How to choose a detailer or valeter in Kidderminster and Stourport

Mostly mobile, with a handful of units and one garage

This directory covers four areas around Kidderminster: Kidderminster itself, Stourport-on-Severn, Bewdley and Cleobury Mortimer. Of the 28 confirmed-phone businesses published here, 21 are mobile valeters who come to your driveway or workplace. The rest work from a fixed unit: Autosheen and The Detail Bay in Kidderminster, Car Prep and Auto Valeting 4 All in Stourport-on-Severn, Wheelie Clean Cars in Cookley on the edge of Kidderminster (mobile and unit-based), and Supernova Valeting & Detailing, which has moved from a purely mobile service into a unit-based facility at Rye Cottage in Bewdley. VRS Midlands in Stourport-on-Severn is a garage first – an IGA member and Trust My Garage-accredited – whose valeting is a separately marketed add-on to its MOT, repair and servicing work, worth knowing if you want a specialist detailer rather than a garage valet.

What the credentials found here mean

• Gtechniq Accredited Detailer: Supernova Valeting & Detailing, now working from a unit in Bewdley.
• 9H-accredited ceramic coatings, IMI award, Pro Detailer Magazine feature, dealership work for Ford, Nissan, Jaguar, BMW and Mercedes-Benz: MCCS Mobile Car Care Specialists, trading over 20 years in Stourport-on-Severn.
• Autoglym trained: Ted at Filthy to Fresh, based in Blakedown.
• Autobrite Direct-approved: Perfection in Reflection, a mobile luxury and performance specialist in Kidderminster.
• IGA member and Trust My Garage accredited: VRS Midlands, a garage in Stourport-on-Severn that also valets.
• Registered company: JnJ Detailing trades as JNJ Detailing Ltd from Blakedown.

9 of the 28 detailers and valeters listed here show a Google rating, taken from the business's own Google profile and linked from the listing; the others have no rating from a source this directory can link to. Several claim strong reviews elsewhere – a Facebook recommendation count for Greeny's, a Yelp figure for John's Car Valeting – but the underlying pages weren't independently verified, so ask to see reviews directly, or ask how long the business has been trading.

Where coverage is thin

Bewdley and Cleobury Mortimer are thin: Bewdley has just two confirmed businesses (Supernova Valeting & Detailing and AJM Mobile Valeting) and Cleobury Mortimer has two (MCw Mobile Car Wash and S.B Valeting), against 17 in Kidderminster and 7 in Stourport-on-Severn. Several searches turned up other names for both smaller towns, but none had a confirmed local base rather than simply serving the area from Kidderminster or further afield. If you're in either town, it's worth asking a mobile valeter based in Kidderminster or Stourport-on-Severn whether they cover your postcode.

Questions worth asking before you book

• Is this a unit-based studio, a garage that also valets, or a mobile operator working from home, and does that match what you actually want done?
• If it's mobile: does the valeter bring their own water and power, and do they cover your exact postcode?
• Several listings here rest on a single directory entry rather than the business's own website – Autosheen, Price Auto Valet, Jg Auto Valets, Auto Valeting 4 All, Spotless Auto Valet, MCw Mobile Car Wash and S.B Valeting among them. Ring first to check the business is still trading before you make a special trip or booking.
• Supernova Valeting & Detailing's address has been recorded differently across directories as it has moved from mobile work into a unit; confirm you have the current Bewdley address before you visit.
• Is the price you're quoted for a wash and valet, or does it include machine paint correction and ceramic coating first? Perfection in Reflection and MCCS both publish or describe correction and coating work alongside a cheaper maintenance wash, and a coating over unaddressed swirls will not look any better than the paint underneath.