NACS State of the Industry Report® of 2025 Data Is Available to Purchase

Success in the convenience industry requires knowledge and insights—knowing where you stand compared to industry benchmarks, and how to harness data to increase traffic, optimize expenses and grow your business.

Several themes emerged at this year’s State of the Industry Summit, but the most prominent was this: The consumer who is in your store isn’t the same consumer who was in your store 10 years ago, or five years ago, or even last year.

The NACS State of the Industry (SOI) Report® is the industry’s leading tool for benchmarking your business, with the most comprehensive collection of data and trends in critical categories, including financials, store operations, merchandise, foodservice, fuels and more. The NACS State of the Industry (SOI) Report® of 2025 Data is available for purchase now.

The SOI Report will help you:

• Understand the industry big picture with data and analysis on economic, market and shopper dynamics.
• Maximize effectiveness and profitability with access to aggregate financial, operational and category data from more than 27,000 convenience stores across the United States.
• Benchmark against top performers in the industry and determine key drivers to their success.

It provides a comprehensive look at trends in the convenience industry, offering a chance to streamline your business or discover the next big opportunity. In the Report, you’ll find:

• An industry overview with critical findings and analysis of the convenience landscape.
• A deep dive into category and subcategory performance data across all in-store categories of merchandise and foodservice.
• Valuable consumer insights about the convenience shopper from the NACS Convenience Voices annual study.
• Comprehensive regional performance and top performers data.
• Data visualizations giving you the insights you need at a glance with compelling charts, graphs and tables that illustrate key trends and patterns.
• The NACS/NIQ Convenience Store Census. Developed by NIQ TDLinx, the premier source of retail/on-premise channel information, and endorsed by NACS, the Convenience Store Census offers universally accepted counts and classifications of businesses in the convenience and fuel retailing channel.

Upon purchase of a digital license, you will receive access to the report through a DRM-secured PDF through your convenience.org login profile. Discounts are available for purchasing multiple licenses.

Hard copies will be available in July in limited quantities for NACS Members only.

Purchase your copy of the State of the Industry Report here.