IMO Car Wash Group
| IMO Car Wash Group | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Rose Holdco Ltd |
| founding | 1965 |
| Seat | High Wycombe, UK |
| management | Michael Pöhler, Mike Smith |
| sales | 58 (58) million euros 2010 (2009) (Germany) |
| Website | www.imocarwash.com |
IMO operates around 900 car washes in 14 countries under the brand names IMO and ARC . This makes the IMO Car Wash Group the world's largest car wash company.
The company was founded in 1965 as a licensee of the Weigele and Sulzberger patents in Germany and has been part of the Carlyle Group since 2006 . The company's headquarters are in High Wycombe , UK. In Germany it operates under IMO Autopflege GmbH , in Austria under ARTEGO Autowasch- u. Service GmbH .
In Germany, IMO operates around 350 car washes in all 16 federal states , with a focus on North Rhine-Westphalia with almost 100 branches. In Austria there are 28 in 7 federal states and in Switzerland there are 12 washing facilities. The company continues to expand.