Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Reading

Iceflower tracks 105 stores from 54 gas & auto chains in Reading. Halfords grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Apcoa and Shell.

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
54
Tracked stores
105
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. Halfords and Apcoa sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Halfords logo Halfords - +14.9%
2 A Apcoa logo Apcoa - +14.4%
3 S Shell logo Shell - -3.7%
4 B BP logo BP - -19.8%
5 B bp Pulse - -62.4%
  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Parking
  • Car Dealer
  • Vehicle Service
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

105 tracked store locations in Reading, colored by category.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (43)
  • Auto Parts Store (14)
  • Parking (9)
  • Car Dealer (7)
  • Vehicle Service (7)
  • Auto Rental Service (5)
  • Auto Repair Service (5)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B BP logo BP 19
  • 2 S Shell logo Shell 14
  • 3 H Halfords logo Halfords 7
  • 4 E Esso logo Esso 5
  • 5 A Apcoa logo Apcoa 3
  • 6 B bp Pulse 3
  • 7 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 3
  • 8 S Smart Charge Charging Station 2
  • 9 A ALS Tyres 2
  • 10 E Enterprise logo Enterprise 2
  • 11 A Avis UK 2
  • 12 T Total Tyres 1
  • 13 E Eden Vauxhall logo Eden Vauxhall 1
  • 14 P Private Car Hire 1
  • 15 R Reading Express Tyres Ltd 1
  • 16 B Berkshire 1
  • 17 L Lower Earley MOTs 1
  • 18 M Marks & Spencers 1
  • 19 C Chatham Place 1
  • 20 M MJ Motorcycle 1
  • 21 M MFG Esso Binfield Road Bracknell 1
  • 22 C Corner Store 1
  • 23 V Valet Easy 1
  • 24 C Car Valeting Products 1
  • 25 P Premium Car Parks 1
  • 26 F FS Hand Car Wash Binfield LTD 1
  • 27 H Hand Carwash 1
  • 28 T Thames Valley MOT 1
  • 29 S St Mary's Butts 1
  • 30 P Porsche 1
  • 31 I IMO Car Wash logo IMO Car Wash 1
  • 32 S Sandhurst Tyres 1
  • 33 T Toyota logo Toyota 1
  • 34 R RingGo 1
  • 35 M Motor Fuel Group 1
  • 36 S Sytner BMW logo Sytner BMW 1
  • 37 G Group 1 Ford 1
  • 38 A Audi logo Audi 1
  • 39 W Waylands Volvo Cars Reading 1
  • 40 C Cresswells Garage 1
  • 41 M Motor Parts Direct logo Motor Parts Direct 1
  • 42 A A1 Wokingham Car Spares 1
  • 43 L Littlewick Green 1
  • 44 S Sandhurst MOT Centre 1
  • 45 J Joys Car Services & Tyres 1
  • 46 S Sportsbikeshop logo Sportsbikeshop 1
  • 47 B Basildon Service Station 1
  • 48 M Mercedes-Benz logo Mercedes-Benz 1
  • 49 N NAPA Auto Parts (Reading) 1
  • 50 G GSF Car Parts logo GSF Car Parts 1

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