# Capture rate

A term used when buying car wash.

The share of vehicles passing the site that actually turn in and buy a wash.

Traffic count is the number every site broker quotes and it is not the number that matters, because a site on a busy road with a hard left turn and no visible stacking lane captures very little of it. The difference is site design, and site design is the one thing a buyer cannot change after closing. Count cars during a weekday peak and a Saturday, and compare what you see against the traffic figure the seller is pricing on.

Part of: Buying a Car Wash (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-car-wash)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-car-wash/terms/capture-rate
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

Site index for machines: https://searchspheresource.com/llms.txt