01Travel Center & Truck Stop
Travel center and truck stop feasibility studies
Interstate and truck-route sites, with diesel, DEF and truck traffic counted properly.
02Who orders it
Who orders this study
An operator rebuilding or expanding a travel center. You're putting together a lender package for a rebuild with a fuel canopy, store and food program, and the lender wants a site-specific study.
An operator or developer with a new site. You want diesel and gasoline projections tied to the trucks and cars that pass that location before you commit.
03Differences
What's different from a c-store study
Fuel by type. Gasoline, auto diesel, truck diesel and DEF each get their own line, year by year.
Truck lanes. The intake asks how many high-speed diesel lanes you plan for semis, separate from the car pumps.
Truck parking and canopy. Both are part of the intake.
Traffic. State DOT counts for cars and trucks on the frontage and the interstate.
Quoting. We quote from a site plan or civil set, and price depends on the number of pumps and the fuel offering.
Otherwise the report follows the same structure as our convenience store study. See what's in a c-store report
04Questions
Questions the study answers
- How many gallons of truck diesel a month can this site do?
- How much gasoline and auto diesel will cars buy here?
- How much DEF will we sell?
- How far is the next truck stop in each direction, and who is it?
- What will the store and food program add on top of fuel?
- What does the project have to cost for the lender to approve it?
- Is the site rural enough for a USDA guaranteed loan?
05Before you start
What to have ready
Required
The same intake as the c-store study, plus a site plan or civil set. We need one to quote a truck stop.
Helpful
Truck parking count, canopy size, restaurant floor area; any earlier study for the site or a prior location; fuel supply proposal and food brand, if there is one; P&Ls from stops you already run.
06FAQ
Common questions
How long does it take?
Within 10 business days of a complete intake. For a truck stop, a complete intake includes a site plan or civil set.
What does it cost?
Quoted per study, based on the number of pumps and the fuel offering. A full-format truck stop costs more than a c-store with diesel. We quote once we have a site plan.
Do you use state DOT traffic counts?
Yes, from the count stations on the roads that serve the site. Any screening estimate is labeled as an estimate.
Do you project truck diesel separately from car fuel?
Yes. Gasoline, auto diesel, truck diesel and DEF each have their own line.
Will this work for our lender package?
The lender copy carries the pages an underwriter looks for. Whether a lender accepts any study is the lender's decision.
Is the site eligible for USDA?
The study records the USDA rural-eligibility check for the site, with its date. The USDA State Office makes the final determination.
07Background
We develop sites too.
Our founder has spent about eight years developing retail sites, with developments in more than 10 states. We write these studies the way we'd want one written for our own deal: plain numbers, no padding, and an honest answer when a site doesn't work.
08Process
How it works
Intake.
Fill out a short online form about the site, the store, the budget and how you plan to finance it. You can save it and finish later.
Quote.
We price each study individually, depending on the type of site, how much information is available and what's being built.
Delivery.
You get the finished study within 10 business days of a complete intake.
A complete intake means every required item and any documents the study depends on have been received. The schedule and scope are confirmed in your signed proposal.
Based in Vestavia Hills, Alabama. We take on sites anywhere in the U.S.