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title: "The Car Wash Boom Continues around the Twin Cities"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/32d9bf01-1327-41b3-bae4-a5f7a6ad321b
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/news/20221207_the_car_wash_boom_continues_around_the_twin_cities.html
category: "Car wash"
industry: "Automotive"
segment: "Car wash"
published: 2022-12-07T12:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:55.224Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/brands/social/tommysexpresscarwash.jpg
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# The Car Wash Boom Continues around the Twin Cities

**TL;DR:** Tommy’s Express is continuing its growth in the Twin Cities with plans to open up to five more locations in Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoka counties. The brand has already broken ground on its third Twin Cities location in White Bear Lake, which will become the eighth Tommy’s Express location in Minnesota.

*originally published in Franchising.com on 2022-12-07. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/news/20221207_the_car_wash_boom_continues_around_the_twin_cities.html).*

## Story

HOLLAND, Mich. - National car wash brand Tommy’s Express broke ground on its third Twin Cities location last week, located in the White Bear Lake community, on the corner of County Rd F East and Blues Highway. This will become the eight Tommy’s Express location in the state of Minnesota.

Other open locations around the twin cities include New Hope on Bass Lake Road and Mounds View located on Mounds View Blvd. The group developing these locations have more properties under contract and could build up to five more wash locations in Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoke counties.

“The best express car wash is continuing growth in and around Minneapolis, and our team is excited to continue our mission of enriching lives, adding value, and serving communities,” said brand President, Ryan Essenburg. “We are thrilled to be opening more locations to provide more job opportunities and provide a more locations to wash at for our members.”

Being a member of their Unlimited Club allows members to wash at any Tommy’s Express location. TOMMY CLUB unlimited wash memberships are available for purchase via the Tommy’s Express app allowing member vehicles to automatically be admitted to the wash via a proprietary license plate reader system. Unlimited Club members can wash as often as they wish at any location for as little as $19.99 per month.

Tommy’s Express is a fast-growing national car wash franchise built around the Totally Tommy site model initially developed by Tommy Car Wash Systems. The 134+ franchise locations across the US are closely supported with exclusive training, marketing, and technical assistance and enjoy access to proprietary, franchise-exclusive developments in wash products and technology. Tommy’s Express is featured on the Entrepreneur Franchise 500 list as #1 in the car wash category and the list of Fastest-Growing Franchises.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise growth (topic)
- Automotive (sector)
- Minnesota (location)
- Tommy's Express (company)
- Ryan Essenburg (person)
- car wash industry (topic)
- Twin Cities (location)
- Ramsey (location)
- Hennepin (location)
- Anoka (location)

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Originally reported by Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/news/20221207_the_car_wash_boom_continues_around_the_twin_cities.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/32d9bf01-1327-41b3-bae4-a5f7a6ad321b).