Data as of Oct 17, 2026Rebuilt every Monday
The Store Count
An independent count of America’s chain stores, sourced, dated and graded

Terms of use

Last updated October 28, 2026

Our data. Our cleaned and graded counts are licensed under CC BY 4.0. You can reuse them, including commercially, if you credit The Store Count. The underlying sources keep their own licences: All the Places (CC0), Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and SEC filings (public domain).

No warranty. We check our numbers carefully, but store counts change daily and sources can be wrong. The data is provided “as is”, without warranty. Grades show how far each number can be trusted.

Not investment advice. Nothing on this site is investment, legal or financial advice.

Trademarks. Chain names are used only to identify the chains we describe. We don’t use their logos and aren’t affiliated with or endorsed by any of them.

Changes. We may update these terms; the date above shows the latest version.