Metro by metro
The leading vehicle service chains in every New York metro area
Tracked vehicle service chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Valvoline Instant Oil Change leads in 6 metro areas, Big E Tire & Auto Service in 1 metro area. Against their share in New York as a whole, Valvoline Instant Oil Change stands out in 5 metro areas, U-Haul in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Relative #1 in 5 metro areas
New York, NY (NY part) 0.7× · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1× · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1.5× · Rochester, NY 1.2× · Kiryas Joel, NY 1.6×
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U-Haul
Relative #1 in Syracuse, NY, 2.5× its share in New York
Not enough tracked stores: Elmira, NY · Glens Falls, NY · Ithaca, NY · Kingston, NY · Utica-Rome, NY · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Binghamton, NY
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Valvoline Instant Oil Change
#1 in 6 metro areas
New York, NY (NY part) · Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Syracuse, NY · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Rochester, NY · Kiryas Joel, NY
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Big E Tire & Auto Service
#1 in Binghamton, NY
Not enough tracked stores: Elmira, NY · Glens Falls, NY · Ithaca, NY · Kingston, NY · Utica-Rome, NY · Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked vehicle service chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to New York compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in New York as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in New York 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 New York is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in New York. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked vehicle service 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. Valvoline Instant Oil Change and U-Haul sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | - | +1.9% |
| 2 | U-Haul | - | -2.7% |
| 3 | Moore's Tire Sales | - | -6.0% |
| 4 | JC Smith Inc | - | -10.8% |
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change
- Grand Premier Tire & Custom Wheel
- Big 4 Tire
- U-Haul
- JC Smith Inc
- Big E Tire & Auto Service
- Marchese Ford of Mechanicville, Inc.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
314 tracked store locations in New York. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 104 of the 314 stores (33%); 200 of the 210 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 6% across the United States.
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change (82)
- Grand Premier Tire & Custom Wheel (2)
- Big 4 Tire (1)
- U-Haul (10)
- JC Smith Inc (4)
- Big E Tire & Auto Service (4)
- Marchese Ford of Mechanicville, Inc. (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 82
- 2 U-Haul 10
- 3 JC Smith Inc 4
- 4 Big E Tire & Auto Service 4
- 5 Moore's Tire Sales 4
- 6 Hoosick Tire & Services 2
- 7 Xcelerated Auto 2
- 8 Tint Star 2
- 9 Tire Discount Center 2
- 10 Grand Premier Tire & Custom Wheel 2
- 11 Chudman's Audio 1
- 12 NY Tag and Title To Go 1
- 13 Lucy's Tire Shop 1
- 14 Dial-A-Tire 1
- 15 Smithtown General Tire 1
- 16 Seaway Tire and Auto Service 1
- 17 Mike's Main St Auto Repair 1
- 18 4 Seasons Tire and Auto Center 1
- 19 Buffalo Wholesale Tire 1
- 20 Altra Rental and Supply 1
- 21 Vin-J's Oil & Lube 1
- 22 Tire Discount Tire Pros 1
- 23 Mikes Tire 1
- 24 Kost Tire & Muffler 1
- 25 Spa City Tint 1
- 26 Utica Tire Shop 1
- 27 Wilbert's Tires and Wheels 1
- 28 Advance Rental Supply 1
- 29 Mohawk Valley Marine 1
- 30 Gearhead Cycles 1
- 31 Chudman's Arsenal Street AUDIO 1
- 32 Astoria Discount Tire 1
- 33 Superior Tire 1
- 34 Riverside LLC 1
- 35 Wally's Ford 1
- 36 Smithers Tire Services Inc 1
- 37 Kingston Tires 1
- 38 Capital Bus 1
- 39 Lyons Falls Tire 1
- 40 The Ultimate Tire Shop 1
- 41 Sens-O-Lock of America 1
- 42 Hill Top Tire 1
- 43 Kellish Tire and Auto 1
- 44 Scott's Auto Center 1
- 45 The Tire Warehouse Inc 1
- 46 Fisher auto parts store 1
- 47 Todd Farrell's Car Care Center 1
- 48 Adirondack River Outfitters 1
- 49 Sanders Motorsports 1
- 50 Hoopers Tire Outlet 1
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