Gas & Auto Trends in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA 2026

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. Advance Auto Parts and Shell sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Advance Auto Parts	-	+12.6%
2	Shell	-	+6.0%
3	Cumberland Farms	-	+4.2%
4	Pride Stores	-	-5.4%
5	Golden Nozzle Car Wash	-	-7.1%
6	Sunoco	-	-8.7%

Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Auto Repair Service
Auto Parts Store
Car Wash
Truck Stops & Travel Centers
Vehicle Service
Towing Service
Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

67 tracked store locations in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 29 of the 67 stores (43%); 21 of the 34 tracked chains have a single store here.