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Driven Brands Acquires 4 SuperSonic Express Car Wash Locations

Written by Admin | Feb 2, 2021 6:00:00 AM

Driven Brands Car Wash North America announced the acquisition of four SuperSonic Express Car Wash locations in Mississippi and Alabama. The acquired car washes are located in Columbus and Starkville, Miss., and Tuscaloosa, Ala. With this acquisition, Driven Brands Car Wash North America grows to 17 locations in Mississippi, operating as Car Wash USA Express, and 36 locations in Alabama, operating as Goo-Goo Car Wash.

“Our car wash businesses have a long history and strong customer base in the Southern United States, and the SuperSonic acquisition further strengthens that network for our services,” said Driven Brands Car Wash North America President Gabe Mendoza. “We look forward to building on the SuperSonic team’s success and we thank them for working with Driven Brands for the sale of their business.”

SuperSonic Express Car Wash started in 2016 with the acquisition and rebranding of two Mr. Bubbles locations in Mississippi. In 2018, two more SuperSonic locations were added within the existing Mississippi markets, and in 2019 SuperSonic acquired Robo’s Car Wash in Tuscaloosa.

Supersonic Managing Partner Caleb Box said, “This was our first opportunity to work with Driven Brands and we are extremely satisfied with the results. The communication and the process was very smooth from contract to closing, but we’re mostly excited about the opportunities that our team members now have with their own personal and business growth trajectory inside the Driven Brands organization.”

Driven Brands entered the car wash industry in 2020 with the acquisition of International Car Wash Group. Driven Brands Car Wash operates over 900 locations in 14 countries, with over 200 locations in the United States. The company was founded in Germany in 1965 under the IMO brand, the name still used at its non-US locations. Driven Brands Car Wash North America operates under the Car Wash USA Express, Goo-Goo Car Wash, Supersonic Car Wash, and Mister B’s brands.