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This bustling Lexington highway has a new location of a prolific national store

A new Circle K store is open at 2112 Augusta Highway in Lexington, at the corner of Augusta Highway and Wise Ferry Road.
A new Circle K store is open at 2112 Augusta Highway in Lexington, at the corner of Augusta Highway and Wise Ferry Road. chtrainor@thestate.com

A national convenience store brand has opened a new location in a growing area of Lexington.

Circle K, which has stores across the U.S. and South Carolina, debuted a new location this week at 2112 Augusta Highway. That’s at the northeast corner of Augusta Highway and Wise Ferry Road, about a mile east of Lexington High School. It’s across the road from a CubeSmart self-storage facility.

Circle K has actively grown its footprint in the Midlands, and specifically in Lexington County. For instance, the company opened a new store at 1512 North Lake Drive in Lexington in early 2025, and debuted a location at 5904 Platt Springs Road in the Red Bank area later in 2025.

The area where the new Augusta Highway Circle K is located is a bustling, growing spot. Numerous new subdivisions, including Murray Village and Hendrix Farms, are nearby, and a host of businesses, including Lowes Foods, McDonald’s, Arby’s, Sonic and more are located just to the west on Augusta Highway. There also is a Target store under development along Augusta Highway.

The company has nearly 7,000 convenience stores across the U.S., according to data site ScrapeHero. Circle K started in 1951 in Texas and has grown through the years, and now has locations across the world, including in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Chris Trainor
The State
Chris Trainor is a retail reporter for The State and has been working for newspapers in South Carolina for more than 21 years, including previous stops at the (Greenwood) Index-Journal and the (Columbia) Free Times. He is the winner of a host of South Carolina Press Association awards, including honors in column writing, government beat reporting, profile writing, food writing, business beat reporting, election coverage, social media and more.
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