If you miss your turn into the car wash, you likely will run into another one in the matter of minutes.

The number of car washes is continuing to grow across the county. The Mahoning Valley is one of the areas seeing this trend.

Car washes dot the landscape all over the Mahoning Valley. One of the reason the industry is growing is because of how cheap a car was is to operate.

"One is the changes in technology. Car washes are becoming easier to operate, less labor intensive, more technology heavy. That means you can make a lot more money per car wash.," said Patrick Sisson, contributor to Bloomberg CityLab.

As more car washes are popping up across they, some places are limiting them, fearing they are not the best use of the land. Other Communities, including Austintown Township and Canfield Township zoning departments, have not set any limits.

"We have looked about putting or limiting these type of establishments within the Township. Not prohibiting, but limiting where they can go and how far apart they may be," said Traci DeCapua, Canfield Township zoning inspector. 

The Austintown zoning inspector said although the township had three new car washes in the past 5 years, he doesn't see it as a bad thing.

"You don't want cars stacking in the street, stopping traffic. With the increase of the number of car washes, not just in Austintown, but everywhere, that doesn't seem to be a problem anymore," said Darren Crivelli, Austintown Township zoning inspector. 

Sisson said the demand for these car washes are continuing to increase.

"Americans are washing their cars at car washes a lot more than they used to. A couple decades ago even, majority of people washed their cars in their parking lot, or in their driveways," said Sisson.

DeCapua and Crivelli said they noticed more car washes coming to the area in the past 3 years.