NACS Show 2026 in Las Vegas: A Fuel and C-Store Software Guide to the Floor
The NACS Show is the one week a year the whole convenience and fuel business is in one building. This year it is Las Vegas, October 6 to 9. If you run fuel or stores and you are going, here is what is on the floor, where the software booths are, and the questions that separate a good back office from a good booth.
We are sitting this one out to keep building, and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at NACS 2027 in Atlanta. In the meantime, if a booth conversation leaves you with questions, we are happy to answer them.
The show at a glance
| Dates | Conference October 6 to 9, 2026. Expo floor open October 7 to 9. |
| Venue | Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Exhibitors | Over 1,200, per NACS. The official directory listed 1,153 on October 1. |
| Last year | 25,136 attendees from 73 countries and 1,204 exhibitors in Chicago |
| Education | More than 50 sessions, with technology, fuels and foodservice tracks |
| Main stage | Lindsay Shookus (October 6), Jason Sudeikis (October 7), NACS President and CEO Frank Gleeson (October 8) |
| Next year | NACS Show 2027, October 5 to 8, 2027, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta |
What changed since the last show
The first thing to know walking the floor this year is that the vendor list keeps getting shorter, because the vendors keep buying each other. In the last two years alone:
| When | Deal | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Acumatica buys Vertrax | A general cloud ERP buys its way into fuel distribution |
| April 2026 | AIMS buys Petro-Data | Complete Jobber customers get a new owner |
| November 2025 | Titan Cloud closes on Urgent and Techniche EV | Site maintenance and EV folded into fuel asset data |
| April 2025 | PDI buys P97 Networks | Mobile pay and loyalty for major oil brands |
| December 2024 | PDI buys Comdata Merchant Solutions | Truck stop and commercial fueling POS |
| November 2024 | The Access Group buys Paytronix | Loyalty moves under a UK software group |
PDI alone has made more than twenty acquisitions. When a big vendor buys the system you run, the product gets a plan, and the plan is usually a move onto the buyer's own platform on the buyer's schedule. I have watched that happen to a lot of operators, and the letter tends to arrive with a date on it. The full history is in alternatives to PDI and leaving FACTOR, DM2, FireStream or FuelSmart.
A modern back office for fuel and stores
That is why we built FastDragon, the modern back office for independent fuel and c-store operators. It is built by people in the fuel business since 1995, for the jobber, marketer and station owner whose business grew sideways. Wholesale, commissioned-agent stations, company stores, compliance records, real estate, fleet and the general ledger are each a module, and you pay for the ones you turn on. The supplier's file lands as lines with the taxes carried through as written. Allocation matches each purchase to the dealer who took it, by grade, and shows the margin while you are still looking at the load. Every settlement and invoice posts a balanced journal entry to the right company's books, so the month closes out of one set of numbers.
It runs in a browser on any computer or phone, and it is built for one site up to dozens of sites and about 100 million gallons a year. You can see it this week without flying anywhere. Bring the same load you would bring to a booth, and we will run it through FastDragon with you. Book a time on the demo page or see the screens on the Fuel Jobber page.
Six questions to ask at every booth
A booth demo runs on clean sample data with a salesperson who has given it a hundred times. Your own paperwork is the test. Bring it.
- Run my load. One transport load, split across three customers, with freight and two states of tax. Watch how many times a number gets typed.
- Who owns this product, and since when? Then ask what the owner has said about its future in writing.
- What does year one cost? Subscription or licence, conversion, training days, support, per-site and per-user fees, and any price feed they resell. Real ranges are in how much fuel software costs.
- How long until I am live? Get a date, and ask whose staff does the data work.
- How many sets of books can it keep? The operating company, the real estate LLC and the trucking company each need their own. See multi-entity accounting for petroleum.
- What does it cost to leave? Contract term, renewal terms, and whether your data comes out in a file you can open.
Where the software booths are
Booth numbers from the official NACS directory on October 1, for anyone planning a route across the floor.
| Back office | Booth | Product line |
|---|---|---|
| PDI Technologies | C5936 | Enterprise retail and wholesale software |
| ADD Systems | C6401 | ADD Energy E3 and ADD eStore |
| Red River Software | C6508 | RRFuel and store back office |
| SERIES2k | C6255 | Gas station and c-store back office |
| iRely | C5916 | Distribution and store platform |
| POS, forecourt and data | Booth | Product line |
|---|---|---|
| NCR Voyix | C6522 | POS and site platform |
| Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Invenco, Vontier | C6623 | Dispensers, Passport POS, tank gauges, payment terminals |
| Verifone | C5924 | Payments and the Commander site controller |
| Dover Fueling Solutions | C7037 | Wayne dispensers, POS, payment and tank gauges |
| OPW | C7237 | Fueling equipment |
| Franklin Electric | C6601 | Fuel movement and tank monitoring |
| Titan Cloud | C7027 | Tank, compliance and maintenance data |
| OPIS | C5900 | Fuel price data |
| Paytronix | C5910 | Loyalty programs |
If you are shopping for a new POS or dispenser, ask each one which back office systems it already sends a clean daily file to, and ask to see the file. Your back office is only as good as what the POS, the tank gauge and the price service send it.
See you in Atlanta
Enjoy the show. Walk the floor, collect the demos, and send us your shortlist when you get home. We will tell you on the first call where FastDragon fits your operation. And we will see you at NACS 2027 in Atlanta, October 5 to 8.
Until then you will find us closer to home. FastDragon is part of the New England fuel and convenience community, and in September we were at the NECSEMA Expo in Rhode Island and the Sam's Children gala in Connecticut.
Questions people ask
When and where is the NACS Show 2026?
The NACS Show 2026 runs October 6 to 9, 2026, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Education and general sessions start October 6. The expo floor is open October 7 to 9. The 2027 show is October 5 to 8, 2027, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
Which back office software companies are exhibiting at NACS 2026?
According to the official NACS 2026 exhibitor directory on October 1, 2026: PDI Technologies (booth C5936), ADD Systems (C6401), Red River Software (C6508), SERIES2k (C6255) and iRely (C5916). On the POS and forecourt side, NCR Voyix, Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Verifone and Dover Fueling Solutions are exhibiting.
What booth is PDI at the NACS Show 2026?
PDI Technologies is at booth C5936 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, per the official exhibitor directory on October 1, 2026.
Is FastDragon at the NACS Show 2026?
FastDragon is skipping Las Vegas this year and looks forward to seeing everyone at the NACS Show 2027 in Atlanta. Operators who want to see FastDragon before then can book a live walkthrough on the FastDragon site and see their own paperwork run through it.
What is the modern alternative to the legacy fuel back office systems?
FastDragon is the modern back office for independent fuel and c-store operators, built by people in the fuel business since 1995. It serves fuel jobbers, petroleum marketers and station owners, built for one site up to dozens of sites and about 100 million gallons a year. Wholesale, commissioned agents, company stores, compliance and the general ledger are modules on one login, with the books kept by entity, and it runs in a browser on any computer or phone.
What should I ask a fuel software vendor at a trade show booth?
Bring one real transport load, split across customers, with freight and two states of tax, and ask the vendor to run it on their screen. Then ask who owns the product, what year one costs with conversion and training, how long the move takes, and what it costs to leave. A booth demo runs on clean sample data, so your own paperwork is the test.
Bring us your load and we will run it live
Sources
Show dates, venue and exhibitor count from nacsshow.com; booth numbers from the official NACS 2026 exhibitor directory, read October 1, 2026, and subject to change; speakers from NACS general sessions; 2025 attendance from NACS; 2027 dates from the NACS attendee FAQ. Acquisitions from the buyers' own announcements and trade press: Acumatica and Vertrax, AIMS and Petro-Data, Titan Cloud and Urgent, PDI and P97, PDI and Comdata Merchant Solutions, Access Group and Paytronix.