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. Express Fuel and Super Star sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Express Fuel | ▲3 | +16.9% |
| 2 | Super Star | ▲7 | +16.8% |
| 3 | Fox Rent A Car | ▲12 | +16.4% |
| 4 | Big Brand Tire & Service | ▲7 | +16.0% |
| 5 | Alamo Rent A Car | ▲5 | +14.8% |
| 6 | Fastrip | ▲2 | +13.5% |
| 7 | 76 | - | +13.4% |
| 8 | Impark | ▲8 | +12.6% |
| 9 | Love's Travel Stop | ▲1 | +12.4% |
| 10 | San Diego Gasoline | ▲1 | +11.1% |
| 11 | Harley-Davidson | ▲10 | +10.8% |
| 12 | Grand | ▲9 | +9.7% |
| 13 | Volkswagen | ▲3 | +9.6% |
| 14 | Rotten Robbie | ▲1 | +8.8% |
| 15 | Mazda | ▲7 | +8.7% |
Store footprint
Store map
22,121 tracked store locations in California, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 5,708 of the 22,121 stores (26%); 7,627 of the 8,313 tracked chains have a single store here. 9% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 6% across the United States.
- Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (9,408)
- Auto Repair Service (3,972)
- Auto Parts Store (2,091)
- Vehicle Service (2,070)
- Car Dealer (1,257)
- Car Wash (1,244)
- Auto Rental Service (624)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 7-Eleven 1,600
- 2 Shell 1,255
- 3 Chevron 1,199
- 4 76 864
- 5 ampm 790
- 6 AutoZone 691
- 7 O'Reilly Auto Parts 610
- 8 Exxon 405
- 9 Circle K 349
- 10 Rocket 313
- 11 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 272
- 12 Speedway 263
- 13 Jiffy Lube 262
- 14 ARCO 204
- 15 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 195
- 16 NAPA Auto Parts 177
- 17 Valero 157
- 18 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 153
- 19 America's Tire 112
- 20 Firestone Complete Auto Care 109
- 21 Les Schwab Tire Center 103
- 22 Pep Boys 102
- 23 Quik Stop 94
- 24 Mobil 94
- 25 Big O Tires 93
- 26 Hertz 84
- 27 Sinclair Oil 84
- 28 Avis Car Rental 80
- 29 American Tire Depot 77
- 30 Ace Parking 67
- 31 Caliber Collision 58
- 32 Fastrip 54
- 33 Big Brand Tire & Service 52
- 34 Midas 48
- 35 Gulf 48
- 36 Mister Car Wash 47
- 37 Marathon 44
- 38 G&M Oil Company 43
- 39 Cycle Gear 42
- 40 Discount Tire 40
- 41 Budget Car Rental 40
- 42 Oil Changers 39
- 43 Rotten Robbie 38
- 44 Pilot Flying J 38
- 45 LAZ Parking 35
- 46 United Oil 35
- 47 Impark 33
- 48 USA Gasoline 33
- 49 Kwik Serv 33
- 50 CarMax 32
More trends