Express Tunnel Car Wash with Real Estate — Sarasota County, FL
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An established express tunnel car wash in Sarasota County, Florida, offered together with the land and building. The site sits on a high-traffic state highway carrying roughly 32,000 vehicles per day, minutes from one of the fastest-growing master-planned communities in the state.
The property runs two separate wash lines under one roof: a 70-foot conveyor tunnel for volume customers and a standalone touchless in-bay automatic for drivers who prefer no-contact. Eight free vacuum stations serve the lot. Equipment is Sonny's throughout, installed during a full 2018 rebuild, with additional equipment added in 2025.
The washed over 30K cars in 2025, up 7.2% over the prior year.
Ownership raised prices across the entire menu in January 2026. The market absorbed it: the average ticket is running 13.8% ahead of 2025 through July, with discounting down over the same period.
The business is run semi-absentee with two full-time and two part-time staff. The owner is retiring and will train.
The property runs two separate wash lines under one roof: a 70-foot conveyor tunnel for volume customers and a standalone touchless in-bay automatic for drivers who prefer no-contact. Eight free vacuum stations serve the lot. Equipment is Sonny's throughout, installed during a full 2018 rebuild, with additional equipment added in 2025.
The washed over 30K cars in 2025, up 7.2% over the prior year.
Ownership raised prices across the entire menu in January 2026. The market absorbed it: the average ticket is running 13.8% ahead of 2025 through July, with discounting down over the same period.
The business is run semi-absentee with two full-time and two part-time staff. The owner is retiring and will train.
About the Business
- Facilities & Assets
- Facilities. 2,282 sq ft building on 0.34 acres, owned free of any lease and conveying with the sale. Building dating to 1987, fully renovated in 2018. Seventy-foot chain-link conveyor tunnel, separate touchless in-bay automatic, eight vacuum stations, Sonny's Controls point of sale.
- Market Outlook / Competition
- Highway frontage on a corridor with essentially no remaining infill sites, in a county adding population faster than new wash capacity is being built. The dual tunnel-plus-touchless format captures two customer types that most single-format competitors cannot serve from one site.
- Opportunities for Growth
- The wash has never been marketed. There is no website, no mobile app, and the membership program has never been actively promoted — the site is washing more than 31,000 cars a year, a fraction of what the traffic supports. Extended hours, fleet and dealer accounts, and a detail add-on are all unworked.
Real Estate
- Owned or Leased
- Owned
- Included in asking price
Listing Info
- ID
- 2550443
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