7-Eleven Inc.

7-Eleven is among the world's largest and most widely recognized retailers, both inside and outside the convenience-store channel. While 2023 was a quiet year for acquisitions, the Irving, Texas-based retail giant announced this past January an agreement to acquire 204 stores from Sunoco LP, which includes Stripes convenience stores and Laredo Taco Company restaurants, for approximately $1 billion. Located across West Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, these stores will join its family of store brands—7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes—that 7-Eleven operates, franchises or licenses across the United States and Canada.

Three years ago, 7-Eleven completed a $21 billion acquisition of Marathon Petroleum's Speedway chain of nearly 3,900 stores.

7-Eleven provided an estimated 13,000 c-stores for its 2024 Top 202 U.S. count, including approximately 9,500 under the 7-Eleven banner, around 3,800 under the Speedway banner and about 500 under the Stripes flag.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2024.