Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Manchester

Iceflower tracks 483 stores from 259 gas & auto chains in Manchester. Halfords grew fastest over the last year, ahead of National Car Parks and GSF Car 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
259
Tracked stores
483
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. Halfords and National Car Parks sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 H Halfords logo Halfords ▲1 +5.5%
2 N National Car Parks logo National Car Parks ▲1 +5.5%
3 G GSF Car Parts logo GSF Car Parts - +1.8%
4 Q Q-Park UK logo Q-Park UK - +0.5%
5 S Shell logo Shell - -1.9%
6 E Esso logo Esso ▲1 -5.0%
7 U University of Manchester logo University of Manchester - -8.5%
8 W Williams BMW ▼1 -34.0%
9 E Enterprise logo Enterprise ▼1 -36.4%
10 B BP logo BP ▼1 -45.6%
11 B bp Pulse - -59.2%

Store footprint

Store map

483 tracked store locations in Manchester, colored by category.

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Shell logo Shell 62
  • 2 B BP logo BP 35
  • 3 E Esso logo Esso 28
  • 4 E Enterprise logo Enterprise 17
  • 5 H Halfords logo Halfords 16
  • 6 N National Car Parks logo National Car Parks 14
  • 7 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 9
  • 8 G GSF Car Parts logo GSF Car Parts 7
  • 9 E EG On the Move logo EG On the Move 6
  • 10 Q Q-Park UK logo Q-Park UK 6
  • 11 S Salford City Council logo Salford City Council 4
  • 12 B bp Pulse 4
  • 13 U University of Manchester logo University of Manchester 3
  • 14 W Williams BMW 3
  • 15 T Trafford Centre logo Trafford Centre 3
  • 16 S Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council logo Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 2
  • 17 T Texaco logo Texaco 2
  • 18 T TMS Autoparts 2
  • 19 T The Shop 2
  • 20 A Apcoa logo Apcoa 2
  • 21 C Central Tyre 2
  • 22 E Euro Car Parks logo Euro Car Parks 2
  • 23 P Prestwich 2
  • 24 G Gulf logo Gulf 2
  • 25 C CitiPark logo CitiPark 2
  • 26 G General Traffic logo General Traffic 2
  • 27 T The Tyre People Ltd 1
  • 28 V Vintage Wings 1
  • 29 B Bury Road Garage Ltd 1
  • 30 B Budget Tyres 1
  • 31 R Red Rose Filling Station 1
  • 32 W Wilmslow Shines 1
  • 33 B BP Shop logo BP Shop 1
  • 34 S Super Car Wash 1
  • 35 K KJ Repair and Paint Solutions 1
  • 36 O Oldham Motor Factors Ltd 1
  • 37 N Nearly New Tyres 1
  • 38 T Tyre Master 1
  • 39 A Autospares UK 1
  • 40 R Radcliffe Motor Supplies 1
  • 41 B Bury Van Hire 1
  • 42 M Motor Range logo Motor Range 1
  • 43 C Chadderton Tyres & 24hr Mobile Call Out 1
  • 44 P Personal Tyres Oldham 1
  • 45 W Withington Cycles 1
  • 46 A Ash Garage 1
  • 47 S Swinton Tyre and MOT 1
  • 48 T Tyre King 1
  • 49 T TPS logo TPS 1
  • 50 R Rochdale Tyres 1

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