Circle K
Franchise Overview
Circle K operates a globally recognized convenience store franchise, with thousands of locations across more than 26 countries offering customers everyday essentials — snacks, beverages, prepared foods, tobacco, and motor fuel — through a high-traffic retail convenience model.
Just the Facts
For most complete information, see Franchise Disclosure Documents
Circle K FDDs and Analysis Reports
These Circle K FDDs, as filed, contain 23 sections of federally mandated disclosures such as franchisee obligations, franchisor litigation, and financial performance. FDD's are typically 100+ pages long and are critical to evaluate when researching a franchise. Multi-year analysis reports track how these disclosures change across consecutive FDD filings.
Individual FDD Filings
Complete filings as submitted, including exhibits and financial statements.
Circle K FDD 2026 — Standard
July 2026
Circle K FDD 2025 — Existing Locations
July 2025
Circle K FDD 2025 — Standard
July 2025
Show 16 more filings, 2015–2025
Circle K FDD 2025 — Existing Locations
July 2025
Circle K FDD 2024 — Standard
July 2024
Circle K FDD 2024 — Existing Locations
July 2024
Circle K FDD 2023 — Existing Locations
July 2023
Circle K FDD 2023 — Standard
July 2023
Circle K FDD 2022 — Standard
July 2022
Circle K FDD 2022 — Existing Locations
July 2022
Circle K FDD 2021 — Standard
July 2021
Circle K FDD 2021 — Existing Locations
July 2021
Circle K FDD 2020 — Existing Locations
June 2020
Circle K FDD 2019 — Existing Locations
July 2019
Circle K FDD 2018 — Existing Locations
July 2018
Circle K FDD 2017 — Existing Locations
July 2017
Circle K FDD 2016 — Existing Locations
July 2016
Circle K FDD 2015 — Area Rep
September 2015
Circle K FDD 2015 — Existing Locations
July 2015
Multi-Year Analysis Packages
Year-over-year comparison of consecutive filings. Every figure cited to its filing, Item, and PDF page. Source FDDs included.
Circle K Existing Locations 3-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2022–FY2024)
24 page analysis report · 2 year-over-year transitions · 3 source FDDs (2023–2025 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 3 source FDD PDFs, 4 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Circle K Standard 3-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2023–FY2025)
24 page analysis report · 2 year-over-year transitions · 3 source FDDs (2024–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 3 source FDD PDFs, 4 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Circle K Existing Locations 2-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2023–FY2024)
20 page analysis report · 1 year-over-year transition · 2 source FDDs (2024–2025 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 2 source FDD PDFs, 3 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
Circle K Standard 2-Year FDD Analysis Package (FY2024–FY2025)
21 page analysis report · 1 year-over-year transition · 2 source FDDs (2025–2026 filings) included
What's insideSee a full sample report (PDF)
The report covers, in order:
- Executive summary
- Change index
- Consolidated unit summary
- Geographic summary
- Turnover, transfers & closure rates
- Franchisee investment and fees
- Financial performance representation
- Franchisor financial condition
- Franchisor entity & leadership
- Litigation & bankruptcy
- Method, limits and disclaimer
- What this report does not include
- You receive — one analysis report PDF and the 2 source FDD PDFs, 3 downloads in total, available immediately after purchase.
- Every figure is checkable — each carries a citation to its filing, FDD Item, and PDF page, and the filings it cites are in the package.
- Restatements are shown, not overwritten — where a later filing revises an earlier year's figures, both numbers appear with a note.
- Calculated figures are labeled — anything the report calculates rather than quotes is marked as calculated, with its formula published in the report.
- Gaps are explicit — a closing “What this report does not include” section separates what the franchisor didn't disclose from what this report doesn't collect, so an absence is never ambiguous.
FDDs are reproduced as filed and are current only as of their filing dates. The FDD Document Processing Fee covers acquisition, storage, organization, and digital delivery of an individually purchased FDD.
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