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07/08/2018

The Top 100 Convenience Store Chains of 2018

NATIONAL REPORT — In the convenience channel, known for its smaller, neighborhood-focused stores, the big chains keep getting bigger.

In the past year, Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. added roughly 1,000 stores across 17 states when it acquired most of the retail assets of Dallas-based Sunoco LP. Meanwhile, Laval, Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. kept up its reputation as an aggressive acquirer by adding CST Brands Inc. (roughly 1,300 stores) and Holiday Cos. (500-plus stores) to its ever-growing portfolio. 

With those mega-deals in the books, it's no surprise 7-Eleven and Couche-Tard sit in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots on this year’s Convenience Store NewsTop 100 ranking — the same positions they have occupied since 2016.

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The past year also saw already-large chains like San Antonio-based Andeavor (formerly known as Tesoro Petroleum Corp.) jump 26 spots in ranking to No. 10 after acquiring Western Refining Inc.; and Richmond, Va.-based GPM Investments LLC gain two spots to now rank No. 12 upon acquiring E-Z Mart Stores Inc.

Four of last year's top 25 chains — including CST, Western Refining and Holiday — disappeared from this year's ranking on account of acquisitions. However, this paved the way for several new names to join this year's Top 100 ranking, and for several smaller chains to make big moves on the list. Seven chains on this year's Top 100 jumped 10 or more spots in ranking year over year, with six of those seven being smaller chains operating less than 125 stores each. 

Two smaller chains, in particular, made huge moves year over year: Enmarket Inc. and Pester Marketing Co. Savannah, Ga.-based Enmarket moved up 54 positions, rising from No. 108 in 2017 to No. 54 (a tie) this year. In a leap just as impressive, Denver-based Pester Marketing gained 49 spots, going from No. 110 (tie) in 2017 to No. 61 (also a tie) this year.

The Convenience Store News Top 100 is the industry’s longest-running accounting of the largest convenience store chains by store count. The annual report is compiled in partnership with TDLinx, a service of Nielsen.

Convenience Store News Top 100

2018 Rank 2017 Rank Company, City, State  Total Store Count 
117-Eleven Inc., Irving, Texas 9,348
22Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Laval, Quebec, Canada 7,230
33Shell Oil/Motiva Enterprises LLC, Houston 4,406
44Marathon Petroleum Corp., Findlay, Ohio 4,395
55Chevron Corp., San Ramon, Calif. 3,812
67Exxon Mobil Corp., Irving, Texas 3,303
76BP North America, Houston 3,009
810Casey's General Stores Inc., Ankeny, Iowa 2,082
98Sunoco LP, Dallas 1,771
1036Andeavor Corp., San Antonio 1,485
1111CITGO Petroleum Corp., Houston 1,425
1214GPM Investments LLC, Richmond, Va. 1,204
1312ConocoPhillips/Phillips 66, Houston 1,164
1413Cumberland Farms Inc., Westborough, Mass. 939
15n/aValero Energy Corp., San Antonio 831
16n/aEG Group (U.S. HQ), Cincinnati 798
1716Wawa Inc., Media, Pa. 795
1817QuikTrip Corp., Tulsa, Okla. 783
1918RaceTrac Petroleum Inc., Atlanta 736
2020Pilot Flying J, Knoxville, Tenn. 679
2119Military, Arlington, Va. 667
2223Kwik Trip Inc., La Crosse, Wis. 611
2321Sheetz Inc., Altoona, Pa. 568
2425TravelCenters of America LLC, Westlake, Ohio 484
2527Love's Country Stores Inc., Oklahoma City 454

Download the full 2018 Convenience Store NewsTop 100 ranking here.

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