GTA 5 Store Robbery: Best Shops to Hit and How to Maximize Your Loot

Robbing a convenience store is the fastest way to put cash in your pocket in GTA 5's early game, no heist crew or setup missions required. Walk in, point a gun at the clerk, empty both registers, and get out before the cops box you in.

Quick answer

• Around 19 stores across Los Santos and Blaine County can be held up on foot, split between 24/7 supermarkets, Rob's Liquor shops and LTD Gasoline stations.
• A single register pays out roughly $200 to $600. Hitting the second register too can push a single robbery close to $1,200.
• You get a one-star wanted level the moment you draw your weapon on the clerk, rising to two stars as soon as you leave with the cash.
• Each location has its own cooldown, so rotating between two or three stores beats hitting the same one twice in a row.
• Robbing every eligible store on the map unlocks the "Stick Up Kid" achievement/trophy.

Best stores to rob for the biggest payout

Every 24/7, Rob's Liquor and LTD Gasoline location in the game can be robbed, but they don't all pay the same. These are the ones worth the drive.

Store	Location	Why it's worth it
Earl's Mini-Mart & Gas Station	Senora Freeway, southeast Grand Senora Desert	Two registers, close to $950 combined
LTD Gasoline	Grapeseed Main Street, Blaine County	Two tills, roughly $500 average
Rob's Liquor	Prosperity Street, Morningwood, Los Santos	Reliable $600 take with an easy exit onto the freeway
Scoops Liquor Barn (Rob's Liquor)	Route 68, Grand Senora Desert	Around $350, right outside Los Santos Customs
LTD Gasoline	Grove Street and Davis Avenue, Davis	Familiar territory if you're already running Franklin's missions there

All the stores you can rob

The rest of the list is worth keeping in your head for whichever part of the map you happen to be in when you need quick cash.

24/7 supermarkets

• Niland Avenue and Alhambra Drive, Sandy Shores, Blaine County
• Globe Oil gas station, Senora Freeway, north of Mount Chiliad

Rob's Liquor

• San Andreas Avenue, Vespucci Canals, Los Santos
• El Rancho Boulevard, Murrieta Heights, Los Santos
• Great Ocean Highway, Banham Canyon, Los Santos County

LTD Gasoline

• North Rockford Drive and Banham Canyon Drive, Richman Glen
• West Mirror Drive and Mirror Park Boulevard, Mirror Park
• Ginger Street and Lindsay Circus, Little Seoul

How to rob a store, step by step

1. Walk in with a weapon already drawn. A pistol works fine; you don't need anything heavier, and pulling out a rifle just spooks the clerk faster without paying more.
2. Aim at the clerk and hold them up. Most will empty the till into a bag automatically after a few seconds.
3. If the store has a second register, aim at it or shoot near it to make the clerk, or a second employee, empty that one too. This is the single biggest thing separating a $300 hit from a $900 one, and it's the detail most players skip.
4. Grab any loose cash sitting on the counter while you wait for the till to empty.
5. Leave immediately and get to your getaway vehicle. Don't linger for a second bag of cash if a witness outside is already reaching for their phone.

Tips to maximize your take

• Always check for a second register before you leave. A lot of players only rob the till closest to the door and walk away having left money behind.
• Firing a warning shot or shouting into the mic speeds the clerk up, but it also raises the odds of a witness calling the police sooner, so weigh the extra seconds against the heat it brings.
• Rotate between stores instead of grinding one. Each location needs time to reset before it can be hit again, and coming back too soon can have the clerk recognize you and pull a weapon instead of paying up.
• Rural stores in the Grand Senora Desert, Sandy Shores and Grapeseed are easier to walk away from clean, since the police response is slower outside the city than it is in downtown Los Santos.
• Park a fast car outside before you walk in rather than after. If you're not sure which one to grab, the fastest cars in story mode make a clean getaway far less stressful than sprinting to whatever's parked nearby.
• Switch characters after a robbery if the heat gets too high. Since Michael, Franklin and Trevor share a bank account but not a wanted level, hopping to another one is an easy way to reset the chase entirely.

Managing your wanted level and escaping

Pulling a gun on a clerk earns an immediate one star, and it jumps to two the second you step outside with the cash in hand. One or two stars are easy to shake by breaking line of sight and switching vehicles or clothes; three or more brings in spike strips and roadblocks, so the real goal is to be gone before backup arrives rather than trying to outrun it once it does. If your wanted level ever gets out of hand and you'd rather clear it instantly for testing or messing around, the wanted level cheat code works on every platform, though it obviously won't count toward a clean, cheat-free playthrough.

Common mistakes that cost you money

• Shooting the clerk before they finish handing over the cash. A dead witness still triggers the alarm, and you lose whatever was left in the register.
• Robbing the same store twice in one in-game day. The cooldown is there for a reason, and returning early risks the clerk arming themselves.
• Forgetting the getaway plan entirely. A robbery only nets you money if you keep it, and a busted wanted level chase that ends in a hospital bill cancels out most of what you just took.
• Treating store robberies as a long-term income plan. They're a great way to cover early expenses like weapons and vehicle mods, but the payout per store is capped, so don't expect them to fund a car collection.

Is it worth it compared to other money methods?

Store robberies are a fast way to top up cash in the opening hours of the game, but the ceiling is low. You can only hit each location so often, and there's no way to farm it indefinitely, unlike the setup missions or the story mode heists, which pay out far more once you unlock them a few hours in. If you're hoping for a shortcut instead of the legwork, know that there's no money cheat code in GTA 5, so robbing stores, playing the stock market, or running heists like the Jewel Store Job are your real options in single player.

The Stick Up Kid achievement

Robbing every eligible store in the game unlocks the "Stick Up Kid" achievement/trophy, one line on the wider 100% completion checklist. It doesn't matter which character does it or how much money each individual robbery nets, only that every location on the list gets hit at least once before the save file counts it as done.

If you've since moved on to GTA Online and want something with a real long-term payout, note that story mode store robberies don't carry over and multiplayer runs on an entirely different set of jobs. The best money methods in GTA Online are worth a look once you're ready to leave the small-time single-player cash behind.