QuikTrip Corporation

QuikTrip Corporation is a privately held company founded in 1958 by Burt Holmes and Chester Cadieux. Headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the company, commonly known as QT, operates a large chain of convenience stores and gas stations. As a private company, primarily owned by the founding families, it is not publicly traded. QuikTrip has grown to over 1,000 locations across more than a dozen states and employs over 31,000 people. Forbes listed its revenue as $19.3 billion for its 2025 fiscal year.

QuikTrip is an operating company that runs a chain of retail locations combining fuel sales with convenience store offerings. Its primary services include selling "Top Tier" rated gasoline and a wide variety of in-store products. The stores are known for their fresh food, made-to-order items from "QT Kitchens," coffee, fountain and frozen drinks, and other convenience goods. The company's business strategy focuses on operating high-volume, strategically placed locations.

The company's patent litigation posture is that of an operating company defending its business practices. The provided data shows QuikTrip as a defendant in one patent case and as a plaintiff in none. This pattern is typical of a company being targeted by a patent assertion entity. The single tracked case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a jurisdiction frequently favored by patent plaintiffs.

The notable case is Alpha Modus, Corp. v. QuikTrip Corporation (2025). The plaintiff, Alpha Modus, is a subsidiary of a publicly-traded company (NASDAQ: AMOD) that has filed numerous similar patent infringement lawsuits against retailers like Circle K and H&M. The patents asserted by Alpha Modus generally relate to in-store retail technologies, such as AI-driven consumer analytics, intelligent inventory systems, and checkout automation.