7-Eleven

7-Eleven, Inc.
	Logo since 2021
Formerly	Southland Ice Company (1927); Tote'm Stores (1928–1946); Southland Corporation (1961–1999);
Company type	Private
Industry	Retail (convenience stores)
Founded	1927, as Southland Ice Company
Founder	Joe C. Thompson
Headquarters	Irving, Texas, United States
Number of locations	78,029 (2021)
Area served	See section;
Key people	Joseph DePinto; (CEO & President); Stanley Reynolds; (EVP & CFO); Marissa Jarratt; (CMO);
Products	Convenience foods and beverages, gasoline
Owner	Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. (Seven & I Holdings)
Number of employees	135,332 (2021)
Subsidiaries	Speedway LLC; 7-Eleven International LLC; Stripes Convenience Stores;
Website	www.7-eleven.com

7-Eleven, Inc. is an American convenience store chain, headquartered in Irving, Texas and owned by Japanese Seven & i Holdings through Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. The chain was founded in 1927 as an ice house storefront in Dallas. It was named Tote'm Stores between 1928 and 1946. After Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain and the parent company of Seven-Eleven Japan, acquired a 70% stake in the company in 1991, the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November, 2005.

7-Eleven operates, franchises, and licenses 78,029 stores in 19 countries and territories as of November 2021. While operating under its namesake brand globally, within the United States it operates as 7-Eleven nationally, as Speedway nationally but mostly in the Midwest & East Coast, and as Stripes Convenience Stores within the South Central United States; both Speedway and Stripes operate alongside 7-Eleven's namesake stores in several markets. 7-Eleven also operates A-Plus locations with the name licensed from owner and fellow Metroplex-based Energy Transfer Partners, though most of these stores have since been rebranded as standard 7-Eleven stores.

7-Eleven settled class action lawsuits in Australia relating to wage theft and misleading franchisees, paying around A$270 million in settlements since 2020.

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