About us

The Car Wash Association represents the major car wash operators and manufacturers of car washing equipment and suppliers. Originally established in 2007 by wash operators and industry suppliers and is now officially incorporated as part of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI). It is a self-regulating not-for-profit industry body involved in the practice of setting quality and safety standards by promoting best practice and fair competition.

Our members comprise of forecourt operators that run a car wash business on their premises including automatic rollover or conveyor wash, self-serve jet washing facilities or regulated hand wash. It also includes independent self-service jet wash and conveyor wash operators and the leading car wash equipment manufacturers and distributors.