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Convenience Stores

Convenience Stores are a well-established kind of business to start. In fact, across the entire United States, there are more than 20,000 Convenience Stores. In other words, each one of those Convenience Stores serves about 15,000 citizens on average.

According to national labor statistics, Convenience Stores will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Convenience Stores account for substantial employment of workers across the country.

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States with Convenience Stores
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
325
25.55
2.
Massachusetts
1,392
21.92
3.
Vermont
126
20.70
4.
New Hampshire
253
20.47
5.
Oregon
663
19.42
6.
New Jersey
1,566
18.61
7.
District of Columbia
95
16.76
8.
Rhode Island
170
16.22
9.
192
15.85
10.
Michigan
1,539
15.49
11.
Virginia
1,063
15.02
12.
Delaware
113
14.42
13.
Maryland
743
14.03
14.
Florida
2,226
13.93
15.
Louisiana
581
13.01
16.
Ohio
1,413
12.48
17.
2,500
11.99
18.
Nevada
238
11.94
19.
Washington
646
11.03
20.
Connecticut
363
10.84
21.
Georgia
858
10.63
22.
North Carolina
845
10.50
23.
Oklahoma
341
9.88
24.
West Virginia
177
9.86
25.
1,803
9.50
26.
South Carolina
368
9.17
27.
Pennsylvania
1,086
8.84
28.
Mississippi
239
8.43
29.
Alabama
369
8.30
30.
Illinois
945
7.61
31.
Tennessee
431
7.59
32.
South Dakota
55
7.33
33.
289
7.16
34.
Arizona
351
6.84
35.
California
2,297
6.78
36.
Arkansas
173
6.48
37.
Missouri
341
6.10
38.
Wyoming
26
5.29
39.
Utah
118
5.29
40.
Alaska
32
5.12
41.
306
5.03
42.
Idaho
62
4.80
43.
Colorado
195
4.53
44.
Nebraska
66
3.86
45.
Minnesota
185
3.76
46.
Wisconsin
197
3.67
47.
Kansas
98
3.65
48.
Montana
32
3.55
49.
103
3.52
50.
New Mexico
56
3.09
51.
North Dakota
8
1.25

Number of Convenience Stores by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
18298
5 to 9
5834
10 to 19
3465
20 to 49
1021
50 to 99
46
100 to 249
12
250 to 499
1
500 to 999
0
1000 or more
0

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