Metro by metro
The leading vehicle service chains in every South Carolina metro area
Tracked vehicle service chains ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Discount Tire leads in all 10 metro areas. Against their share in South Carolina as a whole, Valvoline Instant Oil Change stands out in 4 metro areas, Discount Tire in 2 metro areas.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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Valvoline Instant Oil Change
Relative #1 in 4 metro areas
Columbia, SC 1.3× · Charleston, SC 0.8× · Myrtle Beach, SC 1.5× · Spartanburg, SC 1.6×
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Discount Tire
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Greenville, SC 1.1× · Charlotte, NC (SC part) 1.5×
No ranked chain with 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there: Augusta, GA (SC part) · Florence, SC · Hilton Head Island, SC · Sumter, SC
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Discount Tire
#1 in all 10 metro areas
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked vehicle service chains and 10 tracked stores. Relative to South Carolina compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in South Carolina as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in South Carolina and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of South Carolina is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in South Carolina. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked vehicle service 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. Valvoline Instant Oil Change and Discount Tire sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | - | +19.2% |
| 2 | Discount Tire | - | -10.6% |
- Discount Tire
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change
- Gerald's Tires and Brakes
- Aiken Discount Tire & Auto Service
- Honda Cars of Rock Hill
- Benson Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
- Ottohaus of Charleston
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
325 tracked store locations in South Carolina. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 73 of the 325 stores (22%); 252 of the 257 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are vehicle services, against 6% across the United States.
- Discount Tire (24)
- Valvoline Instant Oil Change (42)
- Gerald's Tires and Brakes (2)
- Aiken Discount Tire & Auto Service (1)
- Honda Cars of Rock Hill (1)
- Benson Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram (1)
- Ottohaus of Charleston (1)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 42
- 2 Discount Tire 24
- 3 Hay Tire Pros 3
- 4 Tire Doctor 2
- 5 Gerald's Tires and Brakes 2
- 6 Clinton Tire Service 1
- 7 Johnson's Discount Tire 1
- 8 DCB Tire and Wheel 1
- 9 Team PWA 1
- 10 Dr. Tire Inc. 1
- 11 Allstar Tents and Events 1
- 12 Sesqui Tire Center 1
- 13 Incredible Tint 1
- 14 Belton Tire Service 1
- 15 Tires Inc 1
- 16 Top Tint of Bluffton 1
- 17 Wheelchair & Scooter Rentals Of Myrtle Beach 1
- 18 On The Go Mobile Oil Change Service 1
- 19 Brown's Automotive 1
- 20 Affordable Tint 1
- 21 Rick's Tire and Alignment 1
- 22 Dillon Oil Service, Inc 1
- 23 Gray's Automotive and Tire 1
- 24 Greenville Pro Tint LLC 1
- 25 Buddy's Automotive 1
- 26 AARO Rental Center 1
- 27 Rapido Tire Service 1
- 28 Bailey's Tire Services 1
- 29 Evening Shade Inc. 1
- 30 Tire Corral 1
- 31 Greenwood Speedy Tires 1
- 32 Westgate Tire and Services 1
- 33 Baker's Tire Service 1
- 34 C & C Thunder Custom Cycles 1
- 35 Sun Stoppers Charleston 1
- 36 iTint 1
- 37 Guerrero Tire and Auto 1
- 38 Nix Tire 1
- 39 State Line Tires 1
- 40 Hiers Outboard 1
- 41 Rent Me Superstore 1
- 42 Scruggs Tire & Alignment 1
- 43 Carolina Polo & Carriage Co. 1
- 44 Powdersville Tire 1
- 45 Westar Tire and Alignment 1
- 46 Lone Oak Tire Shop 1
- 47 Aiken Augusta Window Tinting 1
- 48 A Lube Will Do 1
- 49 J.R. Wholesale Tires 1
- 50 Elgin Quick Lube and Discount Tire 1
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