Love's

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnergy, Retail (Convenience stores), Hospitality, Storage
Founded1964; 60 years ago (1964)
FounderTom Love and Judy Love
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
630
Area served
United States
Key people
Greg Love (CEO)
Frank Love (co-CEO)
Jenny Love Meyer (Chief Culture Officer and EVP)
Shane Wharton (president)
ServicesDiesel fuel
gasoline,
Truck maintenance
Restaurants
Convenience stores
Driver amenities
Hospitality
Storage
RevenueIncrease US$20.6 billion (2019)[1]
OwnerLove family (100%)
Number of employees
40,000 (2023)[2]
Websitewww.loves.com

Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, doing business as Love's (or stylized as Loves), is an American family-owned and -operated chain of more than 630 truck stops in 42 states in the United States. The company is privately owned and headquartered in Oklahoma City. Love's ranked No. 10 on the 2022 Forbes list of America's largest private companies.[1] Love's has two primary kinds of stores: country stores and travel stops. Country stores are fueling stations with a convenience store attached. The larger travel stops are located along highways and offer additional amenities such as food from restaurant chains such as Arby's, Bojangles, Burger King, Chester's, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Taco John's, Subway, Wendy's, Hardee's/Carl's Jr., truck parking spaces, showers and laundry. The company started adding RV hookups and RV Stops in 2022. Love's had more than 40,000 employees in 2023.[2]

  1. ^ a b "America's Largest Private Companies". Forbes. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores on the Forbes America's Largest Private Companies List". Forbes. Retrieved February 28, 2020.