Budget Impact
- Americans fuel their cars about four to five times every month at more than 156,000 fueling stations across the country. Automobiles and light vehicles accounted for 63% of the fuel purchased.
- Overall, more than 58% of the convenience stores selling fuel are single-store operators more than 70,000 stores across the country. These small businesses often don't have the resources to brand their stores as anything beyond the brand of fuel they sell and promote on their canopies.
- There are 123,289 convenience stores selling fuel in the United States, and these retailers sell an estimated 80 percent of all the fuel purchased in the country.