Trends · data through September 2026

Car Dealers in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Iceflower tracks 134 stores from 123 car dealer chains in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA.

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
123
Tracked stores
134
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked car dealer 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. Toyota and CarMax sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Toyota - +6.2%
2 CarMax - -6.5%
  • Toyota
  • CarMax
  • Mossy Nissan
  • Kearny Mesa Toyota
  • Volkswagen
  • Ken Grody Ford
  • Toyota Escondido
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

134 tracked store locations in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 16 of the 134 stores (12%); 118 of the 123 tracked chains have a single store here. 5% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car dealers, against 6% across California.

  • Toyota (3)
  • CarMax (3)
  • Mossy Nissan (6)
  • Kearny Mesa Toyota (1)
  • Volkswagen (2)
  • Ken Grody Ford (1)
  • Toyota Escondido (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Mossy Nissan 6
  • 2 Toyota 3
  • 3 CarMax 3
  • 4 Volkswagen 2
  • 5 Noah's Tires Shop 2
  • 6 Mossy Toyota 1
  • 7 Mossy Honda 1
  • 8 Hertz Car Sales 1
  • 9 Kali Auto Registration 1
  • 10 Hyundai of El Cajon 1
  • 11 Toyota of Poway 1
  • 12 Vista Auto Sales 1
  • 13 Chula Vista Auto 1
  • 14 BMW of Carlsbad 1
  • 15 SD Mission Auto Sales 1
  • 16 Subaru 1
  • 17 Mossy Ford 1
  • 18 North Coast Auto Group 1
  • 19 Aaron Ford of Escondido 1
  • 20 Infiniti of Oceanside 1
  • 21 Frank Toyota 1
  • 22 San Diego Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram 1
  • 23 Infiniti of Escondido 1
  • 24 Avis Car Sales 1
  • 25 Prime Auto Imports 1
  • 26 El Cajon Mitsubishi 1
  • 27 Poway Honda 1
  • 28 Ray's Auto Sales 1
  • 29 AutoNation Hyundai Carlsbad 1
  • 30 K & S Alfa Romeo 1
  • 31 Encinitas Ford 1
  • 32 Herman Cook Volkswagen 1
  • 33 Anytime 2Buy Auto 1
  • 34 North County Auto 1
  • 35 San Diego Auto Sales 1
  • 36 Mr. Wrap 1
  • 37 City Volkswagen 1
  • 38 City Chevrolet 1
  • 39 Authentic Axiom 1
  • 40 Sports Car Company 1
  • 41 Kearny Mesa Acura 1
  • 42 Executive Ab 1
  • 43 Ace Cars and Vans 1
  • 44 Diamond Auto Sales 1
  • 45 Lexus Carlsbad 1
  • 46 Blessed Rides 1
  • 47 Lexus Escondido 1
  • 48 Honest Abe 1
  • 49 Continental Auto Sale 1
  • 50 Carmel Motors 1

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