Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery
Towing service · Waterloo, Iowa
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About Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery
Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery is listed at 2026 Black Hawk St in Waterloo, Iowa under the categories Towing service, Car battery store and Tire service. Those categories do not include collision or body work — it appears in this directory because its listing sits among the Waterloo shops, so check before assuming it takes repair jobs. It is one of 52 listings we cover in Waterloo.
Customers rate it 3.8 out of 5 across 43 Google reviews. That is 0.7 of a star below the 4.5-star average across the 48 rated shops in Waterloo. The average shop we list in Waterloo carries 122 reviews, so this is a comparatively lightly reviewed listing. Those reviews are 1% of all 6,360 Google reviews written about the shops we list in Waterloo, putting it #25 of 52 locally by review volume.
Listed payment methods are credit cards and debit cards.
What's around this address
The three closest shops we list are all within a mile of this address, the nearest being John's Auto Body at 0.2 miles — comparing quotes here costs little more than a short walk. 20 of the 52 shops we list in Waterloo share ZIP 50702, Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery among them.
When you can drop a car at Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery
Read from this shop's published opening hours, compared with every other shop we list in Waterloo.
Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery publishes 24-hour availability on every day.
Saturday cover is worth noting: 17 of the 51 shops in Waterloo that publish hours open on Saturday, and Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery is one of them. It is also one of the 3 open on Sunday.
Listed categories & specialties
What Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery is known for, based on its public listing.
How common Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery's services are in Waterloo
Each category on this shop's listing, counted against the 52 shops we list in Waterloo.
- Towing service1 of 52 shops in Waterloo
- Tire service1 of 52 shops in Waterloo
- Car battery store6 of 52 shops in Waterloo
What customers say
See all reviews on Google43 Google reviews
"Great service, fast, clean and reliable."
How Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery compares in Waterloo
Standing among the 52 auto body shops listed in Waterloo, from Google review data.
#25 of 52
by review volume in Waterloo
3.8★ vs 4.5★
this shop vs the Waterloo average
#46 of 48
by rating among rated shops in Waterloo
Nearby alternatives to Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery
The closest shops to Merle’s Auto Towing & Recovery, straight-line distance from its address.
| Shop | Rating | Reviews | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merle’s Auto Towing & RecoveryThis shop | 3.8★ | 43 | — |
| John's Auto BodyWaterloo, IA | 4.7★ | 50 | 0.2 mi |
| Sprung's AutomotiveWaterloo, IA | 4.6★ | 20 | 0.2 mi |
| Nates Auto RepairWaterloo, IA | 4.7★ | 81 | 0.2 mi |
Auto body shops in towns near Waterloo
Distance is to the closest listing in each town, measured from this shop's address.
Where to look beyond Waterloo — the nearest towns we cover, with how many shops each holds.
- Evansdale, IA8 shops · nearest 1.6 miles
- Elk Run Heights, IA3 shops · nearest 3.4 miles
- Cedar Falls, IA26 shops · nearest 4.7 miles
- Raymond, IA1 shop · nearest 5.5 miles
- Gilbertville, IA1 shop · nearest 7.3 miles
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