It is the year 2025 and the predictions of many futurists have come true. The cost of fossil fuels has made today’s gas-burning vehicles prohibitive to drive. Cash has become obsolete due to the increasing use of money tracking technology. The most valuable asset is no longer oil, gold or diamonds, but time. The market share in time has been divided several times and has reached a peak for many people within the world economy.

The value of the US dollar is now in strict competition with the Asian yen and the rising value of the euro dollar. However, as socio-political trends spread across the world, some things will always remain the same. People still need to visit the doctor, go to the dentist, buy food, take their children to sports games, and wash their company and family vehicles.

The car washes of the future will be very similar to those of today. They will still be located near busy intersections and gas stations, and will offer a variety of vehicle cleaning services at a reasonable price. The main difference between the car wash of today and the one of the future will be the presence of fewer individual car wash owners in the business. The competitive nature of the future market will push business owners who do not adequately market their laundry. Those who succeed will find what works in the future market and replicate it. In the next ten to twenty years, the main competitor will be the car wash franchise. Internationally recognized washing machines will be found throughout North America because they all offer the same menu of services at almost the same price. When a consumer drives to a car wash of the future, they will expect the same quality of service as the car wash on the other side of the state.

By looking at the business trends of the past fifty years, today’s futurists are looking at trends in how business has developed over the past century. In 1954 Ray Kroc took his smoothie business on the road. He found out about a successful hamburger restaurant owned by brothers Dick and Mac McDonald. The brothers had scaled down the short order business with their thousands of potential menu options. Offering two options: hamburgers, with or without cheese. They also offered two different milk shakes, chocolate or vanilla. Reversing cars waiting in line became a problem early in McDonald’s business because making a milk shake takes time. So they cleared space in their restaurant for six of the five-axis milk shakers called the Multi Mixer. This allowed the McDonald brothers to move six times as many cars across the road. According to the McDonalds Corporation website, “Ray Kroc had never seen so many people served so quickly when he stopped to take a look. Seizing the day, he pitched the idea of ​​opening several restaurants to the brothers … convinced he could sell eight from your Multi mixers to each and every one. ” “Who could we get to open them for us?” Dick McDonald said. “Well,” Kroc replied, “what about me?”

Thus began an empire that has spread throughout the world. It is not the food or the personal service of each employee that makes this franchise so successful. McDonalds is successful because the hamburger in New York tastes the same as the hamburger in Chicago, Dallas, or Los Angeles. And every McDonalds franchise trains its employees in exactly the same way at every location, providing consistent service.

Ray Kroc didn’t know anything about how to cook great burgers and he didn’t serve the best milk shakes in the business. However, he identified and developed a business model that maximized the number of clients served efficiently. He also found that by limiting the menu, a McDonalds received the same food deals at each and every location. This business model was then packaged and sold to people who wanted to start their own McDonalds franchise store. The training, menu, and build and equipment guidelines have already been established and tested over time. And millions of loyal customers around the world were now familiar with McDonalds menu and services.

Entrepreneurs will continue to own the car washes of the future, but the business model will emphasize consistency and uniformity. A consumer may visit a car wash for the first time and already has a pre-set expectation in their mind of what washes are available, the quality of the wash, and approximately how much money will be deducted from their personal wash account for that particular car. washing chain. In the future, cash will no longer be the usual form of payment. Harnessing the power of the Internet and advanced communications technology, all of these franchise businesses will be united within a large payment network. Customers will have unprecedented control over their account settings. Saving receipts and handing out tokens will be left behind because fleet managers will now run their own activity reports and manage their account balance online from anywhere in the world. Buying and managing car washes will be as safe as online banking.

The successful car washes of the future will rise to the top, not just because owners knew how to best clean a car or provided the best service. The car washes of the future will offer a standard menu of options and a consistent level of service that the customer can count on at each and every car wash around the world.