Trends · data through September 2026

Gas Stations & Convenience Stores in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

Iceflower tracks 130 stores from 35 gas stations & convenience stores in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. Circle K grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Sheetz and Quality Plus.

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
35
Tracked stores
130
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gas stations & convenience stores

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. Circle K and Sheetz sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 C Circle K logo Circle K - +0.6%
2 S Sheetz logo Sheetz - -3.2%
3 Q Quality Plus - -6.0%
4 R Raceway logo Raceway ▲1 -6.8%
5 E Exxon logo Exxon - -10.5%
6 B BP logo BP - -10.7%
7 S Sunoco logo Sunoco - -14.1%
8 S Shell logo Shell - -16.1%
9 C Cubbard Express logo Cubbard Express - -21.0%
10 C Citgo logo Citgo - -24.4%
11 S Speedway logo Speedway ▼1 -24.5%
12 7 76 logo 76 - -25.1%
  • Marathon
  • Sheetz
  • Murphy USA
  • Shell
  • Circle K
  • Cubbard Express
  • Raceway
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

130 tracked store locations in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Marathon (19)
  • Sheetz (5)
  • Murphy USA (6)
  • Shell (13)
  • Circle K (7)
  • Cubbard Express (6)
  • Raceway (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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