Missouri’s Buc-ee’s story is simple for now: one store is open, and the company has not publicly listed a second one.
Buc-ee’s official location list shows Missouri’s only current store in Springfield, at 3284 N. Beaver Road. That store, which opened December 11, 2023, gave Missouri its first Buc-ee’s and placed the state inside the chain’s Midwest expansion push.
Springfield is a strong Buc-ee’s market.
The city sits along I-44, a major route for travelers moving between St. Louis, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Branson, northwest Arkansas, and the Ozarks. That gives Buc-ee’s a mix of local customers, regional travelers, vacation traffic, and road-trippers. The store also sits along historic Route 66, giving Buc-ee’s a piece of one of America’s most iconic road-trip corridors.
Springfield wanted the store so badly that it literally renamed the street for it. The road, formerly called Mulroy Road, was changed to Beaver Road by the Springfield City Council in tribute to the chain’s mascot ahead of the December 2023 opening. Founder Arch “Beaver” Aplin himself attended both the August 2022 groundbreaking and the ribbon-cutting more than a year later.
The store is built at the scale Buc-ee’s fans expect: 53,000 square feet, 120 fuel pumps, 200+ jobs, with starting wages of $18-23 per hour. The City of Springfield projected the store would attract about 6 million customers annually, with 88% coming from more than 20 miles away — a striking detail that helps explain why the city was so eager to bring Buc-ee’s in.
The store also gives Missouri drivers what Buc-ee’s fans expect: brisket sandwiches, Beaver Nuggets, jerky, fudge, snacks, drinks, giant bathrooms, fuel, and a merchandise section that makes a quick stop turn into a shopping trip.
But Missouri has not yet followed the same path as states like Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennessee, where multiple locations are already open or planned.
Buc-ee’s current estimated opening list does not show another Missouri store. That list includes future projects in several states, but Missouri is not currently listed with another public opening target.
That makes Springfield the state’s lone official Buc-ee’s destination for now.
Could that change? Absolutely.
Missouri has several corridors that would make sense for the chain. I-70 between Kansas City, Columbia, and St. Louis is an obvious possibility. I-55 south of St. Louis could also fit the road-trip model. A Kansas City-area store on the Missouri side could theoretically serve a major metro, though Kansas is already getting its own Buc-ee’s near Kansas Speedway.
But those are possibilities, not confirmed projects.
That distinction matters because Buc-ee’s rumors spread quickly. A land purchase, zoning discussion, or social media post can quickly turn into “Buc-ee’s is coming,” even before the company has announced anything.
The confirmed count: Missouri has one Buc-ee’s.
The confirmed future plan: no second Missouri store has been publicly listed by Buc-ee’s.
For now, Springfield remains the state’s one official stop for brisket, Beaver Nuggets, and beaver merch.
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