Trends · data through July 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Bedford

Iceflower tracks 25 stores from 18 gas & auto chains in Bedford.

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
18
Tracked stores
25
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. BP and Shell sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B BP logo BP - +9.7%
2 S Shell logo Shell - -1.3%
  • Gas Station
  • Car Wash
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Ev Charging Station
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

25 tracked store locations in Bedford, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (13)
  • Car Wash (3)
  • Auto Parts Store (2)
  • Auto Repair Service (2)
  • Car Dealer (2)
  • Auto Rental Service (2)
  • Ev Charging Station (1)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Shell logo Shell 5
  • 2 B BP logo BP 3
  • 3 I IMO Car Wash 2
  • 4 E Essar 1
  • 5 R Rainbow Hand Car Wash and Valeting Centre 1
  • 6 D Direct Cars 1
  • 7 B bp Pulse 1
  • 8 R RGR Garages 1
  • 9 B Bedford MOT Centre 1
  • 10 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 1
  • 11 E Enterprise 1
  • 12 W Wootton Garage 1
  • 13 B Bargain Tyres Bedford 1
  • 14 P Putnoe Service Station 1
  • 15 E Evans Halshaw Ford Transit Centre 1
  • 16 H Halfords 1
  • 17 E Esso 1
  • 18 A Ascona 1

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