Kwik Trip

Kwik Trip Inc. operates 896 stores. Its current footprint runs through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan and South Dakota, with plans to enter North Dakota in 2025.

In 2023, Kwik Trip announced that it would be investing more than $151 million to expand operations throughout Wisconsin, expanding dairy, commissary and bakery facilities in La Crosse; buying and renovating a commercial office building in Onalaska; and building a new satellite distribution center.

A family-owned business, La Crosse, Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip is one of the largest independently held convenience-store chains in the country, producing more than 80% of the products sold in its stores with support coming from foodservice production facilities and a logistics network. The business changed leadership in January 2023, when Scott Zietlow, son of former president and CEO Don Zietlow, took over those roles. Don Zietlow led the chain for 22 years and worked there for 52 years before retiring in 2022.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2025.