China’s top 100 convenience store brands operated a combined about 208,000 outlets at the end of 2025, up about 11,000 stores, or 5.6%, from a year earlier, according to the 2026 edition of the “China Convenience Store Top 100” compiled by the China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA). The number of chains with at least 1,000 stores was unchanged from the previous year at 38 brands.
Meiyijia ranked No. 1 by store count, expanding to 40,147 outlets, an increase of 2,204 from a year earlier. The rest of the top 10 were: Yijie with 28,689 (up 54); Kunlun Haoke with 19,814 (up 114); Tianfu with 7,718 (up 197); Lawson with 7,068 (up 416); Zuolin Youshe and Shenghuo Yizhan with 6,238 (up 928); Furong Xingsheng with 5,940 (up 102); 7-Eleven with 5,565 (up 926); Shizu and Zhishang with 4,217 (down 164); and Jianfu with 3,680 (up 645). The top five rankings were unchanged from the previous year.
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