Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

Iceflower tracks 207 stores from 110 gas & auto chains in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA. American Tire Depot grew fastest over the last year, ahead of AutoZone and Big Brand Tire & Service.

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
110
Tracked stores
207
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. American Tire Depot and AutoZone sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 American Tire Depot ▲1 +17.3%
2 AutoZone ▲1 +10.2%
3 Big Brand Tire & Service ▲1 +7.4%
4 76 ▲1 +7.4%
5 Enterprise Rent-A-Car - +4.3%
6 Fuel Depot ▲1 +3.0%
7 7-Eleven - +2.1%
8 Speedway ▼1 +0.9%
9 Jiffy Lube ▼1 +0.3%
10 O'Reilly Auto Parts - -0.9%
11 Chevron - -8.1%
12 Shell - -9.4%
13 ampm ▼1 -18.2%
14 Exxon ▼2 -20.4%
  • 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

207 tracked store locations in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 57 of the 207 stores (28%); 88 of the 110 tracked chains have a single store here. 6% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are auto rental services, against 3% across California.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (100)
  • Auto Repair Service (24)
  • Auto Parts Store (19)
  • Car Dealer (18)
  • Car Wash (13)
  • Auto Rental Service (12)
  • Vehicle Service (10)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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