Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Birmingham

Iceflower tracks 293 stores from 183 gas & auto chains in Birmingham. Shell grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Esso and Halfords.

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
183
Tracked stores
293
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. Shell and Esso sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Shell logo Shell ▲1 +10.2%
2 E Esso logo Esso ▲1 +5.7%
3 H Halfords logo Halfords ▲1 +2.3%
4 C Car Spares LTD ▲1 -2.6%
5 Q Q-Park UK logo Q-Park UK - -9.7%
6 E Enterprise logo Enterprise ▲1 -16.8%
7 B bp Pulse ▼1 -27.5%
8 B BP logo BP ▼2 -33.9%
9 A Applegreen logo Applegreen - -49.2%
10 N National Car Parks logo National Car Parks ▼2 -73.4%
11 I IMO Car Wash logo IMO Car Wash - -92.3%

Store footprint

Store map

293 tracked store locations in Birmingham, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 E Esso logo Esso 23
  • 2 B BP logo BP 21
  • 3 S Shell logo Shell 19
  • 4 H Halfords logo Halfords 10
  • 5 E Enterprise logo Enterprise 9
  • 6 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 8
  • 7 N National Car Parks logo National Car Parks 6
  • 8 C Car Spares LTD 5
  • 9 G GSF Car Parts logo GSF Car Parts 4
  • 10 B bp Pulse 3
  • 11 Q Q-Park UK logo Q-Park UK 3
  • 12 I IMO Car Wash logo IMO Car Wash 3
  • 13 A Applegreen logo Applegreen 3
  • 14 T The Station 2
  • 15 H Highgate Car Wash 2
  • 16 S Sytner BMW logo Sytner BMW 2
  • 17 M Mr Tyre Ltd logo Mr Tyre Ltd 2
  • 18 T Texaco logo Texaco 2
  • 19 E Europcar logo Europcar 2
  • 20 S Smart Charge Charging Station 1
  • 21 H Hot Spot logo Hot Spot 1
  • 22 S Stechford Auto Spares 1
  • 23 H Highgate Auto 1
  • 24 M Motor Base Ltd 1
  • 25 G Green Lane Tyres 1
  • 26 H Hockley Car Spares 1
  • 27 K Kings Norton Garage 1
  • 28 T Top Job 1
  • 29 G Greet Motors 1
  • 30 D Drip Dry Hand Car Wash 1
  • 31 M Moto Tamworth 1
  • 32 H Hagley Road Motor Co 1
  • 33 A AMT Auto 1
  • 34 M Mount Pleasant Garage 1
  • 35 W Welcome Break Hopwood Park Services 1
  • 36 P Pitstop 1
  • 37 D Discount Motor Spares 1
  • 38 L Longbridge MG 1
  • 39 T The Shop 1
  • 40 A Autozone Ltd 1
  • 41 G GSF Car Parts (Bromsgrove) logo GSF Car Parts (Bromsgrove) 1
  • 42 D Digbeth 1
  • 43 P Pit Stop 1
  • 44 M Midland Motor Spares 1
  • 45 A AK Motors 1
  • 46 G Glaze Rite 1
  • 47 Q Quality Hand Car Wash 1
  • 48 R Rock Auto Spares 1
  • 49 N NEC North 2 Car Park 1
  • 50 G Great Barr Tyres 1

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