Metro by metro
The leading auto parts store chains in every Iowa metro area
Tracked auto parts store chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. O'Reilly Auto Parts leads in 4 metro areas, AutoZone in 1 metro area. Against their share in Iowa as a whole, AutoZone stands out in 2 metro areas, O'Reilly Auto Parts in 1 metro area, and Advance Auto Parts in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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AutoZone
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Cedar Rapids, IA 2× · Iowa City, IA 1.2×
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O'Reilly Auto Parts
Relative #1 in Des Moines, IA, 1.2× its share in Iowa
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Advance Auto Parts
Relative #1 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, 1.6× its share in Iowa
Not enough tracked stores: Davenport, IA (IA part) · Dubuque, IA · Omaha, NE-IA (IA part) · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (IA part)
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Ames, IA
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O'Reilly Auto Parts
#1 in 4 metro areas
Des Moines, IA · Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA · Ames, IA · Iowa City, IA
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AutoZone
#1 in Cedar Rapids, IA
Not enough tracked stores: Davenport, IA (IA part) · Dubuque, IA · Omaha, NE-IA (IA part) · Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (IA part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked auto parts store chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to Iowa compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in Iowa as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in Iowa and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of Iowa is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in Iowa. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked auto parts store 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. O'Reilly Auto Parts and AutoZone sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | - | +4.4% |
| 2 | AutoZone | - | 0.0% |
| 3 | Interstate All Battery Center | ▲1 | -2.5% |
| 4 | NAPA Auto Parts | - | -2.6% |
| 5 | Advance Auto Parts | - | -3.6% |
| 6 | Arnold Motor Supply | - | -17.6% |
| 7 | Heartland Tire & Auto | - | -32.9% |
| 8 | Carquest Auto Parts | ▼1 | -57.7% |
- O'Reilly Auto Parts
- AutoZone
- Advance Auto Parts
- Rydell Chevrolet
- NAPA Auto Parts
- Ramsey Subaru
- Boubin Tire Co
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
288 tracked store locations in Iowa. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 204 of the 288 stores (71%); 51 of the 62 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are auto parts stores, against 11% across the United States.
- O'Reilly Auto Parts (83)
- AutoZone (40)
- Advance Auto Parts (27)
- Rydell Chevrolet (1)
- NAPA Auto Parts (33)
- Ramsey Subaru (1)
- Boubin Tire Co (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 O'Reilly Auto Parts 83
- 2 AutoZone 40
- 3 NAPA Auto Parts 33
- 4 Advance Auto Parts 27
- 5 Arnold Motor Supply 21
- 6 Carquest Auto Parts 17
- 7 Interstate All Battery Center 7
- 8 Heartland Tire & Auto 3
- 9 Heartland Tire 2
- 10 Motor Parts 2
- 11 Midwest Wheel 2
- 12 Pat's Auto Salvage 1
- 13 River City Auto 1
- 14 Anderson-Weber Toyota 1
- 15 Freedom Tire 1
- 16 McAtee Tire Service 1
- 17 STORY CITY 1
- 18 Dee Zee Factory Outlet 1
- 19 Recall Auto Parts LLC 1
- 20 Hancock County Coop 1
- 21 Fast Shafts 1
- 22 Square Tire 1
- 23 Williamsburg Tire & Service 1
- 24 Sunline Inc 1
- 25 New Deal Auto Salvage 1
- 26 Hiway Truck Equipment 1
- 27 Auto Parts Wholesale 1
- 28 Good Guys Auto Parts 1
- 29 Davenport Tractor 1
- 30 McAtee Tire Sales & Service 1
- 31 KMJ Performance 1
- 32 Swift's Trails End Auto Recycling 1
- 33 Midwest Auto Parts 1
- 34 Albright's Auto Plus 1
- 35 Sadler Power Train Truck Parts & Service 1
- 36 Auto Plus 1
- 37 Rydell Chevrolet 1
- 38 Ramsey Subaru 1
- 39 Boubin Tire Co 1
- 40 Tandem Tire 1
- 41 Cedar Falls 1
- 42 Farmers Feed & Supply 1
- 43 Truck Outfitters Plus 1
- 44 Cedar Rapids 1
- 45 Aikey Auto Salvage Inc 1
- 46 Fast Tire 1
- 47 Total Truck 1
- 48 King Automotive 1
- 49 Accessories of Des Moines 1
- 50 George White Chevrolet 1
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