The top 10 retailers by number of locations are:
7-Eleven. While the Japanese parent company managed uncertainty about its future ownership, 7-Eleven in the United States continues to be a market defining operation. Its 12,414 stores, down from 12,601 last year, make up 8.2% of U.S. convenience stores. The retailer lost stores in five of the six NACS regions. In Region 4, South Central, which is anchored by Texas, 7-Eleven added nearly 100 locations.
Alimentation Couche-Tard. Led by its Circle K banner, Couche-Tard registered 5,833 locations, a slight decline from last year’s 5,845. However, the number is poised to grow, with the retailer’s acquisition of 220 GetGo sites that are set to be finalized in 2025.
Casey’s. Powered by the acquisition of nearly 200 CEFCO stores with locations spanning from Texas to Florida, Casey’s netted a 245 location increase in 2024, with its strongest growth in Region 4, South Central, where the retailer went from 229 to 398 locations, and Region 2, Southeast, from 52 to 101 locations.
GPM Investments/Arko. Operating “a family of community brands” that includes Fas Mart, Scotchman, Roadrunner Markets and many other regional banners, GPM Investments operates 1,498 sites, down from 1,517 last year, and is in every NACS region. Its 419 stores in Region 3, the Midwest, is a 10-store increase. It also has 374 locations in Region 4, South Central.
EG America. Operating 10 banners, EG America has 1,405 total locations. Most are in Region 1 (814), where Cumberland Farms is a well-established c-store brand. In a series of transactions, the company sold dozens of its stores in the Midwest (Region 3) and Central (Region 5) areas, moving its combined store count in these regions from 455 to 358.
Murphy USA. Murphy USA, which includes Murphy Express and about 150 QuickChek sites in the Northeast, grew by 34 locations in 2024. Murphy USA has stores in every NACS region and plans to open about 50 new stores per year, according to a November 2024 earnings call.
QuikTrip. Oklahoma-based QuikTrip has over 1,118 locations, up from 1,039 in 2023, with the strongest growth in Region 4, South Central. In 2024, the retailer entered Ohio and Nevada with large truck stop-style locations. QuikTrip has plans to break into Florida, Kentucky and Indiana in 2025.
Wawa. Wawa continues to expand outside of its East Coast base, breaking ground or opening stores in five new states in 2024—Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina. Wawa also started building its first West Virginia location in January 2025. Overall store count increased from 1,043 in 2023 to 1,096.
Kwik Trip. La Crosse, Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip has 878 locations, 28 more than last year’s count, with most of that growth (25 locations) in Region 5, Central. The retailer began construction on a second distribution center in 2024. The 280,000-square-foot facility will service 350 Kwik Trip stores and include freezer, cooler and dry good space—as well as four rooms for banana ripening.
Maverik. Maverik, which combines the Maverik and Kum & Go (K&G) banners, added 29 locations in 2024 as it continued to operationalize the 2023 acquisition of Kum & Go. The retailer broke ground on two new stores in Kansas, marking the company’s entry into its 14th state.
For more on the top 100 convenience retail companies, see which firms were ranked on the 2023 and 2024 lists in previous issues of NACS Magazine.
