Crew Carwash’s Bill Dahm Inducted into ICA Car Wash Hall of Fame

International Carwash Association®️ inducted Crew Carwash Chief Executive Officer Bill Dahm into the Car Wash Hall of Fame during The Car Wash Show™ 2022.

The Car Wash Hall of Fame has been presented by ICA since 1962. The Award recognizes car wash leaders who have made a lasting impact on the car wash industry. It is the industry and Association’s highest honor.

“The contributions that Bill and the entire Dahm family have made to this industry are nothing short of incredible,” ICA CEO Eric Wulf said at the 2022 Car Wash Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Mike’s/Crew Carwash was founded in 1948 by Joe and Ed Dahm. Bill (Joe’s son) joined the organization in 1974. Since that time, Bill has built Crew Carwash into one of the most respected multigenerational family businesses in the car wash industry with over 40 midwest locations in the U.S.

Bill’s legacy is about the culture that he’s helped foster and expand through the organization. Every member of the crew feels like a member of the family, and the organization goes out of its way to ensure that as it grows, that core tenant stays intact. Crew Carwash focuses its brand promise on “Clean, Fast and Friendly” for the consumer. Crew has been the recipient of numerous workplace awards, including Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work 2022.

“From the moment I walked through the door at Crew, I felt like a Dahm,” Crew president and chief operating officer Billy Schaming said. “You feel like family, it’s not just a phrase on a wall.”

Crew Carwash team members often cite the phrase “We’re in the people business, we just happen to wash cars” and that is a term that permeates the entire professional car wash industry. Much of that goes back to the founders of Crew Carwash and the work that Bill did to ensure that culture remained.

“He’s passionate about what he does,” Sally Grant, executive vice president of Crew Carwash, said. “He [Dad] taught us how to be a good person, but also how to be a business leader.”

Bill believes the Crew family business’ best years are still ahead.

“I hope that one of my legacies is instilling in my children and my grandchildren a stewardship mentality,” he said. “Where they feel at the end of the day, their goal is to leave the business a little better than they received.”