MI Consulting Services

Like any business, washing cars isn’t as easy as it looks. Those that succeed make it look easy, but success never comes without a cost. For many, that cost is simply time and the lessons learned from trial and error. At MI, the backbone of our Company is experience. The principals of our Organization continue to own and operate thriving car wash operations. Their years of experience create the basis for each of our consulting services. If we offer advice, it comes from hands-on familiarity and proven success. We’ve been at every stage of the car wash business: selecting sites, designing high-capacity layouts, obtaining financing, purchasing existing locations, selling car washes, and running operations. In each area we’ve learned (the hard way) about what works and what doesn’t. Now this information is available to you. You don’t have to go it alone.

Site Selection & New Construction Products:

At MI, we believe some of the best money you can spend is on finding out a site isn’t the right one. 

In any given year, our Company will tell more customers NOT to build, than to build a car wash.  This makes us unique, but we believe passionately in directing our customers to future operations that they (and we) can be proud of; and it all begins with Site Selection.

At MI, we use proprietary modeling and forecasting to measure the key factors of a potential car wash site.  We provide our Clients with realistic volume predictions, not inflated numbers to get them excited.  We study factors that include traffic counts, ingress and egress, traffic speeds and flows, visibility and topography, national retail neighbor scores, competition indexes, lot size and conveyor maximization, demographics, and consumer buying habits.  We feed all of this into a quantitative model, then review it, on site, with a minimum of three experienced partners. 

Our End Product is more thorough than anything else on the market.  You can never take risk out of the equation, but with MI’s Site Selection and Feasibility Products, we take customers a long way towards making an informed and comfortable decision.

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Financial Analysis/Business Plans:

Finding the right site for a car wash is only part of the battle.  Unless you’re one of a select few, you’ll need financing.  And in today’s market, that isn’t always an easy thing. 

At MI, we’ve not only been there ourselves, but we’ve also used our experience to help countless clients wind their ways through the lending and leasing halls to find the right financial partner to get their project funded. 

Having a good site and a great idea isn’t enough.  Competition for dollars is fierce.  And standing out amongst other borrowers requires creating a story, showing unique value, and selling your management and operational understanding. 

At MI, we paint this picture for you.  We create custom plans that demonstrate credible profit achievements; we partner with you to present an experienced and dedicated team; we use actual, in-house financial data to show realistic track records for financial guidance.  When coupled with our Site Analysis, Feasibility, and Return-on-Investment Services, our Client’s are able to present rock-solid business plans to investors and lenders alike.

Not only this, but this same Plan will prove essential as a fundamental strategy to follow as you move forward into the actual operation of your business.

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Acquisition Consulting:

Sometimes, buying an existing car wash is by far the best course of action.  No construction down-time; existing employees; existing customers; built in cash flow.  Success stories surrounding car wash acquisitions abound.

But like anything else, there are always pitfalls.  How do you know the financial information you acquire is true?  How do you begin to audit the books?  What is the real capacity of the facility, and how much can it really grow?  Is the price a fair one when compared with future cash flows, ROI’s, the Market and additional investments that might need to be made?  Miss on one of these, and you could be paying a price for years to come.

At MI, our goal is to eliminate these questions as much as possible.  Just like new construction and operations, partners in our Company have years of experience in purchasing car washes.  We have financial analysts specifically trained in car wash due diligence and acquisition analysis.  We helped other individuals and companies purchase car washes in over fifteen cities across multiple state lines.  We’ve helped Clients make great deals, and we’ve steered Clients away from deals that could have been significant mistakes.

Purchasing something as expensive as a car wash is a serious business decision.  Don’t make it without a seasoned veteran at your side to help you to investigate the facts.

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Operations/Marketing Consulting:

Whether you’ve been with MI from the start of your Project, or you’ve just come to us with an existing operation, there is no question about the value of our Operations and Marketing Consulting.

First, unlike other consultants, we can actually show you where our advice is working: at our own car washes!
Again, the Principals of MI have spent years in this industry.  Among them, they’ve served as an ICA President, have been on national speaking circuits, and have sat on countless association boards.  But most importantly, they’ve built multiple, successful car wash businesses that have stood the test of time. 

Especially now, in a down-turning business climate, getting your operation to run effectively on every level is key to long-term growth, not to mention a necessity for immediate cash flow improvement.  MI offers consulting services to help car wash companies run leaner, while at the same time more effectively; additionally, we can help your marketing efforts, utilizing low-cost methods to generate trial and incentivize return business; finally, we can show you operational methods to increase throughput and volume, no matter the size of the lot, or they style of operation you run.  And most importantly, you can visit any one of our Principal’s locations to see these systems in action!

We know of no better, more honest approach to consulting than what we offer.

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