Circle K

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Circle K Stores, Inc.

A Circle K store in Fort Worth, Texas
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Retail (convenience stores)
Founded	El Paso, Texas, U.S. (1951; 73 years ago (1951))
Founder	Fred Hervey
Headquarters	Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
Number of locations	15,000+
Area served	Several countries Cambodia Canada China Costa Rica Denmark Egypt Estonia Guam Honduras Hong Kong Indonesia Ireland Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Malaysia Mongolia Mexico Morocco New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Saudi Arabia South Africa Sweden United Arab Emirates United States Vietnam
Number of employees	40,000+
Parent	Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.
Website	circlek.com
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Circle K Stores, Inc. is an American chain of convenience stores headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., based in Laval, Quebec, Canada.^[7] Founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 1990 and went through several owners, before being acquired by Alimentation Couche-Tard in 2003.^[2][1] As of February 2020, Circle K has 9,799 stores in North America, 2,697 stores in Europe, and an additional 2,380 stores operating under franchise agreements worldwide.^[1]

In 2015, Circle K unveiled a new logo and brand identity, and Couche-Tard announced that it would deploy the brand globally, including English-speaking Canada (rebranding from the Mac's brand), Europe (rebranding from the Statoil brand), and the United States (rebranding from the Kangaroo Express brand and updating the existing Circle K brand).^[1][3]