Zips Car Wash Prices and What Each Monthly Plan Includes

Zips Car Wash prices are $12 to $30 for a single wash and $20 to $50 a month for a ZIPS Unlimited plan, based on the location pages we checked.

Single wash prices hardly move. All 11 locations we looked at posted the same four numbers.

Monthly plans are where your location matters.

Two washes a month is enough to put any plan ahead of paying each time.

What a single Zips wash costs

Zips sells four exterior washes, and each one includes everything in the tier below it. Every step up costs another $6.

Each location has its own page with its full menu, so you can check yours on the Zips location finder before you drive over. Here’s the one for Ross Ave in Dallas.

Interior cleaning isn’t on that menu at any tier. Zips says it doesn’t offer it, but vacuums, microfiber towels and surface spray are free with any wash, so the inside is a job you do yourself before you leave.

ZIPS Unlimited plan prices

ZIPS Unlimited is the monthly membership. The Zips memberships page says it covers up to two washes a day at any location, with no contract.

Basic barely changes. Hickory, North Carolina was the only one of the 11 above $20, and only by $2.

The gap shows up higher in the menu. North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Alamogordo, New Mexico both charge $5 more than Dallas on the top three plans.

Some pages add tax on top of these prices. Moorhead, Minnesota and Alamogordo show it on every tier, and Miramar, Florida on every tier except Basic.

The memberships page also has an empty tab for something called ZIPS One. None of the 11 location pages sold it, so it isn’t in our table.

Two washes a month covers any plan

Zips says a plan pays for itself at two washes a month, and its own prices back that up. Two Basic washes cost $24 against a $20 plan. Two Premier washes cost $60 against $45.

It still holds at the most expensive plan prices we found. The $50 Premier plan beats $60 of single washes, and the $22 Basic plan just squeaks past $24.

Stretch that over a year at two washes a month, and the common plan prices save this much against paying each time.

• $48 saved on Basic
• $132 saved on Basic Plus
• $180 saved on Premier

Basic wins by the least because its single wash is already cheap. Wash weekly and the numbers get much better: four washes a month works out to $5 each on Basic and $11.25 each on Premier.

One wash a month is the case for skipping the plan. A $12 Basic wash leaves you $8 ahead of the $20 plan. Our numbers on unlimited plans versus paying per wash run the same test on other chains.

What each step up buys

The first step is the cheap one. At most locations, $5 more a month takes you from Basic to Basic Plus, which adds wheel cleaner, Triple Foam Conditioner and Z Hot Wax.

After that you’re paying $10 a step. Pro adds Tire Shine and Z5X Ceramic Coat. Premier adds Ultra HD Glaze, Lava Shine, Graphene-Ceramic Fusion X and Rain Repel.

Two local details change that math. North Myrtle Beach and Alamogordo charge $10 for the first step too. And Zips says Tire Shine isn’t available in Minnesota or North Dakota, yet the Moorhead page still lists Pro at $35.

Basic Plus is the plan I’d buy at a $25 location. It’s only $5 over Basic, it’s where the wax starts, and it still beats paying per wash at two visits. The $10 steps above it pay for coatings, and I’d rather put that toward waxing the car by hand a couple of times a year.

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The Family Plan discount

The Family Plan puts one full-price membership and up to eight discounted ones on the same app account. Zips advertises up to 40% off each added car, from $12 a month.

That $12 is what 40% off a $20 Basic plan comes to, so two Basic cars would cost about $32 a month. Each car can sit on a different tier and bill to its own card.

Zips’ own pages disagree on the add-on deal. The FAQ on the memberships page says up to five extra vehicles at $20 a month, while the Family Plan page says eight, from $12. Ask your location what it charges before you add a car.

How Zips changed after bankruptcy

Zips filed for Chapter 11 in February 2025 with about $654 million in funded debt and a plan to cut roughly $279 million of it. It came out that May with a new CEO.

The chain had more than 260 locations in 23 states going in. Its site now says over 180, and its location finder lists 16 states.

A plan is only worth the money if a wash stays on your usual route, so look up your nearest location before you sign up.

Cancel before the 7-day cutoff

A request made inside that window may cost you one more month. You can cancel in the app under Garage, Manage, then Cancel Plan, or by calling customer care at (855) 947-7927 on a weekday. Our Zips cancellation walkthrough covers both routes.

Prepaid plans are stricter. The ZIPS terms let you cancel one only in its first month, with a refund for the months left. After that it’s non-refundable.

Selling the car doesn’t close the account on its own. Each membership is tied to one vehicle by an RFID sticker or a license plate reader, and the terms tell you to move it to another car if you sell.

Zips and your paint

Zips’ help center says it’s responsible only for wash malfunctions or employee errors, so look the car over before you leave the lot. A scuff is far easier to raise on the spot. For the wider picture, read whether automatic washes scratch paint.

Pickups can go through with an uncovered bed, as long as it’s empty.

Zips or Mister

Zips starts a little cheaper. Its Basic plan was $20 at most locations we checked, against $22.99 on the menu in our Mister Car Wash price guide.

The top of the menu goes the other way. Zips Premier runs $45 to $50, while Mister’s Titanium plan is $39.99.

Mister also has the bigger network, with 548 locations in 21 states at the end of 2025. Zips’ edge is the two-car household, since Mister’s membership page doesn’t advertise a family discount.