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RetailQuebec, Canada1001-5000 Employees
Couche-Tard is a Canadian-based retail company that operates convenience stores and fuel outlets, headquartered at 4204 Boulevard Industriel, Laval, Quebec, Canada. The company traces its origins to 1980 when Alain Bouchard opened the first Couche-Tard in Laval, and it has since grown into a global network. It is a leading player in the Canadian convenience-store sector and the largest independent operator of company-operated stores in the United States by store count. The worldwide network comprises more than 16,000 stores through direct operations and licensing agreements under the Couche-Tard and Circle K brands; in North America there are about 9,933 stores (8,662 with road-fuel dispensing), and in Europe about 2,709 stores, with some unmanned automated fuel stations. The organization employs over 130,000 people across its network.