Trends · data through August 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Columbia, SC

Iceflower tracks 297 stores from 112 gas & auto chains in Columbia, SC. AutoZone grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Citgo and Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

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
112
Tracked stores
297
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. AutoZone and Citgo sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A AutoZone logo AutoZone ▲2 +19.0%
2 C Citgo logo Citgo - +11.0%
3 E Enterprise Rent-A-Car logo Enterprise Rent-A-Car ▲1 +10.5%
4 S Shell logo Shell - +4.7%
5 T Take 5 Car Wash logo Take 5 Car Wash ▲1 +2.7%
6 L Love's Travel Stop logo Love's Travel Stop - +0.6%
7 O O'Reilly Auto Parts logo O'Reilly Auto Parts ▲1 -3.3%
8 T Take 5 Oil Change logo Take 5 Oil Change ▲1 -6.6%
9 Q QuikTrip logo QuikTrip - -7.3%
10 P Pilot Flying J logo Pilot Flying J ▼1 -8.8%
11 M Murphy USA logo Murphy USA - -10.0%
12 S Sunoco logo Sunoco ▲1 -10.4%
13 E Exxon logo Exxon ▼1 -12.9%
14 R Raceway logo Raceway ▲1 -13.2%
15 A Advance Auto Parts logo Advance Auto Parts ▼2 -21.6%
  • Gas Station
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Vehicle Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

297 tracked store locations in Columbia, SC, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (157)
  • Auto Parts Store (52)
  • Car Wash (30)
  • Vehicle Service (20)
  • Car Dealer (20)
  • Auto Rental Service (6)
  • Auto Repair Service (5)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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