Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Auburn-Opelika, AL

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 108 gas & auto chains in Auburn-Opelika, AL. Shell grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Circle K and Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
108
Tracked stores
178
Consumer panel
130M+

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. Shell and Circle K sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Shell ▲2 +5.0%
2 Circle K - +0.9%
3 Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers - +0.9%
4 AutoZone ▲1 -12.1%
5 Advance Auto Parts ▲2 -12.1%
6 MAPCO - -20.4%
7 Sunoco ▼1 -20.6%
8 Chevron ▼1 -21.1%
9 BP - -25.2%
10 GooGoo Car Wash - -27.0%
11 Exxon ▲1 -27.4%
12 Grub Mart ▼4 -74.6%
  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Vehicle Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Truck Stops & Travel Centers
  • Car Wash
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

178 tracked store locations in Auburn-Opelika, AL, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 43 of the 178 stores (24%); 82 of the 108 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are auto parts stores, against 13% across Alabama.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (87)
  • Auto Repair Service (25)
  • Vehicle Service (15)
  • Car Dealer (15)
  • Auto Parts Store (14)
  • Truck Stops & Travel Centers (7)
  • Car Wash (6)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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