Owing to benefits such as fuel efficiency, preservation of exterior coat of paint for longer years, damage prevention, safety, better appearance, protection from damage like scratches, rust, maintenance of car in a decent state, car wash service in Malaysia is experiencing rapid adoption as opposed to conventional home car washing thus fostering remarkable progress in Malaysia Car Wash Service Market

Covid-19 Impact & Market Status

The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the Malaysia Car Wash Market due to mobility restrictions and reduced number of motorists on the road. Stay-at-home orders and interstate travel challenges have hampered the Malaysia Car Wash Market. However, coronavirus-related impacts certainly brought down fuel prices being an excellent news for the car operators. Reduced oil prices resulted in more travel getting cars dirtier. This increased demand for professional car washing services. Furthermore, ease in restrictions is bringing the Malaysia Car Wash Market back to momentum.

The global Malaysia Car Wash Service market size is expected to reach close to USD 1,019.7 million by 2029 with an annualized growth rate of 3.8% through the projected period.

Full-service Car Wash Service Segment is the Most Attractive Segment

The Malaysia Car Wash Service market is classified into hand car wash, self-service car wash, full-service, automatic car wash (conveyorized, touchless), bikni car wash, and others on the basis of material type. Among these, full-service type segment constituted about 10-20 % of total revenue of Malaysia Car Wash Service market thus holding maximum market share of the Malaysia Car Wash Service market. The key factors like growing on-demand car wash industry, introduction of on-demand car wash app, convenience, introduction of subscription models, consumers concerned with proper maintenance of cars attracted to full-service car wash, fuel efficiency are the key factors for growth of Full Service car wash segment in the Malaysia Car Wash Service market.

Cloth friction Segment to Remain Atop

The Malaysia Car Wash Service market is classified into cloth friction and touch less on the basis of process. Among these, the cloth friction segment held maximum market share of Malaysia Car Wash Service market and is poised for rapid market growth in future. The cloth friction segment made a substantial contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of Malaysia Car Wash Service market owing to key factors like advanced cleaning of car, gentle elimination of contaminants, increase in wash safety, soft cloth scrubbing, and provides thorough cleaning of cars are attracting more customers for cloth friction car wash.

Foam System Ensure Revenue Maximization

The Malaysia Car Wash Service market is classified into wrap-around brush, roller-on-demand conveyor belt, soft cloth friction, drivers, pumps, dryers, foam system, and motors on the basis of equipment. Among these, the foam system segment accounted for highest revenue in the market due pre-wash capabilities helping in achieving satisfying and better cleaning results.

North American Region to Witness Huge Investments

Kuala Lumpur held the largest market share of Malaysia Car Wash Service Market owing to factors like trends shifting from “Do-it-Yourself” to “Do-it-for-me”, increasing demand for professional car washing, introduction of on-demand car wash app, change in spending power, increasing number of vehicles on the road, customers highly motivated to keep their car in good condition, introduction of subscription models and monitoring cars of subscribed customers are key factors that have made Kuala Lumpur.

The need to improve car’s fuel efficiency and protect car from other exterior damages like loss of coat of paint, scratches, and more has accentuated the reliance on car washing. This is leading to rapid adoption of car wash services in Malaysia such as hand car wash, self-service car wash, full-service, automatic car wash (conveyorized, touchless), bikni car wash, and other types of car washes.

Advantages such as on-demand car wash, speed, convenience, protection to car paint, prevention from damage, added durability, time saving, and environmentally conscious encourage further adoption of car wash service. 

Car wash is a service or a facility that involves cleaning of exterior and in some cases interior of a car. Specialised equipment are used for car wash such as drivers, pumps, dryers, foam system etc. Car washing loosens and eliminates dirt and grime.

Factors such as people choosing professional car wash over DIY washes, car wash operators staying competitive saving time & money, ceramic technology treatments, automation, membership programs, sonar technology, operators providing customer tracking, growing adoption of mobile apps online booking services has opened up business owners to growth and new opportunities thereby propelling the Malaysia Car Wash Service Market.

However, contamination of surface and groundwater, soil, rising customer expectations becoming hard task for the service providers, marketing failures, and increasing competition suppressing small and medium businesses, as well as high expenses and more time consumption are some challenges facing the Malaysia Car Wash Service Market. Furthermore, increasing number of vehicles on the road, growing spending power, increase in per capita disposable income, new car customers highly motivated to clean cars and keep them in good condition are the key factors anticipated to be growth opportunity to the Malaysia Car Wash Service Market.

The major players in Malaysia Car Wash Service market are UNITEC Textile Decoration, Supwave Car Wash, CARS International, Topbest Car Grooming Centre, 1L Car Wash, and Call2wash Global Sdn Bhd among others. These are some leading brands in Malaysia Car Wash Service market facilitating services across the country. These companies provide car wash services with specialised equipment and materials. The companies ensure all the dirt is removed with safer cleaning solutions and provide subscription & monitoring services to improve customer retention. These companies provide a variety of services like automatic car wash, self-service car wash, touchless wash and other services. This has improved their market share in Malaysia Car Wash Service.

Latest Innovations in the Malaysia Car Wash Service Market: a Snapshot

• Symphony Autocare, the exclusive distributor for ProNano in Malaysia launched EvoClub Mobile Car Wash. The mobile cars are fully equipped with equipment and materials required for quick cleaning processes of interior and exterior of the car. The EvoCLub Mobile Car wash speeds turnaround time and saves costs. EvoCLub is helping customers not only save costs but also stay safe at home while the car is being cleaned.

Malaysia Car Wash Service Market Scope

Key Segments of the Malaysia Car Wash Service Market

Material Type Overview, (USD Million)

• Hand car wash
• Self-service car wash
• Full-service
• Automatic car wash
  • Conveyorized
  • Touchless
• Bikni car wash
• Others

Process Overview, (USD Million)

• Cloth friction
• Touch less

Equipment Overview, (USD Million)

• Wrap-around brush
• Roller-on-demand conveyor belt
• Soft cloth friction
• Drivers
• Pumps
• Dryers
• Foam system
• Motors

Regional Overview, (USD Million)

North America

• U.S
• Canada

Europe

• Germany
• France
• UK
• Rest of Europe

Asia Pacific

• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific

South America

• Mexico
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and South Africa