Just How Important Are C-Stores For Retail Fuel?

Just How Important Are C-Stores For Retail Fuel?

• Oct 05, 2010
• John Keller
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Just how important is the c-store industry to the American economy, and the retail fuel industry specifically? Take a look at these statistics from an article in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as reported by NACS Online:

1. There are 144,500 convenience stores in the USA as of 2010
2. Total convenience store US sales for 2009 was $511 billion
3. The average convenience store selling fuel sees 1,100 customers per day
4. Convenience stores have an 80 percent share of the gasoline market

On a related note, in a Balvor/NACS Motor Fuels Retail Survey, fuel retailers surveyed sold an average of over 125,000 gallons of fuel per month.

Clearly the c-store industry plays a critical role in the daily lives of American consumers.

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