Open sites includes all currently operating petrol stations and those sites that are under development at time of publishing. NET figures (closures, less new sites and less re-opened closed/obsolete sites).
The source notes: 'These include ownership changes eg. in the 2010 figures and in prior years, there were about 30 Co-op sites that were own branded fuel Co-op Somerfield and hence these were all classified by us as "hypermarkets". Since then all these sites have become main oil company branded hence they are now classified as dealer eg. And in 2013 Rontec "company" sites under the Total brand change to Esso "dealers".'
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Number of petrol stations in the United Kingdom (UK) 2000-2023
The United Kingdom is home to operational petrol stations and those under development. Numbers have fallen by over ** percent since 2000. 2013 is the only year recorded here which shows a year-on-year increase. As of 2022, the UK was among the leading European countries by number of petrol stations, while Italy ranks first with over * service stations.
Ownership by brand
British multinational oil and gas firm Shell operates the second greatest number of forecourts. BP, ESSO, and Shell are the only companies to operate more than sites. Of the so-called hypermarket-owned petrol stations, Tesco offers the most stations, at *** as of December 2023. Despite owning fewer petrol stations, hypermarket retailers sold a greater volume of fuel, accounting for approximately **** percent of fuel sold in the UK as of 2023.Â
Petrol prices
Between 2016 and 2020, prices for premium unleaded petrol increased by some ** percent. During this period, prices ranged from a low of pence per liter in February 2016, to a high of pence per liter in October 2018. Fuel prices are largely impacted by the price of crude oil and, in fact, saw a decline in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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