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How many 7-Elevens?

7-Eleven has 16,284 stores in Thailand (June 2026), second only to Japan: about one for every 4,000 people. Four in ten are in and around Bangkok, about 700 open a year, and each serves about 950 customers a day.

Thailand has more 7-Elevens per person than Japan: about one for every 4,000 people.

Facts

  • 7-Eleven had 16,284 stores in Thailand on 30 June 2026 (CP ALL, which runs the chain there), up from 13,838 at the end of 2022.
  • Counting stores country by country, only Japan has more: 7-Eleven's parent Seven & i counts 21,927 in Japan (February 2026) and 15,945 in Thailand (end of 2025), ahead of the USA and Canada together (12,812), South Korea (11,040) and Taiwan (7,650).
  • That is about one store for every 4,000 people (65.8 million registered residents), against about one for every 5,650 in Japan.
  • About four in ten (42% in March 2026) are in Bangkok and its suburbs. CP ALL opened 700 stores in 2024 and 700 in 2025, and plans about 700 in 2026: nearly two a day.
  • An average store serves about 950 customers a day (959 in April–June 2026), for food and drinks, bill payments, top-ups and toasted sandwiches.

Sources

  1. CP ALL: Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (2Q2026) · CP ALL Public Company Limited, filed with the Stock Exchange of Thailand on 13 August 2026 Checked 6 October 2026
  2. CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2025 · CP ALL Public Company Limited, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand Checked 6 October 2026
  3. CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2022 · CP ALL Public Company Limited, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand Checked 6 October 2026
  4. CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2021 · CP ALL Public Company Limited, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand Checked 6 October 2026
  5. CP ALL: 1Q2026 Business and Performance Briefing, slide 4 “Store Types Breakdown” (Wayback copy of the cpall.co.th file) · CP ALL Public Company Limited Checked 6 October 2026
  6. Seven & i Holdings: Corporate Outline FY2025 · Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. (7-Eleven's parent company) Checked 6 October 2026
  7. Department of Provincial Administration, Central Registration Office: registered population of the kingdom on 31 December 2568 (2025), announcement dated 23 March 2026 (Wayback copy of the DOPA file) · Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior, Thailand (linked from https://www.bora.dopa.go.th/exec-stat/; same figures in the National Statistical Office's table OS_0405_01_0005_01) Checked 6 October 2026
  8. Department of Provincial Administration: population by province, August 2026 (xlsx) · Department of Provincial Administration, Ministry of Interior, Thailand Checked 6 October 2026
  9. Statistics Bureau of Japan: Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2024 · Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan Checked 6 October 2026
  10. Counter Service: home page (CP ALL's bill-payment service) · Counter Service Co., Ltd. (CP ALL group) Checked 6 October 2026
  11. CP ALL: Sustainability Report 2025 (Wayback copy of the cpall.co.th file) · CP ALL Public Company Limited Checked 6 October 2026
  12. CP ALL: Form 56-1 2020 · CP ALL Public Company Limited, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand Checked 6 October 2026

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Guess how many 7-Elevens Thailand has. Counting stores country by country, only Japan has more. About four in ten are in and around Bangkok. Thailand has about one for every 4,000 people, more per person than Japan. About 700 more open every year, nearly two a day. Each store serves about 950 customers a day, who pay bills, top up phones and grab a toastie. The answer: 16,284 stores, as of June 2026. We tell you everything you need to know about Bangkok. Follow for more!

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7-Eleven has 16,284 stores in Thailand (June 2026), second only to Japan: about one for every 4,000 people. Four in ten are in and around Bangkok, about 700 open a year, and each serves about 950 customers a day.

• 7-Eleven had 16,284 stores in Thailand on 30 June 2026 (CP ALL, which runs the chain there), up from 13,838 at the end of 2022.
• Counting stores country by country, only Japan has more: 7-Eleven's parent Seven & i counts 21,927 in Japan (February 2026) and 15,945 in Thailand (end of 2025), ahead of the USA and Canada together (12,812), South Korea (11,040) and Taiwan (7,650).
• That is about one store for every 4,000 people (65.8 million registered residents), against about one for every 5,650 in Japan.
• About four in ten (42% in March 2026) are in Bangkok and its suburbs. CP ALL opened 700 stores in 2024 and 700 in 2025, and plans about 700 in 2026: nearly two a day.
• An average store serves about 950 customers a day (959 in April–June 2026), for food and drinks, bill payments, top-ups and toasted sandwiches.

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Sources:
– CP ALL: Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (2Q2026): https://weblink.set.or.th/dat/news/202608/0737NWS130820261708080290E.pdf
– CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2025: https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/Download?FILEID=dat/f56/0737E1N260320261523300483E.zip
– CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2022: https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/Download?FILEID=dat/f56/F0737E22.zip
– CP ALL: Form 56-1 One Report 2021: https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/Download?FILEID=dat/f56/F0737E21.zip
– CP ALL: 1Q2026 Business and Performance Briefing, slide 4 “Store Types Breakdown” (Wayback copy of the cpall.co.th file): https://web.archive.org/web/20260805045234id_/https://www.cpall.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1Q26_Presentation_CPALL_Distribution-v.final_.pdf
– Seven & i Holdings: Corporate Outline FY2025: https://www.7andi.com/en/ir/file/library/co/pdf/2026_all_a_en.pdf
– Department of Provincial Administration, Central Registration Office: registered population of the kingdom on 31 December 2568 (2025), announcement dated 23 March 2026 (Wayback copy of the DOPA file): https://web.archive.org/web/20260326051829id_/https://stat.bora.dopa.go.th/stat/pk/pk_68.pdf
– Department of Provincial Administration: population by province, August 2026 (xlsx): https://www.bora.dopa.go.th/storage/2026/09/pop_province_6908.xlsx
– Statistics Bureau of Japan: Current Population Estimates as of October 1, 2024: https://www.stat.go.jp/english/data/jinsui/2024np/index.html
– Counter Service: home page (CP ALL's bill-payment service): https://www.counterservice.co.th/
– CP ALL: Sustainability Report 2025 (Wayback copy of the cpall.co.th file): https://web.archive.org/web/20260418064704id_/https://www.cpall.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/CP-ALL-SR-2025.pdf
– CP ALL: Form 56-1 2020: https://market.sec.or.th/public/idisc/Download?FILEID=dat/f56/F0737E20.zip

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Store counts as of 30 June 2026. Illustrations: generic shops, no logo; map dots are not exact store sites.
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Sources last checked 6 October 2026.