Metro by metro
The leading gas stations & convenience stores in every North Dakota metro area
Tracked gas stations & convenience stores ranked by consumer spend in each metro area, Q4 2025–Q3 2026. Circle K leads in 2 metro areas, Cenex in 1 metro area, and Shell in 1 metro area. Against their share in North Dakota as a whole, Shell stands out in 2 metro areas, Casey's in 1 metro area, and Simonson Station Stores in 1 metro area.
By tracked consumer spend, Q4 2025–Q3 2026
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SShell
Relative #1 in 2 metro areas
Bismarck, ND 3.8× · Minot, ND 2.5×
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CCasey's
Relative #1 in Fargo, ND-MN (ND part), 3.1× its share in North Dakota
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SSimonson Station Stores
Relative #1 in Grand Forks, ND-MN (ND part), 4.5× its share in North Dakota
A metro area shows a ranking once it has at least 2 tracked gas stations & convenience stores and 10 tracked stores. Relative to North Dakota compares a chain's share of the metro area's spend with its share in North Dakota as a whole. It ranks the 7 biggest chains in North Dakota and the chains that lead a metro area by spend, wherever a chain has at least 5% of the metro area's spend and 3 stores there. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's metropolitan statistical areas; the rest of North Dakota is light gray. A metro area crossing the state line counts only its stores in North Dakota. Colors match the store map; other tracked chains are gray.
Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked gas stations & convenience stores
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Simonson Station Stores and M & H Gas Station sit in the high-growth half.
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S Simonson Station Stores | ▲1 | +13.3% |
| 2 |
M
M & H Gas Station
|
▲5 | +12.5% |
| 3 |
C
Cenex
|
- | +12.2% |
| 4 |
C
Casey's
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▲1 | +9.8% |
| 5 |
C
Conoco
|
▲2 | +8.9% |
| 6 |
C
Casey's General Store
|
▲2 | +7.3% |
| 7 |
S
Shell
|
▲1 | +4.7% |
| 8 |
L
Loaf 'N Jug
|
- | 0.0% |
| 9 | S Superpumper | ▲4 | -14.2% |
| 10 | P Petro Serve USA | ▲1 | -32.0% |
| 11 |
E
Exxon
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▲2 | -32.5% |
| 12 | F Farmers Union Oil | ▼1 | -58.5% |
| 13 |
A
ARCO
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▼1 | -64.7% |
| 14 | S Safari Fuels | ▼4 | -74.6% |
| 15 |
H
Holiday Stationstores
|
▼4 | -85.1% |
- Cenex
- Circle K
- Marathon
- Casey's
- Shell
- Simonson Station Stores
- Northdale Oil
- Other tracked chains
Store footprint
Store map
357 tracked store locations in North Dakota. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.
- Cenex (87)
- Circle K (29)
- Marathon (16)
- Casey's (27)
- Shell (13)
- Simonson Station Stores (13)
- Northdale Oil (2)
- Other tracked chains
Top tracked chains by store count
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1
C
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2
C
Circle K 29
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3
C
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4
E
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5
H
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6
M
Marathon 16
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7
L
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8
S
- 9 S Simonson Station Stores 13
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10
A
- 11 P Petro Serve USA 12
- 12 S Superpumper 9
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13
K
Kum & Go 8
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14
M
- 15 F Farmers Union Oil 4
- 16 S Safari Fuels 3
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17
C
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18
C
- 19 N Northdale Oil 2
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20
H
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21
M
Mobil 2
- 22 C City View Fuel 2
- 23 L Little Dukes 2
- 24 N New Century Ag 2
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25
O
On The Run 2
- 26 F Farmers Union Oil Company 2
- 27 G Gastrak 2
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28
S
Sunoco 2
- 29 H Harris Oil & Gas Station 1
- 30 P PetroServe USA 1
- 31 P ProPoint Cooperative 1
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32
7
7-Eleven 1
- 33 F Farmers Union Elevat 1
- 34 L Lucky's 1
- 35 T Town-N-Country 1
- 36 S Superpumper #7 1
- 37 1 1804 C-Store 1
- 38 T The Chuck Stop 1
- 39 O One Stop Country Store 1
- 40 E Enerbase South Broadway 1
- 41 V Van Hook Travel Center 1
- 42 S Superpumper, Inc #6 1
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43
H
Holiday 1
- 44 E Eagle Run Crossing 1
- 45 G Gateway Service Center 1
- 46 I Interstate Tesoro 1
- 47 S Sweet Crude Travel Center 1
- 48 T The Corner Post 1
- 49 U Utter Stop 1
- 50 C County Line Truckstop 1
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