• While net total store count grew less than 1 percent in 2007, there was still more than 31 percent change in the channel. More than 7,700 stores closed, 8,300 opened and more than 43,000 stores changed ownership in 2007.
• The increase in stores in 2007 a result of a greater number of stores opening than closing, as well as the non-convenience stores evolving to fit the NACS/TDLinx conventional definition of a convenience store: stores that include a broad merchandise mix, extended hours of operation and a minimum of 500 stock-keeping units (SKUs).

U.S Convenience Stores Selling Motor Fuels
Convenience stores sell the majority of the motor fuels in the United States, and this is reflected in the number of stores that sell motor fuels – 115,157 stores – or 79 percent of all convenience stores.

• Despite shrinking profit margins on fuels, convenience store retailers still consider motor fuel operations to be important.
• Texas reports the most stores selling motor fuel -- 11,885 stores, or 84 percent of all convenience stores in Texas.
• 96 percent of convenience stores sell motor fuel in: Iowa, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
• New Jersey (38 percent) and Oregon (58 percent) have among the smallest percentage of stores selling motor fuels; these two states also mandate full service for motor fuels sales.
• Other states with low percentages: Massachusetts (44 percent), New York (53 percent), Rhode Island (57 percent).

• Gas station/kiosks are fueling stations that have smaller kiosk stores and do not meet the official NACS/TDLinx definition of a convenience store.
• Cumulatively, there are 166,229 convenience stores and kiosks in the United States.

• Convenience Stores   146,294
• Supermarkets    34,967
• Drug Stores    37,537
• Mass Merchandiser/Dollar Stores 26,344
• Wholesale Clubs   1,152 

• Convenience store industry sales reached $577 billion -- or more than 4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product in 2006.
• In 1987, the convenience store count topped 100,000 for the first time (100,200 stores).
• In 1977, the convenience store count stood at 43,200 stores.
• The convenience store industry continues to be dominated by small, "mom-and-pop" stores, those that are owned and operated as a one-store business or franchise.
• In 2007, the number of one-store owners topped 90,000 for the first time with 90,683 stores, or 62 percent of all convenience stores in the U.S.
• Less than 14 percent (19,833 stores) are stores owned and operated by companies with more than 500 stores.