Case Study · Auto Detailing · North Carolina & Florida S3 Detailing: 1 location to 4
In June 2025, Ryan ran one car detailing business in Wilmington, NC, spending about $50 a day on ads. Today S3 runs four locations with a team at each, and does over $40K a month.
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- Business
- S3 Detailing
- Services
- Car, boat and RV detailing
- Locations
- Wilmington, Hickory and Raleigh, NC; Tampa, FL
- Working together
- Since June 2025, current client
- What we run
- Facebook & Instagram ads, Google profiles, websites, CRM
- Website
- s3detailing.com
June 2025 to today
From one location and a small ad budget to four locations and a team at each.
Hear it from Ryan
In this video from December 2025, Ryan talks about going from zero to $15K a month in his first six months with us. Since then S3 has more than doubled that to over $40K a month, with three more locations and boat and RV detailing.
- Recorded December 2025, six months in
- Unscripted, in his own words
- Weekly strategy meetings with our team
See it for yourself
Real screenshots from Google Maps, their Google profiles and the ad account. Pick one below, and click any image to see it full size.
Before and after moving the profile to a listed address: from not ranking to #1 in the area on Google Maps.
The Hickory profile we built from scratch, now #1 in the area on Google Maps.
The original location went from 50 to 158 Google reviews.
A brand new profile that went from 2 to 70 Google reviews.
Every active Facebook and Instagram campaign, split by location and service.
One shop to a multi location brand
- June 2025
One location
Car detailing in Wilmington, NC, with about $50 a day in ads.
- Expansion
Hickory, NC
A second location with its own Google profile, built from 2 reviews.
- Expansion
Raleigh & Tampa
Third and fourth locations, each with its own campaigns.
- New services
Boat, RV & contracts
Boat and RV detailing, community contracts and S3 Exterior Services.
- Today
$350 a day in ads
Over $10K a month in ad spend, with a team at every location.
The system behind the growth
Facebook & Instagram ads per location
Separate campaigns for each location and service, so every market gets its own budget and offer. Spend went up as each one proved itself.
- Car
- Boat
- RV
- Each city
Google profiles from scratch
A Google Business Profile for every new location, with reviews requested after every job so each one builds trust quickly.
- Profile setup
- Review requests
A listed address for the map
Moving to a listed address took the profile from not ranking at all to #1 in the area on Google Maps.
- Google Maps
- Local rankings
Websites and follow up
Websites for S3 Detailing and S3 Exterior Services, with every lead texted back automatically and tracked in the CRM.
- Websites
- Instant text back
- CRM
One for detailing, one for exterior services
Hover either site to scroll the full page.
Where these numbers come from
- Ad spend: daily spend in their Facebook and Instagram ad account, June 2025 compared with today.
- Reviews: Google review counts on each Google Business Profile when we started and today.
- Rankings: Google Maps ranking scans before and after the profile moved to a listed address. Rankings vary by search term, location and date.
- Revenue: reported by Ryan. $15K a month is from his December 2025 video; over $40K a month is current.
- Timing: S3 Detailing has been a client since June 2025 and still is.
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