Gas & Auto Trends in Rhode Island 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 SP+ Parking sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Shell	-	+6.8%
2	SP+ Parking	-	+3.1%
3	Jiffy Lube	-	+3.0%
4	AutoZone	▲1	+2.9%
5	Valvoline Instant Oil Change	-	+2.0%
6	Gulf	-	+1.8%
7	Enterprise Rent-A-Car	-	-0.2%
8	Exxon	-	-0.2%
9	7-Eleven	-	-1.5%
10	Advance Auto Parts	-	-1.6%
11	Citgo	▲2	-1.7%
12	BP	-	-3.3%
13	Mutual Gas Station	-	-3.4%
14	Speedway	-	-3.5%
15	Sunoco	-	-4.1%

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

Store footprint

Store map

625 tracked store locations in Rhode Island, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 191 of the 625 stores (31%); 238 of the 279 tracked chains have a single store here. 3% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 6% across the United States.