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How many convenience stores are in the US?

By Louis-Marie Giudicenti. Published . Updated . Data read .

There are 109,566 convenience stores on Google Maps in the US as of November 9, 2026, one for every 3,104 residents. NACS counts 151,975 convenience stores at the end of 2025, 122,620 of them selling fuel: many of those are listed as gas stations on Google Maps.

109,566
convenience stores on Google Maps in the US
3.2
per 10,000 residentsone for every 3,104
13,304
in Texas, the most of any state
5.4
per 10,000 residents in Mississippi, the most of any state

Source: Primavera’s database of Google Maps listings, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. Population: Census 2024 estimates. See method.

Our count next to the Census and the official figures

Each source counts something different: Google Maps lists places, the Census counts businesses with or without paid staff, and federations count their members or their own definition. Here they are side by side.

Number of convenience stores in the US: Primavera’s Google Maps count next to official figures
Source and what it countsYearNumber
Primavera, Google Maps listings: convenience stores open on the map, service points left out2026109,566
NACS and NIQ TDLinx, 2026 Convenience Industry Store Count: Convenience stores, as of December 31, 20252025151,975
NACS and NIQ TDLinx, 2026 Convenience Industry Store Count: Convenience stores that sell fuel, part of the line above2025122,620
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023: Convenience stores with paid employees, without fuel (NAICS 445120)202336,992
U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023: Gasoline stations with convenience stores, with paid employees (NAICS 447110)202396,002

Primavera’s count is 17.6% below the Census count of establishments with paid employees (132,994 in 2023).

Sources: Census national files and federation pages read on November 9, 2026; Primavera, snapshot 2026-11.

Why the numbers differ

  • Gas station or store. A station with a store is listed as a gas station, as a convenience store, or as both. The gas stations page counts the first kind.
  • Paid staff. County Business Patterns counted 36,992 convenience stores without fuel and 96,002 gas stations with a store, with paid employees, in 2023.
  • Corner stores. Corner stores and bodegas that call themselves a convenience store are in this count; others use “Grocery store” and are on the grocery stores page.
  • Dates. NACS describes December 31, 2025, and the Census 2023; this count, November 9, 2026.

Which state has the most convenience stores?

Texas, with 13,304 listings, ahead of California (8,794). Per resident, Mississippi has the most: 5.4 per 10,000 residents, against 3.2 for the US.

Convenience stores per 10,000 residents, by state

Google Maps listings counted November 9, 2026. US: 3.2 per 10,000 residents.

Delaware: 244 convenience stores, 2.3 per 10,000 residentsDE2.3District of Columbia: 212 convenience stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsDC3.0Florida: 7,343 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsFL3.1Georgia: 5,285 convenience stores, 4.7 per 10,000 residentsGA4.7Hawaii: 443 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsHI3.1Idaho: 515 convenience stores, 2.6 per 10,000 residentsID2.6Illinois: 3,072 convenience stores, 2.4 per 10,000 residentsIL2.4Indiana: 1,741 convenience stores, 2.5 per 10,000 residentsIN2.5Iowa: 833 convenience stores, 2.6 per 10,000 residentsIA2.6Kansas: 777 convenience stores, 2.6 per 10,000 residentsKS2.6Kentucky: 1,626 convenience stores, 3.5 per 10,000 residentsKY3.5Louisiana: 2,074 convenience stores, 4.5 per 10,000 residentsLA4.5Maine: 699 convenience stores, 5.0 per 10,000 residentsME5.0Maryland: 1,749 convenience stores, 2.8 per 10,000 residentsMD2.8Massachusetts: 2,691 convenience stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsMA3.8Michigan: 2,371 convenience stores, 2.3 per 10,000 residentsMI2.3Minnesota: 1,281 convenience stores, 2.2 per 10,000 residentsMN2.2Mississippi: 1,596 convenience stores, 5.4 per 10,000 residentsMS5.4Missouri: 1,941 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsMO3.1Montana: 336 convenience stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsMT3.0Nebraska: 628 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsNE3.1Nevada: 1,066 convenience stores, 3.3 per 10,000 residentsNV3.3New Hampshire: 617 convenience stores, 4.4 per 10,000 residentsNH4.4New Jersey: 2,872 convenience stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsNJ3.0New Mexico: 647 convenience stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsNM3.0New York: 6,207 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsNY3.1North Carolina: 4,183 convenience stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsNC3.8North Dakota: 247 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsND3.1Ohio: 3,937 convenience stores, 3.3 per 10,000 residentsOH3.3Oklahoma: 1,780 convenience stores, 4.3 per 10,000 residentsOK4.3Oregon: 1,297 convenience stores, 3.0 per 10,000 residentsOR3.0Pennsylvania: 4,080 convenience stores, 3.1 per 10,000 residentsPA3.1Rhode Island: 445 convenience stores, 4.0 per 10,000 residentsRI4.0South Carolina: 2,542 convenience stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsSC4.6South Dakota: 355 convenience stores, 3.8 per 10,000 residentsSD3.8Tennessee: 3,112 convenience stores, 4.3 per 10,000 residentsTN4.3Texas: 13,304 convenience stores, 4.3 per 10,000 residentsTX4.3Utah: 676 convenience stores, 1.9 per 10,000 residentsUT1.9Vermont: 297 convenience stores, 4.6 per 10,000 residentsVT4.6Virginia: 3,093 convenience stores, 3.5 per 10,000 residentsVA3.5Washington: 1,978 convenience stores, 2.5 per 10,000 residentsWA2.5West Virginia: 772 convenience stores, 4.4 per 10,000 residentsWV4.4Wisconsin: 1,495 convenience stores, 2.5 per 10,000 residentsWI2.5Wyoming: 211 convenience stores, 3.6 per 10,000 residentsWY3.6Alaska: 143 convenience stores, 1.9 per 10,000 residentsAK1.9Connecticut: 1,212 convenience stores, 3.3 per 10,000 residentsCT3.3California: 8,794 convenience stores, 2.2 per 10,000 residentsCA2.2Colorado: 1,601 convenience stores, 2.7 per 10,000 residentsCO2.7Arizona: 1,602 convenience stores, 2.1 per 10,000 residentsAZ2.1Arkansas: 1,210 convenience stores, 3.9 per 10,000 residentsAR3.9Alabama: 2,288 convenience stores, 4.4 per 10,000 residentsAL4.4
  • 1.9–2.5
  • 2.6–3.0
  • 3.1–3.3
  • 3.5–4.3
  • 4.4–5.4

Each square is a state, placed roughly where it is on a map. Darker means more per resident.

US states ranked by convenience stores per 10,000 residents, with the number of convenience stores and its rank
#StateConvenience storesRank by numberPer 10,000 residentsvs US
1Mississippi1,596265.4+2.2
2Maine699365.0+1.8
3Georgia5,28554.7+1.5
4South Carolina2,542144.6+1.4
5Vermont297464.6+1.4
6Louisiana2,074174.5+1.3
7Alabama2,288164.4+1.2
8New Hampshire617404.4+1.2
9West Virginia772354.4+1.2
10Oklahoma1,780204.3+1.1
11Tennessee3,11294.3+1.1
12Texas13,30414.3+1.1
13Rhode Island445424.0+0.8
14Arkansas1,210313.9+0.7
15South Dakota355443.8+0.6
16North Carolina4,18363.8+0.6
17Massachusetts2,691133.8+0.6
18Wyoming211503.6+0.4
19Kentucky1,626233.5+0.3
20Virginia3,093103.5+0.3
21Ohio3,93783.3+0.1
22Connecticut1,212303.3+0.1
23Nevada1,066323.3+0.1
24Florida7,34333.1−0.1
25Nebraska628393.1−0.1
26New York6,20743.1−0.1
27Pennsylvania4,08073.1−0.1
28Missouri1,941193.1−0.1
29North Dakota247473.1−0.1
30Hawaii443433.1−0.1
31New Mexico647383.0−0.2
32Oregon1,297283.0−0.2
33New Jersey2,872123.0−0.2
34District of Columbia212493.0−0.2
35Montana336453.0−0.2
36Maryland1,749212.8−0.4
37Colorado1,601252.7−0.5
38Kansas777342.6−0.6
39Idaho515412.6−0.6
40Iowa833332.6−0.6
41Indiana1,741222.5−0.7
42Wisconsin1,495272.5−0.7
43Washington1,978182.5−0.7
44Illinois3,072112.4−0.8
45Michigan2,371152.3−0.9
46Delaware244482.3−0.9
47California8,79422.2−1.0
48Minnesota1,281292.2−1.0
49Arizona1,602242.1−1.1
50Alaska143511.9−1.3
51Utah676371.9−1.3

US: 3.2 per 10,000 residents

In number, Texas (13,304), California (8,794) and Florida (7,343) lead. Per resident, Mississippi has 2.8 times as many convenience stores as Utah, the lowest.

Source: Primavera, snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026. 46 convenience stores without a public address could not be placed in a state and are only in the US total.

How convenience stores show up online

Convenience stores in the United States, by kind of contact listed

Share of all 109,566 listings.

Website link39.5%
Phone number82.4%
Email address7.2%
Convenience stores next to all US businesses: website builders, links, ad tags, ratings and chains
MeasureConvenience storesAll US businesses
Websites read28,61812,846,647
Built with WordPress26.9%29.2%
Built with Wix2.9%7.1%
Built with Squarespace2.8%5.6%
Site links to Instagram29.3%35.1%
Site links to Facebook33.9%45.2%
Meta Pixel or other Meta script8.9%8.8%
Google Ads tag5.0%6.1%
Average Google rating3.814.44
Rated under 4 stars50.6%17.4%
Median Google reviews1411
Part of a chain30.6%7.9%

Convenience stores are among the hardest businesses to email: 7.2% have an email address in Primavera, against 30.1% of all US businesses, and 60.5% show no website.

Note: Builders, links and tags are shares of the websites Primavera could read (28,618 for convenience stores), social pages and booking platforms excluded. The Meta figure is an upper bound: Meta’s like buttons and chat load the same script as its ad pixel. Sites made with GoDaddy, Weebly or Duda are counted under none of these builders. Ratings: listings with at least one review.

Which chains have the most convenience stores?

30.6% of convenience store listings carry a chain or fuel brand our rules recognize. 7-Eleven has the most, with 9,119.

Chains with the most convenience stores listings on Google Maps in the US
ChainListingsShare of convenience stores
7-Eleven9,1198.3%
Circle K6,5015.9%
ExtraMile1,0491.0%
ampm6480.6%
Cumberland Farms6210.6%
Stripes4880.4%

Note: Listings, not the chains’ own store counts. Fuel brands (Shell, Sunoco, Chevron) also appear on stores they supply, and are left out of the table.

What these figures don’t say

  • Fuel sales. Whether a store sells fuel is not on its listing.
  • Stores listed as gas stations, which are on the gas stations page.
  • Sales, floor space or opening hours.
  • How many companies own these places. A company with several locations counts once per listing.

Questions

Which state has the most convenience stores?

Texas, with 13,304 listings, ahead of California (8,794). Per resident, Mississippi has the most: 5.4 per 10,000 residents, against 3.2 for the US.

How many convenience stores sell gas?

122,620 of the 151,975 US convenience stores sold fuel at the end of 2025, according to NACS and NIQ TDLinx.

Which convenience store chain has the most stores?

On Google Maps, 7-Eleven has the most convenience store listings in Primavera’s count (9,119), ahead of Circle K (6,501) and ExtraMile (1,049).

Method and data

Snapshot 2026-11, read November 9, 2026
What is counted
Open listings on Google Maps in the United States whose main Google category is one of the categories below, or whose main category is generic and another of its categories is: 109,566 listings, counted on October 29, 2026 and read on November 9, 2026. Service points (lockers, charging stations) are left out.
Categories
1 Google Maps category: Convenience store.
Per resident
Listings for 10,000 residents, with each state’s population from the Census 2024 estimates. States are ranked on the exact ratio.
Official figures
Census County Business Patterns 2023, read on November 9, 2026; federation and agency pages read the same day. Links are in the table above.
Chains
A listing belongs to a chain when its name starts with the chain’s name and its website matches. Agents or franchisees who put their own name first are not tied to the chain.
Cite and download
Louis-Marie Giudicenti (2026). “How many convenience stores are in the US?” Primavera. Data: snapshot 2026-11, November 9, 2026. https://primaverapp.com/en/data/convenience-stores-in-the-us

Permanent link: https://primaverapp.com/en/data/convenience-stores-in-the-us

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Written by Louis-Marie Giudicenti

Founder of Primavera. Primavera sells lists of local businesses built from the same database.

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