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CSP's Third-Annual Convenience Top 101

What made 2015 the year the c-store industry "blew up"?

Two-thousand-fifteen blew up!

Record profits, low gas prices and, most important for the purpose of ranking chains by store count, convenience-store purchase multiples made running c-stores—and apparently selling or buying them—all the rage.

An improving economy, more cash in consumers’ pockets and tax advantages propelling master limited partnerships (MLPs) shook up much of the middle and lower half of CSP’s list of Top 101 convenience chains.

Click here to check out the Top 101 list of the largest convenience-store chains by store count—owned/operated and franchised locations—in the United States and Canada. Our microsite gives you easy access to data, images and news on the leading chains.

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