Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. engages in the operation of independent convenience stores. The company is headquartered in Laval, Quebec and currently employs 146,000 full-time employees. With its well-known Couche-Tard and Circle K banners, it is an independent convenience store operator in the United States, and it is engaged in the convenience store industry and road transportation fuel retail in Canada, Scandinavia, the Baltics, as well as in Ireland. The company also has a presence in Poland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China and has expanded to Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Its North American network consists of 17 business units, including 14 in the United States, covering 47 states and three in Canada, covering all 10 provinces. The firm operates its convenience store chain under various banners, including Circle K, Couche-Tard, Holiday, GetGo and Ingo.