The Kent Cos.

Kent Oil operates 71 convenience stores under the Kent Kwik brand--up from the 53 it operated at the end of 2020. Kent’s growth in 2021 came, in part, from its acquisition of Seneca, S.C.-based Bountyland Petroleum and Bountyland Food Service. The acquisition included 11 company-operated Exxon-branded Bountyland stores, branded and unbranded dealer wholesale supply accounts and a transportation company. It also grew by a small acquisition in Texas and some new builds.

Kent Oil has stores primarily in Texas, but also in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and the Carolinas.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2022.