Gas & Auto Trends in Norwich, CT 2026

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. Shell and Gulf sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Shell	-	+14.1%
2	Gulf	-	+8.1%
3	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	▲1	+4.4%
4	Exxon	-	+2.3%
5	Cumberland Farms	-	-5.5%
6	Citgo	-	-6.8%
7	O'Reilly Auto Parts	▲1	-7.8%
8	Meineke Car Care Center	-	-8.6%
9	AutoZone	-	-9.6%
10	Sunoco	-	-10.6%
11	NAPA Auto Parts	-	-13.6%
12	Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers	-	-15.5%
13	7-Eleven	-	-16.4%
14	Advance Auto Parts	-	-17.5%
15	Mobil	-	-27.8%

Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
Auto Repair Service
Car Dealer
Auto Parts Store
Vehicle Service
Car Wash
Auto Rental Service
Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

334 tracked store locations in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 89 of the 334 stores (27%); 158 of the 183 tracked chains have a single store here. 8% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 5% across Connecticut.