unattended-retail payment processor that announced a payments-technology partnership with Beacon Mobile to modernize car wash payment acceptance. Scope not detailed beyond the announcement. See also: Beacon Mobile; Adyen; Pay Station. Unverified.

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omniX Labs

Car wash site-analytics and computer-vision vendor. Named car wash products include WoWo (Wheels on Wheels Off - end-to-end vehicle journey/throughput analytics, positioned as preventing tunnel pile-ups), Sales Navigator (real-time detection of non-member vehicles with an in-the-moment upsell pitch for staff), Smart Tunnel Screen (in-tunnel display personalized to the recognized vehicle with safety and upsell content), ReWash and Loss Prevention (AI comparison of actual wash counts against POS records to catch fraud/under-billing), and Loader Efficiency (real-time loader/attendant throughput monitoring). Partners with Acquire Video for camera hardware and with EverWash for plate-vs-membership cross-referencing (“Member Validation”). Also known as: WoWo (Wheels on Wheels Off). See also: Acquire Video; EverWash; NoPileups; SmartSTOP.

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PECO Car Wash Systems (PECO)

Family-owned car wash equipment and parts manufacturer based in Auburn Hills, Michigan, acquired by Sonny’s Enterprises on May 6, 2021; operations and factory location continued unchanged. The product catalog spans fittings, nozzles, flow-divider/proportionator hardware, complete tunnel systems, an “Express Polishing Tunnel” module, and friction, drying, and tire/wheel applicator equipment including the PE806 Wheel Blaster, PECO Shammy Dry, SC04 Drying Curtain, Air Drying System, TBA963S Tire Brite Applicator, GB500 Dual Action Grill Brush, Top Motor Side Washers, WW960S Tire Brush, OMNI Wash Attachment, the MC10S/MC08S/MC35S side-to-side and front-to-back mitters, the M40FS front-to-back mitter wrap combo, the T800 Duo-Spin top washer and wrap combo, and the WA720 wrap-around washer. No PECO-branded controller or software product is documented in currently accessible sources. PECO’s older tunnel-control technology lineage is separately described, in operator forum commentary, as having been carried forward by Kesseltronics, whose r-TC is called “the successor to older Peco equipment”; whether that reflects PECO selling or licensing different parts of its business at different times is unconfirmed, and no vendor or trade-press source reconciles the two threads. See also: STI Conveyor Systems; Hydra-Flex; DataTrax; Kesseltronics Systems.

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Qual Chem (Qual Chem Cleaning System)

Qual Chem’s branded chemistry lineup spanning presoak/cleaning (“Q Clean,” “Q Enhance,” “TF Clean/High/Low”), polish (“Q Boost,” “Q NanoPel”), protection/wax (“Luminaura” step 1/2/TF/Nanohex, “Q NanoNauba,” “Q ProShine”), wheel/tire (“Q NanoGloss,” “Q Tire Shine WB”), and drying (“Q NanoDry,” “TF Dry”) products, sold across friction-tunnel, touch-free, and self-serve formats. See also: Presoak; Triple Foam; Drying Agent; Sealer Wax.

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Quick Quack Car Wash

Regional express chain (275+ locations across CA, TX, AZ, UT, CO as of the source date) with over 1 million unlimited-wash members; known for playful package naming (e.g., a “Ceramic Duck” tier) and a broad-based employee ownership program. KKR acquired a significant minority stake for $850 million in June 2024. See also: Unlimited Wash Club; Menu Tier Naming Convention; Sponsor.

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Reliable Plus

Car wash equipment distributor/integrator (part of the Lubetech family of brands) selling in-bay automatic and tunnel (“vehicle wash”) equipment and ancillary equipment. No source reviewed named a proprietary tunnel controller under the Reliable Plus brand; its materials describe carrying “top-of-the-line” equipment and offering custom-designed wash systems, suggesting it integrates other vendors’ controllers rather than building its own. See also: Tunnel Controller. Unverified.

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Retention Express

Car wash membership retention/customer-experience (CX) outsourcing vendor offering AI voice/chat agents (24/7, marketed as a “100% answer rate”), live human CX support, custom dedicated/hybrid/shared support teams, failed-payment recovery, and social-media reputation management, positioned as an outsourced retention layer that plugs into an operator’s existing membership program. Announced a partnership with Suds Creative. Comparable to Support Agent, Rinsed’s in-house equivalent feature. See also: Failed Payment Recovery; Billable Monthly Recurring Revenue; Support Agent; Suds Creative.

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Rinsed

CRM and marketing-automation platform built specifically for car wash membership operators; connects to a wash’s POS to manage member communications, churn/retention flows, and in-driveway sales, and publishes recurring industry benchmark reports on membership metrics. A certified DRB interface developer, integrated with both SiteWatch and Patheon (Patheon integration live March 2024) and with NXT Wash. Comparable products include Catalyst (DRB), Quivio CRM (Sonny’s), and EverWash. Also known as: “The Car Wash CRM” (Rinsed’s own tagline). See also: Salespath; Support Agent; Capture Rate; Churn Rate.

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Sage Microsystems

Quick-lube and light-repair-industry POS/workflow software maker (QuickTouch and NexGen product lines) acquired by DRB Holdings, LLC to extend DRB’s technology into the quick-lube segment adjacent to car washes. See also: Quick Lube Pro; DRB; LogicLube.

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Sgt. Sudz (Sergeant Sudz)

Maker of motor control centers and vacuum-management technology (VacIQ) for car wash tunnels, acquired into the DRB/Vontier family (Vontier’s acquisition of Sergeant Sudz closed June 2025) to expand DRB’s tunnel-equipment automation offering beyond POS/software. See also: VacIQ; DRB; TunnelWatch; Sgt. Sudz Motor Control Center.

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Sonny’s Enterprises (Sonny’s The CarWash Factory)

Tamarac, Florida-based manufacturer described in trade coverage as the world’s largest conveyorized car wash equipment manufacturer. Umbrella for Sonny’s CarWash Controls (controllers, pay stations, site technology), Sonny’s CarWash College (training), Diamond Shine (chemistry, acquired Oct. 2017), STI Conveyor Systems (acquired Nov. 2021), PECO Car Wash Systems (acquired May 2021), GoToKiosk (acquired), WashMetrix (acquired Aug. 2025), and the Quivio software/hardware suite (launched Nov. 2025). Also exclusive manufacturer/distributor of Mothers Automated Solutions chemistry as of 2026. Also known as: Sonny’s; Sonny’s The CarWash Factory; The Tunnel Experts (trademarked tagline). See also: CarWash Controls; CarWash College; Diamond Shine; STI Conveyor Systems.

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Spotless Brands

Access Holdings-backed car wash roll-up (established 2020, ~200 locations across 10 states as of the source date) operating under multiple preserved regional banners (Cobblestone, Flagship, Okie Express) rather than a single unified brand - reported ~$200 million annual EBITDA and, per the source, exploring a sale process valued near$3 billion. See also: Platform; Cluster Strategy; Multiple.

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STI Conveyor Systems

Family-owned Canadian (Ontario-based) manufacturer of belt conveyor systems for car washes, acquired by Sonny’s Enterprises on November 8, 2021; STI’s factory and management stayed in place post-acquisition. Its belt conveyors are positioned for express, flex, and full-service tunnel operators, and are cited in trade coverage alongside Tommy’s Transporter in the shift toward belt conveyors. Current catalog names, sold through Sonny’s, include the FlowLine AR30, a belt-conveyor retrofit kit for existing tunnels; the FlowLine WB30 (“Wash-Belt” conveyor); and the FlowLine DB60 (“Detail Belt” conveyor, positioned for detail and finish areas). Also known as: STI Belt (conveyor belt product/course name used in CarWash College’s “STI Belt Maintenance & Repair” course); FlowLine™. See also: Conveyor; Dual-Belt Conveyor; Over-Under Conveyor; PECO Car Wash Systems.

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Stinger Chemical (Stinger Chemical Product Line)

Stinger Chemical’s named car-wash products (company founded 1988), including presoaks (standard and “Ultra Concentrated”), foamers/shampoos, tire and wheel cleaners, rinse agents/sealants, “Tire Dressing Plus,” and specialty lines like the “Quantum Ceramic Wash Process” and “Smart Base Chemistry.” Individually numbered/named products include “725 Purple Stuff,” “727 Red Wasp Hot Cinnamon,” “728 Black Scorpion,” “729 Dynomite,” “736 Blue Power,” and “741 Splat! Bug Off.” The individual product names function as insider shorthand among operators who run the line. See also: Presoak; Bug Prep; Ceramic Sealant; Tire Dressing.

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Suds Creative (Suds)

Car wash marketing/creative agency. DRB acquired Suds Creative and markets its services as “Consumer Intelligence by Suds” - branding, signage, website design, digital advertising, and go-to-market campaigns for new and existing wash sites. Suds Creative has also announced a partnership with Retention Express combining creative/marketing services with outsourced retention/CX operations. (Conflict resolved: the two research passes described Suds Creative as a DRB division and as an independent partner of Retention Express respectively; both refer to the same agency, and the partnership does not contradict DRB ownership.). Also known as: Consumer Intelligence by Suds. See also: Catalyst; PrecisionPricing; DRB; Retention Express.

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Survision

French license-plate-recognition (LPR/ANPR) camera manufacturer (Nanterre, France; US office in Miami) selling purpose-built LPR cameras - Micropak, Nanopak, Picopak, Visipak, Citypak - pitched for car wash use as enabling gate-free, ticket-free, pay-station-free entry by integrating plate reads with a site’s POS/membership system. Represents the camera-hardware layer beneath a car wash vendor’s own branded LPR product; no reviewed car-wash vendor page names Survision (or any camera OEM) as its supplier, so specific attributions remain unconfirmed. See also: LPR; Auto Passport LPR; FastID; Sonny’s LPR.

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The Agency at ICS

ICS’s in-house marketing services division, offering customers custom graphics, video production, and screen-flow design for its payment terminals and digital signage. Also known as: Welcomemat (Micrologic’s marketing partner - functionally analogous); Suds Creative (DRB’s in-house agency). See also: Auto Sentry Flex; ICS Digital Menu Sign; Welcomemat; Suds Creative.

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Tidal Wave Auto Spa

Golden Gate Capital-backed express chain (~290 locations as of late 2024) known for an aggressive greenfield growth strategy (51 new ground-up locations in the first nine months of 2023 alone); operates a “Clean Club” membership program with tiered options and fleet discounts. Also known as: Clean Club (its membership program name). See also: Greenfield; Unlimited Wash Club; Fleet Account; Sponsor.

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Tommy Car Wash Systems

Express-tunnel equipment brand (a division of Tommy’s Express Car Wash) best known for the “Tommy Transporter” dual-belt conveyor, marketed as a low-profile, higher-throughput alternative to chain-and-roller conveyors. Also sells rocker brushes, tire shine applicators, and its own TPA tunnel controller with distinctive input naming (Axle Prox Sensor, Pulse 1/2, Gate Sensor). See also: Tommy Transporter; Dual-Belt Conveyor; TPA; Guardian Wash Command.

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Tommy’s Express Car Wash

Franchise-model express chain (183 operating locations across 30 states, 400+ in pipeline as of the source date) owned by Tommy Car Wash Systems, its equipment-manufacturing parent; differentiates on license-plate recognition and a proprietary dual-belt conveyor. Its four-tier menu (Quality > Super > Ultimate > Works) is a documented example of the industry’s ascending-value package naming convention. See also: Franchise vs. Corporate Model; Menu Tier Naming Convention; Tommy Car Wash Systems; Tommy Transporter.

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TransCore

RFID tag and reader manufacturer best known for highway-tolling transponders (e.g., “eGo Plus” windshield sticker tags), sold as generic RFID hardware through vehicle-ID equipment resellers. No source found documents a car wash controls vendor naming TransCore as its RFID tag supplier - DRB FastPass, ICS Auto Passport RFID, Micrologic CleanCarPass and others describe “passive RFID windshield tags” generically without naming a manufacturer. See also: RFID; FastPass; Auto Passport RFID; CleanCarPass. Unverified.

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TSYS

Washify’s card-processing partner; merchant accounts settle/batch through TSYS, and the “TransIT Merchant Center” is TSYS’s own merchant portal (credentials for which are also stored in the CWA’s “TSYS Settings” page) used to review declined-transaction detail and decline codes. Also known as: “TransIT Merchant Center” (TSYS’s merchant portal). See also: EnsureBill; PAX S300; Swift; CWA.

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Turtle Wax Pro (Titanium TX4 / TRUE-VUE 2)

Turtle Wax’s professional/commercial division. Markets “Titanium TX4” as a named tunnel wash system/chemistry package and “TRUE-VUE 2” as its chemical management/dispensing monitoring system, paired with its Hyper-Concentrate product line to track dosing and usage per vehicle. Also known as: Titanium TX4; TRUE-VUE 2. See also: Hyper-Concentrate; Proportioner; Detergent; Simoniz ChemCheck. Unverified.

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Unitec (DRB In-Bay Solutions)

Baltimore-area manufacturer of point-of-sale kiosks, entry systems, and multi-site management software for in-bay automatic (IBA) and convenience-store car washes, and the manufacturing and engineering name behind the Sentinel kiosk line and its CarrierDiags diagnostic tooling; Washify’s technical staff still service these installed “Unitec units” under the DRB corporate umbrella. Product lines include Portal/Portal TI+, Wash Select II, Sentinel, C-Start, WashPay, and Gate Control. DRB, then a Unitec customer, acquired Unitec; the combined entity was described at the time as “the largest provider of point of sale software and hardware products for the car wash industry,” serving 14,000+ sites. Later rebranded DRB In-Bay Solutions under DRB’s master-brand consolidation, though the Unitec name persists on hardware, and startwithunitec.com now largely redirects into DRB’s site structure. Also known as: DRB In-Bay Solutions. See also: Sierra; C-Start; Portal TI+; X-Start.

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Vontier

NYSE-listed industrial technology holding company (spun off from Fortive in 2020) that owns DRB Systems and, as of June 2025, also acquired Sergeant Sudz - consolidating multiple car wash technology brands under one parent. See also: DRB; Sgt. Sudz.

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Warsaw Chemical (Warsaw Chemical Car Wash Line)

Warsaw Chemical’s named car-wash chemistry products, including Formula 576 “The Finisher” (presoak), Formula 579 “Guardian” Ceramic Coating, Formula 582 Ultra Cloth, Guardian Ultra Shine Tire Dressing, Formula 567/573 Weathershield (protectant lines), and Formula 704 Carnauba Shine - spanning presoaks, protectants/ceramic coatings, tire dressings, and triple foams sold as liquid and powder concentrates. Also known as: Car Choice; Wave Shield (named product sub-lines). See also: Presoak; Ceramic Sealant; Tire Dressing; Triple Foam.

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Washify

Cloud-based point-of-sale and management platform for car washes (tunnel, in-bay automatic, and self-serve), covering POS hardware, membership/loyalty, CRM, fleet accounts, and marketing tools. Originally an independent Massachusetts company (Washify Services, LLC); acquired by DRB Systems in March 2021 and now sold as DRB’s entry-level/small-operator tier alongside SiteWatch and Patheon. Washify appears to rely on third-party tunnel controllers (ICS, DataTrax) bridged via MOXA relay hardware rather than selling its own controller. Also encountered by competitors as an incumbent system that operators migrate off of, requiring account cancellation and payment-token transfer. Comparable products include WashConnect (ICS) and LogicWash (Micrologic). See also: X-Station; Xelerator; DRB; XPT.

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Washlink Systems

US car wash controls manufacturer (Northville, Michigan) selling its own tunnel controller (WashPac v5, supporting up to 500 functions and 256 outputs), an “MCC” control product, the Voyager II tablet-based POS, LPR, an entrance/pay terminal it calls the All-Pay Pay Station, and a queue/display product called Displayer. It should not be confused with WashLinks (washlinks.ca), a separate Ontario, Canada equipment distributor with a near-identical name and no evidence of affiliation, and its “MCC” product shares an initialism with the generic Motor Control Center and with MacNeil’s controller. Also known as: “The Control Freaks” (self-marketing tagline). See also: WashPac v5; WashLinks; MCC (Motor Control Center); MCC (MacNeil).

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WashLinks

Canadian car wash equipment distributor (Mississauga, Ontario), self-described as “the #1 provider of quality car wash equipment and premium services to car wash owners and operators across Canada,” reselling third-party technology including LPR (97%+ accuracy claimed), a two-lane RFID “auto passport” system (30,000+ cars/month capacity claimed), and Sonny’s Pay Station, with Kesseltronics as a listed supplier. Not the same company as Washlink Systems (Michigan) despite the nearly identical name. See also: Washlink Systems; Kesseltronics Systems; Sonny’s Pay Station.

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WashMetrix

Car wash business-intelligence/analytics platform that unified sales, labor, membership, and financial data from multiple source systems (POS, accounting, HRIS) into dashboards, automated KPI calculation, and cross-site benchmarking - claimed to save operators up to 80% of manual reporting time. Acquired by Sonny’s Enterprises in August 2025 and folded into Sonny’s Quivio platform as the “QuivioMetrix” module; the WashMetrix name remains in heavy operator/search usage. Also known as: QuivioMetrix (successor branding). See also: Quivio; QuivioMetrix; Sonny’s Enterprises; Ask NXT.

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Washworld

U.S. manufacturer of in-bay automatic car wash systems, sold and serviced through a network of regional distributors/dealers. Only distributor/reseller pages were reachable during research, so specific model names are unverified. NAME COLLISION: “washworld” is also the name of a reporting module/section for GPIC gas-pump wash-code transactions in Washify’s configuration material - an unrelated use of the same word; see “Washworld (Washify report module)”. See also: IBA; Rollover; Touchless; Soft-Touch. Unverified.

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Welcomemat (Welcomemat Services / Welcomemat Wash Solutions)

Carwash-focused digital marketing platform (20+ years in the vertical) offering AI-driven Google/Meta advertising, machine-learning-optimized “Smart Traffic” landing pages, POS-integrated attribution, SMS/email retention automation via its “FlexText” engine, plus “Perfect Match Digital Ads,” “Perfect Match Postcards” and a “New Mover Marketing Program.” Announced as Micrologic’s exclusive marketing partner in a 2020/2021 strategic partnership (integrated with LogicWash POS data) and separately integrates with NXT Wash’s POS/API to attribute marketing performance to actual wash visits. Also known as: The Agency at ICS (functionally analogous in-house offering); Suds Creative (DRB’s in-house agency). See also: LogicWash; NXT Wash; FlexText; The Agency at ICS.

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Whistle Express Car Wash

Oaktree Capital-backed platform formed by acquiring Driven Brands’ car wash portfolio - 380 U.S. sites for $385 million (Feb. 2025), including the former Take 5 Car Wash banner (Driven Brands divested it following an$851 million goodwill impairment) - bringing Whistle to roughly 530 locations across 23 states, the largest chain by unit count as of the source’s writing. Rolling out a unified mobile app, license-plate recognition, and equipment upgrades post-acquisition. Also known as: Take 5 Car Wash (absorbed banner). See also: Platform; Sale-Leaseback; Sponsor; LPR.

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ZIPS Car Wash

Chain of 260+ locations (23 states) prior to filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 2025, illustrating the risk of debt-fueled roll-up expansion - reported $653.9 million of funded debt against ~$303 million LTM revenue. Its 625,000-member Unlimited Wash Club generated roughly two-thirds of revenue prior to the filing, with average site volume of $1.1-1.2 million. See also: Unlimited Wash Club; Multiple; Platform; Average Unit Volume.