Trends · data through July 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Wilmington, NC

Iceflower tracks 178 stores from 80 gas & auto chains in Wilmington, NC. AutoZone grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shell and Speedway.

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
80
Tracked stores
178
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. AutoZone and Shell sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A AutoZone logo AutoZone ▲1 +7.9%
2 S Shell logo Shell - -0.6%
3 S Speedway logo Speedway - -1.7%
4 V Valvoline Instant Oil Change logo Valvoline Instant Oil Change ▲1 -5.0%
5 G GOGAS logo GOGAS - -10.8%
6 A Advance Auto Parts logo Advance Auto Parts - -11.3%
7 E Exxon logo Exxon - -16.5%
8 M Murphy USA logo Murphy USA - -18.3%
9 B BP logo BP ▼1 -39.4%
10 S Sunoco logo Sunoco - -42.9%
11 W Whistle Express Car Wash logo Whistle Express Car Wash ▼1 -54.1%
12 F Fins Car Wash logo Fins Car Wash - -69.9%
  • Gas Station
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Vehicle Service
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Car Dealer
  • Auto Rental Service
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

178 tracked store locations in Wilmington, NC, colored by category.

  • Gas Station (79)
  • Auto Parts Store (32)
  • Car Wash (25)
  • Vehicle Service (21)
  • Auto Repair Service (9)
  • Car Dealer (6)
  • Auto Rental Service (4)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

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