Overall, it was a year of small changes. Total industry store count decreased by 280 stores, or 0.18%. A-size operators—those with between 1 and 10 stores—accounted for 63% of the 151,975. That’s the exact same percentage as a year ago. E-size operators—those with 501+ stores—accounted for 22.2% of the total, a slight dip from the 22.4% in 2024. 

In 2025, the threshold for being in the top 100 was 67 stores. This year, the number falls by one, with 7-Eleven Hawaii holding the 100th spot on the list with 66 locations.

Alimentation Couche-Tard (Circle K) grew from 5,833 to 6,038 locations. A large part of the boost came from finalizing the acquisition of GetGo Café + Market, formerly owned by Giant Eagle. 

Maverik had a slight decline in store count, moving from 850 to 822, as it continued to process its 2023 acquisition of Kum & Go. In 2025, it exited the state of Michigan, selling seven former Kum & Go locations to Casey’s. It also sold 23 former Kum & Go locations in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota to Mega Saver. 

RaceTrac grew from 588 locations to 605 in the NACS/NIQ TDLinx convenience store count. Notably, it acquired Potbelly, a sandwich shop with 445 locations across the United States, for $556 million. 

Anabi Oil, led by its Rebel-bannered stores, has 345 locations in the NACS/NIQ TDLinx convenience storecount. In October, Anabi Oil announced an agreement to purchase Green Valley Grocery, a Las Vegas-area convenience retailer with 87 locations. Anabi has said it will maintain the Green Valley Grocery name.

Jacksons Food Stores acquired the 24-location retailer Redwood Oil Company, operator of Redwood Markets and the foodservice concept Aztec Grill. The acquisition boosts Jacksons’ California presence while offering the retailer test-and-learn foodservice opportunities. Jacksons finished 2025 with 339 stores. 

FEMSA, operator of Latin American giant OXXO, entered the U.S. market in a big way with the acquisition of Delek Holding’s DK-branded stores, which are mostly in Texas. FEMSA will convert the stores to OXXO locations. FEMSA recorded 255 U.S. locations in the NACS/NIQ TDLinx convenience store count. That’s a fraction of FEMSA’s 20,000+ global locations. 

The Kent Companies moved into its ninth state, Louisiana, with the November purchase of B&B Petroleum. It plans to rebrand the locations to Kent Kwik. It ended the year with 132 locations. 

Savannah, Georgia-based The Parker Companies, operator of Parker’s Kitchen, closed 2025 with 105 locations.