Circle K is owned by Alimentation Couche Tard, a Canadian-listed convenience store retailer with over 60,000 employees and US$ 30 billion in revenues in 2012. Alimentation Couche Tard operates a number of convenience store brands including Circle K, Couche Tard, Macs, On-The-Run, and the recently acquired Stat Oil. Currently one of the world's largest convenience retailers, Couche Tard has a network of about 13,000 stores globally.

Circle K is a pioneer in new markets such as Indonesia and Vietnam, where it is transforming the market from traditional groceries into modern convenience stores. Convenience Arabia is bringing Circle K to the region with the aim to upgrade the traditional grocery store sector and to provide consumers the ultimate experience in convenience store shopping.