Trends · data through July 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Reading

Iceflower tracks 80 stores from 35 gas & auto chains in Reading. BP grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Halfords and Esso.

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
80
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. BP and Halfords sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 B BP logo BP ▲1 +17.2%
2 H Halfords ▲1 +8.5%
3 E Esso - +3.6%
4 S Shell logo Shell ▼1 -16.0%
5 B bp Pulse ▼1 -16.5%
  • Gas Station
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Parking
  • Ev Charging Station
  • Car Dealer
  • Car Wash
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

80 tracked store locations in Reading, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (39)
  • Auto Parts Store (11)
  • Parking (7)
  • Ev Charging Station (5)
  • Car Dealer (4)
  • Car Wash (4)
  • Auto Repair Service (3)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B BP logo BP 19
  • 2 S Shell logo Shell 13
  • 3 H Halfords 7
  • 4 E Esso 5
  • 5 B bp Pulse 3
  • 6 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 3
  • 7 A Apcoa 2
  • 8 I IMO Car Wash 1
  • 9 M Marks & Spencers 1
  • 10 P Private Car Hire 1
  • 11 R Reading Express Tyres Ltd 1
  • 12 C Chatham Place 1
  • 13 H Hand Carwash 1
  • 14 S Smart Charge Charging Station 1
  • 15 F FS Hand Car Wash Binfield LTD 1
  • 16 C Car Valeting Products 1
  • 17 V Valet Easy 1
  • 18 M MFG Esso Binfield Road Bracknell 1
  • 19 P Premium Car Parks 1
  • 20 S St Mary's Butts 1
  • 21 P Porsche 1
  • 22 P Parking & Property Management 1
  • 23 S Sonning Common Garage 1
  • 24 C Citygate SEAT Reading 1
  • 25 G GSF Car Parts 1
  • 26 S Sportsbikeshop 1
  • 27 E Enterprise 1
  • 28 B Basildon Service Station 1
  • 29 A A1 Wokingham Car Spares 1
  • 30 C Cresswells Garage 1
  • 31 S Sandhurst MOT Centre 1
  • 32 L Littlewick Green 1
  • 33 A ALS Tyres 1
  • 34 A Audi logo Audi 1
  • 35 M Motor Fuel Group 1

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