Convenience Store Industry

Under the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)*, convenience stores are classified as 44711 for gasoline selling stores and 44512 for non-gasoline selling stores. Information on the number of stores, number of employees, annual sales, and annual payroll for states, counties and metropolitan areas can be found through the 1997 Economic Census.Merchandise line sales for 1997 can also be found.

State of the Industry Report includes a benchmark worksheet to allow your client to compare their store with the industry averages. This report includes financial comparisons, top merchandise sales and profit margins, average store size, and operating income comparisons for the higher performing and lower performing stores.

How will competitive trends shape your client's future? Find out in the 2000-2005 Future Studyproduced by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for NACS.

Convenience Store Petroleum (CSP) MagazineThe website includes some current and past articles. You can also sign up for a free subscription.

Convenience Store News OnlineIncludes a list of the Top 100 Convenience Store Chains, an Industry Technology Study($), 2000 Convenience Store News Industry Report($), and an Out-of-Stock Survey.

C-Store Online Industry trends/reports, links to news, suppliers and companies in the convenience store industry. According to their Saturation Study, convenience stores perform best when there are no less than 3,000 people per store in a given market!

Petroretail.net National Petroleum News and Station & Store ($). A free convenience store survival guide is available.

Mo-BIS, Industry-at-a-Glance Series (1998) Good overview of the convenience store industry based on articles and industry surveys. According to the report, most people surveyed by the Gallup Organization lived within two miles of a convenience store (pg. 10)!

Valuation of a Convenience Store/Financial Ratios This is a link to a presentation which was given at the National Association of Convenience Stores convention.

See also the associations: national or state.

Industry Report on Gas Stations (pdf format)

*See http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html to search for other industry classifications or cross reference SICs.

($) Indicates information available for a fee.

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