Where motoring inc fuel is growing in the UK
10,865 motoring inc fuel outlets across 23 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables Coventry has the most, with 442, or 12.0 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 2,648 (24% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in ONS area E06000065 (+8).
Outlet and brand counts are the Data Store's: every brand on sale, with every outlet in its file. The local-area and growth tables count the trading outlets in h3hex's master dataset that map to a local area, so their totals can be lower.
Which local areas have the most motoring inc fuel outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coventry | 442 | 12: Connected Kerb, Esso, BP, Gulf, Texaco | 12.0 |
| 2 | County Durham | 157 | 15: Be.EV, InstaVolt, Esso, Jet, Penny On The Move | 2.9 |
| 3 | ONS area E06000065 | 151 | 17: Connected Kerb, BP, Esso, Shell, Penny On The Move | 2.4 |
| 4 | Reigate and Banstead | 136 | 8: Connected Kerb, Esso, BP, Shell, Texaco | 8.5 |
| 5 | Dorset | 125 | 14: Be.EV, Esso, InstaVolt, BP, Murco | 3.2 |
| 6 | Epsom and Ewell | 121 | 7: Connected Kerb, Be.EV, BP, Shell, Esso | 14.5 |
| 7 | Birmingham | 106 | 15: Esso, InstaVolt, BP, Shell, Texaco | 0.9 |
| 8 | ONS area E06000066 | 104 | 17: Esso, InstaVolt, BP, Texaco, Shell | 1.8 |
| 9 | Shropshire | 100 | 16: Connected Kerb, InstaVolt, Esso, Shell, BP | 3.0 |
| 10 | Wiltshire | 89 | 16: Esso, BP, InstaVolt, Shell, Murco | 1.7 |
| 11 | Guildford | 88 | 8: Connected Kerb, Shell, BP, Esso, Tesla Supercharger | 5.8 |
| 12 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 87 | 9: Be.EV, Esso, InstaVolt, Shell, Osprey Charging Network | 2.1 |
| 13 | Cornwall | 84 | 14: Texaco, Gulf, InstaVolt, Esso, Shell | 1.4 |
| 14 | Leeds | 80 | 15: BP, Esso, Shell, EG On The Move, InstaVolt | 0.9 |
| 15 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 77 | 11: Connected Kerb, Texaco, BP, Esso, Gulf | 3.2 |
| 16 | Manchester | 76 | 13: Be.EV, Esso, InstaVolt, Shell, Texaco | 1.3 |
| 17 | Mole Valley | 75 | 9: Connected Kerb, Esso, evyve, Murco, Shell | 8.5 |
| 18 | Buckinghamshire | 73 | 13: Esso, Shell, BP, Be.EV, InstaVolt | 1.3 |
| 19 | West Northamptonshire | 70 | 16: BP, Shell, Connected Kerb, InstaVolt, Esso | 1.6 |
| 20 | Northumberland | 69 | 14: Penny On The Move, Esso, BP, Jet, Shell | 2.1 |
| 21 | South Tyneside | 69 | 10: Connected Kerb, Esso, Jet, InstaVolt, Penny On The Move | 4.6 |
| 22 | Wakefield | 69 | 17: BP, Esso, Shell, EG On The Move, InstaVolt | 1.9 |
| 23 | Cheshire East | 68 | 16: Shell, Esso, InstaVolt, BP, Be.EV | 1.6 |
| 24 | North Northamptonshire | 68 | 16: Connected Kerb, Shell, BP, InstaVolt, Esso | 1.8 |
| 25 | Woking | 64 | 9: Connected Kerb, Esso, Jet, BP, evyve | 6.1 |
Local areas are local authority districts. Brands present shows how many brands have an outlet there and the five with the most.
Which local areas added the most motoring inc fuel outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONS area E06000065 | +8 | 81 | 89 | 151 |
| 2 | Cornwall | +5 | 60 | 65 | 84 |
| 3 | Leeds | +5 | 61 | 66 | 80 |
| 4 | South Lanarkshire | +5 | 36 | 41 | 47 |
| 5 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | +5 | 38 | 43 | 43 |
| 6 | Staffordshire Moorlands | +5 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| 7 | Barnsley | +4 | 15 | 19 | 36 |
| 8 | Nottingham | +4 | 14 | 18 | 31 |
| 9 | Cheshire East | +3 | 40 | 43 | 68 |
| 10 | North Northamptonshire | +3 | 31 | 34 | 68 |
| 11 | ONS area E06000064 | +3 | 45 | 48 | 63 |
| 12 | Wigan | +3 | 20 | 23 | 48 |
| 13 | Central Bedfordshire | +3 | 35 | 38 | 47 |
| 14 | Stoke-on-Trent | +3 | 24 | 27 | 43 |
| 15 | Wealden | +3 | 21 | 24 | 41 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. 8 brands in this sector first appear in this release and are left out of the growth table, so that adding a brand to the data is never counted as an area growing.
How these figures are made
Counts are h3hex's own store-by-store record of each brand's published UK locations for the brands listed in the Motoring inc Fuel sector of the h3hex data store, November 2026 release (scrape window 30 Oct - 3 Nov 2026), page built 2026-11-12. Closed, pre-opening and head-office records are left out. 38 outlets with no mappable postcode are counted in the totals but not in the local-area tables. 4 districts created in 2023 are shown by their ONS code because the postcode lookup used here carries no name for them. Net change compares this release with the 29 October 2026 edition of the same dataset and reflects openings and closures as well as improved coverage of each brand's own locator. Resident population is Census 2021 usual-resident population by output area, summed to local authority district through the ONS postcode-to-output-area lookup (May 2024). The population table does not join to the lookup for districts in Northern Ireland and Scotland, so outlets per 10,000 residents is shown as - for them.
Use the data
Prospect site reports assess a single address against these brands, and the data store sells the motoring inc fuel store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
Motoring inc Fuel by sector
- Petrol filling stations5,592 outlets · 11 brands
- EV charging4,783 outlets · 8 brands
- Motorway service areas138 outlets · 3 brands
How many motoring inc fuel outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 10,865 branded motoring inc fuel outlets from 23 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, Coventry has the most, with 442.
Which motoring inc fuel brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were Halfords (+180), EG On The Move (+34) and Jet (+9).
Which motoring inc fuel brands have the most UK outlets?
Connected Kerb (2,251), Esso (1,449) and BP (1,163), as at the November 2026 release.