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. M&K Truck Centers and Crew Carwash sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M&K Truck Centers | ▲8 | +19.7% |
| 2 | Crew Carwash | ▲9 | +18.3% |
| 3 | TransChicago Truck Group | ▲2 | +15.9% |
| 4 | Rainstorm Car Wash | ▲6 | +15.8% |
| 5 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | - | +12.9% |
| 6 | Sunoco | ▲1 | +11.4% |
| 7 | Firestone | ▲4 | +11.1% |
| 8 | Gerber Collision & Glass | ▲5 | +10.7% |
| 9 | Suburban Tire Auto Repair Center | ▲4 | +10.6% |
| 10 | Delta Sonic Car Wash | - | +9.8% |
| 11 | Casey's General Store | ▲3 | +9.5% |
| 12 | Thorntons | - | +8.9% |
| 13 | Tire Barn Warehouse | - | +8.6% |
| 14 | Crash Champions Collision Repair | ▲3 | +8.4% |
| 15 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | ▲1 | +7.9% |
Store footprint
Store map
6,478 tracked store locations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,325 of the 6,478 stores (20%); 2,294 of the 2,550 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (2,368)
- Auto Repair Service (1,567)
- Auto Parts Store (689)
- Car Dealer (532)
- Car Wash (434)
- Vehicle Service (380)
- Auto Rental Service (156)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Shell 314
- 2 7-Eleven 290
- 3 BP 288
- 4 Exxon 253
- 5 AutoZone 180
- 6 Marathon 168
- 7 Citgo 154
- 8 Speedway 153
- 9 O'Reilly Auto Parts 138
- 10 Advance Auto Parts 132
- 11 Casey's 105
- 12 Jiffy Lube 101
- 13 Circle K 90
- 14 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 86
- 15 Thorntons 69
- 16 NAPA Auto Parts 62
- 17 Midas 58
- 18 Mobil 55
- 19 Firestone Complete Auto Care 54
- 20 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 52
- 21 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 41
- 22 Family Express 37
- 23 Discount Tire 35
- 24 Belle Tire 34
- 25 Mavis Discount Tire 30
- 26 Pep Boys 30
- 27 Crash Champions Collision Repair 24
- 28 Luke 24
- 29 Clark 23
- 30 Phillips 66 Gas 22
- 31 Pilot Flying J 21
- 32 Gas N Wash 20
- 33 Take 5 Oil Change 20
- 34 Meineke Car Care Center 19
- 35 Fuller's Car Wash 19
- 36 Just Tires 18
- 37 Car-X Tire & Auto 18
- 38 Avis Car Rental 18
- 39 Murphy USA 18
- 40 U-Haul 16
- 41 76 16
- 42 ampm 16
- 43 Rainstorm Car Wash 16
- 44 Amoco 16
- 45 Strickland Brothers 10 Minute Oil Change 15
- 46 The Duke of Oil 15
- 47 Buddy Bear Car Wash 15
- 48 Hertz 15
- 49 Grease Monkey 14
- 50 Gerber Collision & Glass 14
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