Top 10 Convenience Stores in the World in 2021 by Sales

Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd, Lawson Inc, FamilyMart Co., Ltd., AEON Co Ltd, and Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV are the top 5 convenience stores in the world in 2021 by sales. Cumulatively, the top 10 convenience stores in the world generated food service sales of $10,095 million, where the highest sales were generated by Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd ($4,982 million), followed by Lawson Inc ($2,643 million) and FamilyMart Co., Ltd. ($1,406 million), while GS Group Ltd ($59 million) generated the lowest food service sales. In terms of the geographical split, 5 out of the top 10 convenience stores in the world are based in Asia, while 3 are based in North America, and the remaining 2 are based in Europe. They employed a total of 803,719 people in 2021. Japan-based Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd is the leading convenience store in the world (by food service sales). The company reported revenues of $77,896 million for the fiscal year ending February 2022 (FY2022). It is a diversified retailing company that manages and operates various businesses through its subsidiaries and franchises. The company operates convenience stores, supermarkets, department stores, specialty stores, e-commerce platforms, and restaurants. As of February 2022, the company operated more than 80,000 stores in 19 countries across the world, including 2,700 stores in Japan and employs 83,635 people. Lawson Inc is one of the leading convenience stores in the World (by food service sales). The company reported revenues of $6,217 million for the fiscal year ended February 2022 (FY2022). It is a convenience store chain operator in Japan. The company’s product portfolio includes fast foods, frozen foods, fried foods, alcoholic beverages, desserts, daily delivery foods, and processed foods. As of February 2022, Lawson operated 14,656 stores in Japan, 4,560 in China, 343 in Beijing, 166 in Thailand, 69 in the Philippines, 65 in Indonesia, and two in Hawaii and employs 10,362 people.