Trends · data through September 2026

Retail & consumer trends in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 4,738 stores from 3,753 retail and consumer chains in Wilmington, NC. O'Reilly Auto Parts grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Spectrum Paint Company and Circle K.

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
3,753
Tracked stores
4,738
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer 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. O'Reilly Auto Parts and Spectrum Paint Company sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 O O'Reilly Auto Parts logo O'Reilly Auto Parts ▲5 +19.6%
2 S Spectrum Paint Company ▲3 +17.7%
3 C Circle K logo Circle K ▲1 +16.9%
4 M Mavis Discount Tire logo Mavis Discount Tire ▲6 +16.8%
5 M Murphy USA logo Murphy USA ▲1 +15.7%
6 T The UPS Store logo The UPS Store ▲4 +14.0%
7 E Exxon logo Exxon - +13.2%
8 E Enterprise Rent-A-Car logo Enterprise Rent-A-Car ▲5 +10.7%
9 H Hobby Lobby logo Hobby Lobby ▲3 +9.5%
10 A AutoZone logo AutoZone - +8.7%
11 H Han-Dee Hugo's logo Han-Dee Hugo's ▲2 +8.7%
12 G GOGAS logo GOGAS - +8.0%
13 C Chick-fil-A logo Chick-fil-A ▲1 +6.8%
14 S Subway logo Subway ▲5 +5.9%
15 T Tractor Supply Co. logo Tractor Supply Co. ▼1 +5.6%

Store footprint

Store map

4,738 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category group.

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