Introduction

Fuel Retailing in the United Kingdom industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2006-10, and forecast to 2015). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the United Kingdom fuel retailing market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Highlights

*The fuel retailing industry comprises the sale of motor fuel (leaded and unleaded, autodiesel and automotive liquefied petroleum gas) through retail service stations. All currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2010 average annual exchange rates.

*The UK fuel retailing industry had total revenue of $70,169.5 million in 2010, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9% between 2006 and 2010.

*Industry consumption volumes increased with a CAGR of 0.2% between 2006-2010, to reach a total of 37,779.4 million litres in 2010.

*The performance of the industry is forecast to decelerate, with an anticipated CAGR of 0.7% for the five-year period 2010 - 2015, which is expected to drive the industry to a value of $72,763.3 million by the end of 2015.

Features

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Leading company profiles reveal details of key fuel retailing market players’ global operations and financial performance

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Macroeconomic indicators provide insight into general trends within the United Kingdom economy

Key Questions Answered

What was the size of the United Kingdom fuel retailing market by value in 2010?

What will be the size of the United Kingdom fuel retailing market in 2015?

What factors are affecting the strength of competition in the United Kingdom fuel retailing market?

How has the market performed over the last five years?

What are the main segments that make up the United Kingdom's fuel retailing market?Company
 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2
MARKET OVERVIEW 7
Market definition 7
Research highlights 8
Market analysis 9
MARKET VALUE 10
MARKET VOLUME 11
MARKET SEGMENTATION I 12
MARKET SEGMENTATION II 13
FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 14
Summary 14
Buyer power 15
Supplier power 16
New entrants 17
Substitutes 18
Rivalry 19
LEADING COMPANIES 20
BP Plc 20
Royal Dutch Shell plc 27
Exxon Mobil Corporation 32
Tesco 36
MARKET FORECASTS 40
Market value forecast 40
Market volume forecast 41
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS 42
APPENDIX 44
Methodology 44
Industry associations 45
Related Datamonitor research 45
Disclaimer 46
ABOUT DATAMONITOR 47
Premium Reports 47
Summary Reports 47
Datamonitor consulting 47

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Table 2: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry volume: million liters, 2006–10 11
Table 3: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Table 4: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Table 5: BP Plc: key facts 20
Table 6: BP Plc: key financials ($) 25
Table 7: BP Plc: key financial ratios 25
Table 8: Royal Dutch Shell plc: key facts 27
Table 9: Royal Dutch Shell plc: key financials ($) 30
Table 10: Royal Dutch Shell plc: key financial ratios 30
Table 11: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key facts 32
Table 12: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financials ($) 34
Table 13: Exxon Mobil Corporation: key financial ratios 34
Table 14: Tesco: key facts 36
Table 15: Tesco: key financials ($) 37
Table 16: Tesco: key financials (£) 37
Table 17: Tesco: key financial ratios 38
Table 18: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Table 19: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15 41
Table 20: United Kingdom size of population (million), 2006–10 42
Table 21: United Kingdom gdp (constant 2000 prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 22: United Kingdom gdp (current prices, $ billion), 2006–10 42
Table 23: United Kingdom inflation, 2006–10 43
Table 24: United Kingdom consumer price index (absolute), 2006–10 43
Table 25: United Kingdom exchange rate, 2006–10 43

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry value: $ million, 2006–10 10
Figure 2: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry volume: million liters, 2006–10 11
Figure 3: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry segmentation I:% share, by value, 2010 12
Figure 4: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry segmentation II: % share, by value, 2010 13
Figure 5: Forces driving competition in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 14
Figure 6: Drivers of buyer power in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 15
Figure 7: Drivers of supplier power in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 16
Figure 8: Factors influencing the likelihood of new entrants in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 17
Figure 9: Factors influencing the threat of substitutes in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 18
Figure 10: Drivers of degree of rivalry in the fuel retailing industry in the United Kingdom, 2010 19
Figure 11: BP Plc: revenues & profitability 26
Figure 12: BP Plc: assets & liabilities 26
Figure 13: Royal Dutch Shell plc: revenues & profitability 31
Figure 14: Royal Dutch Shell plc: assets & liabilities 31
Figure 15: Exxon Mobil Corporation: revenues & profitability 35
Figure 16: Exxon Mobil Corporation: assets & liabilities 35
Figure 17: Tesco: revenues & profitability 39
Figure 18: Tesco: assets & liabilities 39
Figure 19: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry value forecast: $ million, 2010–15 40
Figure 20: United Kingdom fuel retailing industry volume forecast: million liters, 2010–15 41