7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores. 7-Eleven primarily operating as a franchise is the world's largest operator franchisor and licensor of convenience stores with more than 50000 outlets. This number surpassed the previous record-holder McDonald's Corporation in 2007 by approximately 1000 retail stores. 7-Eleven branded stores under parent company Seven & I Holdings Co. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
Company