Trends · data through July 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Iceflower tracks 61 stores from 21 gas & auto chains in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Shell grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Marathon and Advance Auto Parts.

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
21
Tracked stores
61
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 Marathon sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 S Shell logo Shell - +14.1%
2 M Marathon logo Marathon - +4.5%
3 A Advance Auto Parts logo Advance Auto Parts - -9.3%
4 E Exxon logo Exxon - -19.1%
5 S Speedway logo Speedway - -45.7%
6 S Sunoco logo Sunoco - -55.9%
  • Gas Station
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Vehicle Service
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

61 tracked store locations in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (47)
  • Auto Parts Store (5)
  • Car Wash (4)
  • Vehicle Service (2)
  • Auto Rental Service (1)
  • Car Dealer (1)
  • Auto Repair Service (1)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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