Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Ames, IA

Iceflower tracks 107 stores from 75 gas & auto chains in Ames, IA.

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
75
Tracked stores
107
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. Kum & Go and Cenex sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kum & Go logo Kum & Go - -90.7%
2 C Cenex logo Cenex - -100.0%
  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Vehicle Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Towing Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

107 tracked store locations in Ames, IA, colored by category.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (47)
  • Auto Repair Service (24)
  • Auto Parts Store (13)
  • Car Wash (7)
  • Vehicle Service (5)
  • Car Dealer (4)
  • Towing Service (2)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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