Metro by metro
The leading vehicle service chains in every North Carolina metro area
Tracked vehicle service chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Discount Tire leads in 9 metro areas, Valvoline Instant Oil Change in 3 metro areas, and Carolina Tire Company in 1 metro area. 4 chains lead at least one metro area. Against their share in North Carolina as a whole, Discount Tire stands out in 4 metro areas, Valvoline Instant Oil Change in 4 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Discount Tire
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1.5× · Greensboro-High Point, NC 1.1× · Winston-Salem, NC 1.3× · Fayetteville, NC 2.2×
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Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Charlotte, NC (NC part) 1.6× · Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 1× · Asheville, NC 1.9× · Wilmington, NC 1.3×
Not enough tracked stores: Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC · Virginia Beach, VA (NC part)
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Burlington, NC · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Goldsboro, NC · Greenville, NC · Jacksonville, NC · Rocky Mount, NC
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Discount Tire
#1 in 9 metro areas
Charlotte, NC (NC part) · Raleigh-Cary, NC · Greensboro-High Point, NC · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC · Winston-Salem, NC · Fayetteville, NC · Jacksonville, NC · Greenville, NC · Burlington, NC
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Valvoline Instant Oil Change
#1 in 3 metro areas
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC · Asheville, NC · Wilmington, NC
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Carolina Tire Company
#1 in Rocky Mount, NC
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Deacon Jones Ford
#1 in Goldsboro, NC
Not enough tracked stores: Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC · Virginia Beach, VA (NC part)
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked vehicle service chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to North Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in North Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in North Carolina 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 North Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in North Carolina. 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 Alray Tire Center sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
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| 1 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | - | +12.8% |
| 2 | Alray Tire Center | - | +11.4% |
| 3 | Tire House | ▲1 | +3.5% |
| 4 | Atlantic Tire Distributors | ▲1 | +1.2% |
| 5 | Discount Tire | - | -1.1% |
| 6 | Rockside Tire | ▲2 | -9.4% |
| 7 | White Tire Center | ▲1 | -14.5% |
| 8 | U-Haul | ▼1 | -63.2% |
| 9 | Tire Max Total Car Care | ▼4 | -68.5% |
- Discount Tire
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change
- Hoyle's Tire & Axle
- Riverside Subaru
- Trent Cadillac
- Lincolnton Tag Office
- Silance Tire Warehouse.
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
803 tracked store locations in North Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 147 of the 803 stores (18%); 608 of the 632 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 6% across the United States.
- Discount Tire (49)
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change (78)
- Hoyle's Tire & Axle (1)
- Riverside Subaru (1)
- Trent Cadillac (1)
- Lincolnton Tag Office (1)
- Silance Tire Warehouse. (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 78
- 2 Discount Tire 49
- 3 U-Haul 10
- 4 Alray Tire Center 6
- 5 Rockside Tire 4
- 6 White Tire Center 4
- 7 Tire House 4
- 8 Atlantic Tire Distributors 4
- 9 Parrish Tire 4
- 10 Tire Max Total Car Care 3
- 11 Cooke Rentals 3
- 12 Used Tires Express 2
- 13 Uno's Used Tire and Auto Repair 2
- 14 Qwik Lube 2
- 15 Skip's Tire Center 2
- 16 Ram Rent-All 2
- 17 Lay of the Land 2
- 18 Satto Tires & Service 2
- 19 A To Z Equipment Rentals 2
- 20 Shorty's Family Tire 2
- 21 Mock Beroth Tire & Automotive 2
- 22 Hill's Tire & Auto Service 1
- 23 Myers Tire & Auto Center 1
- 24 Country Town Tire & Auto Service Center 1
- 25 Alray Tire & Auto 1
- 26 Bill Martin Tire 1
- 27 Bock Marine 1
- 28 B & S Wholesale Tire Center 1
- 29 ATD Detailing Inc. 1
- 30 Shattalon Tire & Automotive 1
- 31 Ingold Tire & Auto Service Center 1
- 32 Small Town Tire 1
- 33 High Country Tire 1
- 34 Soundside Automotive 1
- 35 Forest City Tire 1
- 36 The Oil Changer Inc 1
- 37 Super Lube of Asheville 1
- 38 Knightdale Tire and Service 1
- 39 Blackout Window Tinting 1
- 40 Tire Solutions Inc. 1
- 41 Aiken-Black Tire Service 1
- 42 Alray Tire Center of Dallas 1
- 43 Haney's Tire & Automotive Care 1
- 44 Pitt Road Express Lube 1
- 45 Southern Tire Sales 1
- 46 Ahoskie Tire Sales Inc 1
- 47 Only Inspections 1
- 48 Wheatly Boys Tire & Auto 1
- 49 Maysville Tire & Services Center 1
- 50 Country Town Tire and Auto Service Center 1
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