Trends · data through August 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 177 stores from 81 gas & auto chains in Wilmington, NC. AutoZone grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shell and Speedway.

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
81
Tracked stores
177
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. AutoZone and Shell sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A AutoZone logo AutoZone ▲1 +8.3%
2 S Shell logo Shell - -0.3%
3 S Speedway logo Speedway - -1.8%
4 V Valvoline Instant Oil Change logo Valvoline Instant Oil Change ▲1 -5.0%
5 G GOGAS logo GOGAS - -10.7%
6 A Advance Auto Parts logo Advance Auto Parts - -10.9%
7 E Exxon logo Exxon - -16.9%
8 M Murphy USA logo Murphy USA - -18.2%
9 B BP logo BP ▼1 -39.3%
10 S Sunoco logo Sunoco - -42.6%
11 W Whistle Express Car Wash logo Whistle Express Car Wash ▼1 -54.0%
12 F Fins Car Wash logo Fins Car Wash - -70.0%
  • Gas Station
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Vehicle Service
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

177 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (76)
  • Auto Parts Store (34)
  • Car Wash (25)
  • Vehicle Service (21)
  • Auto Repair Service (9)
  • Car Dealer (6)
  • Auto Rental Service (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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