QuikTrip Corp.

QuikTrip Corp., one of the nation's top-performing convenience-store chains, passed the 1,000th store mark two years ago and is now at 1,117 locations. A privately held company based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and founded in 1958, the QuikTrip footprint expands across 17 states. 

Recent growth with new-to-industry locations has occurred in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada and Texas. It announced in January that it would be opening its first store in Utah in 2026. 

For more than a dozen years, Fortune magazine has ranked QuikTrip among its 100 Best Companies to Work For, offering tuition reimbursement, medical insurance, 401K and advancement opportunities for its roughly 31,000 employees. The company donates 5% of its net profits to charitable organizations in communities where it operates.

In 1958, Chester Cadieux and Burt Holmes invested their life savings to open the very first QuikTrip, a small grocery store serving their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chester's son, Chet Cadieux III, has served as QuikTrip's CEO since 2002 and added the role of chairman to his responsibilities in 2006. Over six decades, the chain has evolved to run full-service kitchens with fresh, made-to-order sandwiches, as well as fresh food delivered daily through its bakeries and commissaries. Holmes died in January at age 93.

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