Overall store count drops by 0.1%, but there was growth in stores selling fuel.
The U.S. convenience industry stands at 152,255 stores, a slight decrease of 141 stores (0.1%) compared to the store count last year, according to the 2025 NACS/NIQ TDLinx Convenience Industry Store Count.
The number of convenience stores selling fuel increased 1.5% to 121,852 stores.
Convenience stores sell an estimated 80% of the fuel purchased in the United States.
The bulk of convenience stores comes from “A-sized” (1-10 stores) operators at 95,946 locations (63.0% of total c-stores).
“E-sized” operators with more than 500 stores account for 34,042 stores (22.4%).
Texas continues to have the most convenience stores, growing by 112 stores to 16,416, or more than 1 in 10 stores in the United States.
California was second despite a decrease of 8 stores to 12,169, and Florida added 46 stores to 9,732, which was third overall.
The rest of the top 10 was New York (7,704, down 290), Georgia (7,053, up 133), Ohio (5,795, down 53), North Carolina (5,779, down 18), Michigan (4,986, up 43), Pennsylvania (4,819, down 82) and Illinois (4,735, down 24).
With the U.S. population at an estimated 340 million according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there is one convenience store per every 2,233 people in the United States.
The 2025 NACS/NIQ TDLinx Convenience Industry Store Count is based on stores in operation as of December 31, 2024.
More details can be found at U.S. Convenience Store Count | NACS.
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