Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Merced, CA

Iceflower tracks 177 stores from 90 gas & auto chains in Merced, CA. AutoZone grew fastest over the last year, ahead of ampm and ARCO.

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
90
Tracked stores
177
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 ampm sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 AutoZone - +14.1%
2 ampm - +7.4%
3 ARCO - +0.4%
4 Chevron - -2.8%
5 O'Reilly Auto Parts - -3.4%
6 Mister Car Wash - -4.0%
7 7-Eleven - -7.9%
8 Shell - -11.1%
9 76 - -15.4%
10 TravelCenters-TA-Petro - -25.8%
11 Marathon - -27.1%
12 Jiffy Lube - -35.3%
13 Valero - -99.8%
  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Car Wash
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Vehicle Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Truck Stops & Travel Centers
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

177 tracked store locations in Merced, CA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 53 of the 177 stores (30%); 72 of the 90 tracked chains have a single store here. 10% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car washes, against 6% across California.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (90)
  • Auto Repair Service (21)
  • Car Wash (17)
  • Auto Parts Store (17)
  • Vehicle Service (12)
  • Car Dealer (9)
  • Truck Stops & Travel Centers (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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