Gas & Auto Trends in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 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. Quik Stop and 76 sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	Quik Stop	-	+9.3%
2	76	-	+6.4%
3	7-Eleven	-	+4.7%
4	Chevron	-	+4.4%
5	O'Reilly Auto Parts	-	+0.7%
6	Shell	-	-6.1%
7	AutoZone	-	-12.6%

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

Store footprint

Store map

100 tracked store locations in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 41 of the 100 stores (41%); 45 of the 55 tracked chains have a single store here. 59% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are gas stations & convenience stores, against 43% across California.