Survey: These are the country’s best gas station restrooms

When you hit the road for the summer driving season, you can forgo the extra toilet paper when making a pit stop.

GasBuddy finds gas station restrooms are getting cleaner year over year with the top-rated gas station brands in each state leading the charge.

According to GasBuddy ratings and reviews data, gas station restroom cleanliness ratings have improved 6% since 2017, with Utah-based Maverik flushing the competition by claiming the top spot in six states, the most out of any other brands.

Wawa and QuikTrip tied in second, leading in six states, followed by, Irving, Kwik Trip, Sheetz and Sinclair each topping the list in three states. The state with the highest gas station restroom ratings overall is Nebraska.

While Maverik captured the most states, Texas-based Buc-ee’s clenches the top spot with the highest-rated gas station restrooms in the nation.

These rankings were compiled from GasBuddy gas station ratings and reviews from Sept. 2016 – April 2019:

Alaska – Holiday Alabama – MAPCO Arkansas – Kum & Go Arizona – Maverik California – Rotten Robbie Colorado – Maverik Connecticut – Cumberland Farms Delaware – Wawa Florida – Wawa Georgia – QuikTrip Iowa – Kwik Trip Idaho – Maverik Illinois – Kelley’s Market Indiana – Casey’s General Store Kansas – QuikTrip Kentucky – Pilot Louisiana – RaceTrac Massachusetts – Pride Maryland – Wawa Maine – Irving Michigan – Holiday Minnesota – Kwik Trip Missouri – Hy-Vee Mississippi – Murphy USA Montana – Sinclair North Carolina – QuikTrip North Dakota – Sinclair Nebraska – Bucky’s New Hampshire – Irving New Jersey – Wawa New Mexico – Chevron Nevada – Maverik New York – Stewart’s Shops Ohio – Sheetz Oklahoma – Casey’s General Store Oregon – Sinclair Pennsylvania – Wawa Rhode Island – Cumberland Farms South Carolina – QuikTrip South Dakota – Shell Tennessee – Speedway Texas – Buc-ee’s Utah – Maverik Virginia – Wawa Vermont – Irving Washington – Mobil Washington D.C. – BP Wisconsin – Kwik Trip West Virginia – Sheetz Wyoming – Maverik Hawaii – Aloha Petroleum

“The reputation of gas station restrooms has cleaned up significantly in the past three years, with brands making concentrated efforts to make their facilities sparkle,” said Frank Beard, convenience store and retail trends analyst at GasBuddy. “In fact, companies like Maverik and Sinclair respectively doubled and tripled their share of states with the top-rated restrooms in the span of a year, further proving the competition is overflowing at gas station restrooms nationwide.”

Clean, quality restrooms continue to be a concern for motorists on the road. According to the 2019 summer travel survey, 40% of travelers fear needing to use the restroom but not knowing where to find a clean one, an increase of 3% from the previous year.

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