Nouria Energy Corp.

In 2025, Worcester, Massachusetts-based Nouria Energy Corp. almost doubled its store count to 319, with the acquisition of Savannah, Georgia-based Enmarket, a chain of 133 stores throughout Georgia and South and North Carolina. Since the Top 202 looks at store counts as of Jan. 1, 2025, Enmarket still appears as a separate chain in this list. It will be added to Nouria's ranking next year.

Nouria is a family-owned and operated business that has grown to include convenience stores, car washes and wholesale fuel supply, with a significant number of branded dealers throughout the Northeast. At the time of its sale, Enmarket operated 133 convenience stores, 28 car wash locations and a fuel distribution network.

Nouria founder and CEO Tony El-Nemr set an aggressive goal for Nouria to grow fourfold over the next 10 years. In 2023, the company acquired H.A. Mapes Inc., Springvale, Maine. The acquisition included 13 "owned series locations" and nine stores previously branded Harry's, as well as other dealer locations. Other acquisitions include Mulligan's, a "one-stop shop" c-store in Manchester, Maine, in 2022 and 17 VERC c-stores (two included car wash operations) and four Mega X locations in 2020.

For benchmarking purposes, store counts are as of Jan. 1, 2025.Store count as of Jan. 1, 2025: 186