Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Independent convenience stores worldwide
RevenueBase identified 504 independent convenience stores worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 115,445 professional contacts across them, including 5,797 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and Sao Paulo the largest hub.
This list covers independent convenience stores worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for independent convenience stores follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest independent convenience stores worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 35,395 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “7-Eleven introduced the world to convenience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 30,845 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “When it comes to getting value for everyday items for the entire family in an easy to shop, neighborhood location, Family Dollar is the best place to go.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 3,744 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 2,088 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “EG Group is a leading global independent convenience retailer with a diversified portfolio across sites across 6 countries in North America and Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 1,394 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “7-Eleven Australia is locally operated, with approximately 750 stores across Victoria, NSW, ACT, QLD and Western Australia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 1,013 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “CEFCO Stores is an independently owned chain of convenience stores based in Temple, TX.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 1,011 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “In 1928, on borrowed money, brothers Arthur and Alfred Erickson opened a general store in Centuria, Wisconsin.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 889 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lawson is one of the biggest convenience store chains started from a milk factory owned by J.J Lawson in Ohio, United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 862 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mercator je ena največjih gospodarskih družb v Sloveniji, ki deluje v okviru Fortenova grupe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 752 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “I mai 1992 åpnet Wiggo Erichsen opp den første Europris butikken i Stavanger.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 733 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A World-Class Organization operating more than 29,300 7-Eleven and other convenience stores in countries including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, South Korea, China, Hong Kong…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 713 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Booths is a family owned and operated independent supermarket with 26 stores across Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Cheshire and Greater Manchester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 653 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “NorgesGruppen leverer handleopplevelser gjennom flere ulike konsepter: lavpris, supermarkeder, nærbutikker og mat-i-farta.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 602 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Part of BWG Group, BWG Foods is a leading retail and wholesale business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 503 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Here at Spar, community is everything.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 486 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Há 20 anos, o Grupo Preço Baixo tornou-se parte fundamental da comunidade que atendemos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 472 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Trolley is a Kuwaiti chain of convenience stores founded in September 2008 catering to the niche markets at private universities and malls before making its way to the gas…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 413 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Primera is een snelgroeiende keten van 460 gemakswinkels met een complementair aanbod van tabak, wens-en cadeaukaarten, kansspelen, boeken, kranten en tijdschriften…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 412 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Volg ist der Spezialist für Dorfläden und Kleinflächen in der Deutschschweiz und Westschweiz.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 388 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We own and operate more than 240 convenience retail stores located across five states (South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 374 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “ApnaMart is revolutionizing the shopping experience for tier 2+ markets by seamlessly blending the convenience of offline stores with the magic of instant delivery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O Armazém do Grão nasceu em 1986, no bairro Castrioto, em Petrópolis, como uma padaria familiar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 322 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “O nas Jesteśmy ogólnopolską detaliczną siecią franczyzową zrzeszającą niezależnych przedsiębiorców – właścicieli sklepów, którzy ze wsparciem Lewiatan Holding oraz Spółek…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 311 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “A Rede Fort de Supermercados é uma empresa de varejo que opera uma cadeia de pequenos mercados e uma base de atacado para revenda por pequenos empreendedores, com sede em…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 297 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With over 240 convenient locations in 11 states, you're never far from RaceWay's variety, service, and unbeatable prices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: independent convenience stores. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names independent convenience stores.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent convenience stores, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent convenience stores. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Independent convenience stores worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among independent convenience stores, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for independent convenience stores are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “independent convenience stores”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names independent convenience stores), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among independent convenience stores, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 5,797 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Independent convenience stores by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Independent convenience stores list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names independent convenience stores, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many independent convenience stores are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 504 independent convenience stores worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
7-Eleven, headquartered in Irving, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most independent convenience stores?
The United States leads with 107 companies, followed by Brazil (60). Every independent convenience stores list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most independent convenience stores?
Sao Paulo leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Cairo (6) and Glasgow (5).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 5,797 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 504 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.