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. Valvoline Instant Oil Change and Dynamic Automotive sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valvoline Instant Oil Change | ▲3 | +17.8% |
| 2 | Dynamic Automotive | ▲2 | +15.3% |
| 3 | Discount Tire | ▲7 | +10.7% |
| 4 | Royal Farms | - | +10.5% |
| 5 | Sheetz | - | +10.4% |
| 6 | Parts Authority | ▲1 | +10.2% |
| 7 | Liberty | ▲3 | +9.6% |
| 8 | Penske Truck Rental | ▲3 | +9.4% |
| 9 | Exxon | - | +8.9% |
| 10 | Firestone Complete Auto Care | ▲4 | +8.5% |
| 11 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car | ▲1 | +8.3% |
| 12 | Wawa | ▲1 | +7.8% |
| 13 | Budget Car Rental | ▲4 | +7.8% |
| 14 | Midas | ▲7 | +7.7% |
| 15 | O'Reilly Auto Parts | ▲2 | +6.3% |
Store footprint
Store map
4,857 tracked store locations in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, colored by category. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,261 of the 4,857 stores (26%); 2,033 of the 2,228 tracked chains have a single store here. 7% of the tracked gas & auto stores here are car dealers, against 0.3% across District of Columbia.
- Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (1,670)
- Auto Repair Service (1,484)
- Auto Parts Store (354)
- Car Dealer (333)
- Vehicle Service (273)
- Parking (230)
- Car Wash (157)
- Other categories
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 7-Eleven 440
- 2 Exxon 283
- 3 Shell 265
- 4 Sunoco 171
- 5 Colonial Parking 102
- 6 Advance Auto Parts 100
- 7 AutoZone 82
- 8 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 60
- 9 BP 58
- 10 Wawa 58
- 11 Jiffy Lube 54
- 12 Sheetz 51
- 13 Caliber Collision 42
- 14 U-Haul Neighborhood Dealer 42
- 15 NAPA Auto Parts 37
- 16 One Parking 34
- 17 Royal Farms 29
- 18 Mr. Tire Auto Service Centers 28
- 19 Mavis Discount Tire 24
- 20 Flagship Carwash 24
- 21 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 23
- 22 Citgo 22
- 23 Midas 21
- 24 Avis Car Rental 21
- 25 Marathon 19
- 26 Carquest Auto Parts 19
- 27 Liberty 19
- 28 Hertz 19
- 29 Budget Car Rental 17
- 30 DASH IN Stores 16
- 31 Meineke Car Care Center 15
- 32 DARCARS Honda 13
- 33 Pep Boys 13
- 34 Firestone Complete Auto Care 13
- 35 Virginia Tire & Auto 12
- 36 Crash Champions Collision Repair 12
- 37 Penske Truck Rental 11
- 38 Tires Plus 11
- 39 Dash In 10
- 40 Metro Motor 10
- 41 O'Reilly Auto Parts 9
- 42 Fas Mart 9
- 43 Safelite AutoGlass 9
- 44 LAZ Parking 9
- 45 AAMCO 8
- 46 Wiygul Automotive Clinic 7
- 47 US Fuel 7
- 48 Parts Authority 7
- 49 Speedway 7
- 50 Crown 7
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