Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked gas & auto chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Kum & Go and Cenex sit in the high-growth half.
Store footprint
Store map
107 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 33 of the 107 stores (31%); 64 of the 74 tracked chains have a single store here. 22% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are auto repair services, against 13% across Iowa.
- Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (48)
- Auto Repair Service (24)
- Auto Parts Store (14)
- Car Wash (7)
- Vehicle Service (4)
- Car Dealer (3)
- Towing Service (2)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Casey's 17
- 2 Kum & Go 8
- 3 Phillips 66 Gas 3
- 4 Cenex 3
- 5 O'Reilly Auto Parts 2
- 6 NAPA Auto Parts 2
- 7 Kwik Trip 2
- 8 Circle K 2
- 9 Arnold Motor Supply 2
- 10 Interstate All Battery Center 2
- 11 BP 1
- 12 Big 8 Tire Center 1
- 13 The WhistleStop 1
- 14 STORY CITY 1
- 15 Central Iowa Towing and Recovery 1
- 16 Wheelock Service 1
- 17 All Star Auto Glass 1
- 18 Southgate express 1
- 19 Condon's Service 1
- 20 Yesway 1
- 21 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 1
- 22 Ron's Auto Repair Center 1
- 23 Midas 1
- 24 George White Chevrolet 1
- 25 Hicklin Power Sports of Ames 1
- 26 Good & Quick 1
- 27 Take 5 Oil Change 1
- 28 Gilbert Car Wash 1
- 29 Roland Car Wash 1
- 30 KMJ Performance 1
- 31 Heartland Tire and Auto 1
- 32 All American Carwash 1
- 33 Ames Tire Shop 1
- 34 Cell Phone Repair 1
- 35 Uni-Mart 1
- 36 Nevada Auto Wash 1
- 37 Wild Water Car Wash & Pet Wash 1
- 38 Hansen Automotive 1
- 39 Patterson Auto 1
- 40 Huxley Car Wash 1
- 41 Boone Laser Wash 1
- 42 Campus Garage 1
- 43 Moffitt's Ford Lincoln 1
- 44 Fix It Auto Repair 1
- 45 Farley's Wholesale Tire 1
- 46 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 1
- 47 AutoZone 1
- 48 Git 'N Go 1
- 49 Ames Ford Lincoln 1
- 50 Martin Oil Co. 1
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