Circle K Sunkus is working to expand their store networks through area franchisers as well as by opening new Company-owned and franchised stores. Circle K Sunkus is establishing area franchisers as joint venture companies with prominent local firms to operate franchised stores in specific regions, which receive expertise and guidance from their respective convenience store chains. Circle K Sunkus provides guidance to area franchisers on topics such as store development, operations and accounting, while at the same time supplying them with products, information systems and other items. Fees from area franchisers are paid to Circle K Sunkus in return. As of February 28, 2009, Circle K Sunkus had 13 area franchisers who operated 21,227 stores in 21 prefectures. Circle K Sunkus maximizes scale merits across the Group, including at area franchisers, with regard to product policies and developing its store network.
| Company | Date of agreement |
Number of stores |
Territory as specified in agreement |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunkus Aomori Co., Ltd.* | 1994.3.1 | 64 | Aomori Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus Nishi-Saitama Co., Ltd.* | 1987.2.28 | 80 | Saitama Prefecture (west of Arakawa River); West | |||
| SUNKUS KITAKANTO Co., Ltd.*(Note2) | 2005.7.1 | 36 | Tama area of Tokyo, Tochigi Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus Nishi-Shikoku Co., Ltd.* | 1992.8.27 | 83 | Ehime Prefecture; Kochi Prefecture | |||
| Circle K Shikoku Co., Ltd. | 1996.5.14 | 152 | Ehime Prefecture; Kochi Prefecture; Kagawa Prefecture; Tokushima Prefecture, Selected areas in Hiroshima Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus Higashi-Saitama Co., Ltd. | 1988.7.19 | 67 | Saitama Prefecture (east of Arakawa River) | |||
| Sunkus Tokai Co., Ltd. | 1989.9.6 | 103 | Eastern Aichi Prefecture; Western Shizuoka Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus Keihanna Co., Ltd. | 1989.10.26 | 99 | Nara Prefecture; Kyoto Prefecture; Shiga Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus and Associates Higashi-Shikoku Co., Ltd. | 1995.1.12 | 134 | Kagawa Prefecture; Tokushima Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus Hokuria Co., Ltd. | 1995.1.24 | 93 | Ishikawa Prefecture; Fukui Prefecture | |||
| Sunkus and Associates Toyama Co., Ltd. | 1996.7.2 | 78 | Toyama Prefecture | |||
| Minami-Kyushu Sunkus Co., Ltd. | 1998.8.21 | 103 | Kagoshima Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture,Kumamoto Prefecture | |||
| CVS Bay Area Inc. | 1997.1.14 | 135 | Nine specified wards of Tokyo; Chiba Prefecture | |||
| Total | 1,227 | |||||