Where petrol filling stations is growing in the UK
5,592 petrol filling stations outlets across 11 brands are in the h3hex Data Store in the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables ONS area E06000065 has the most, with 81, or 1.3 per 10,000 residents; the top 25 local areas together hold 1,178 (21% of outlets with a mapped local area). The largest like-for-like net gain since the previous release is in Staffordshire Moorlands (+5).
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 petrol filling stations outlets?
| # | Local area | Outlets | Brands present | Per 10,000 residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONS area E06000065 | 81 | 9: BP, Esso, Shell, Penny On The Move, Jet | 1.3 |
| 2 | Birmingham | 74 | 8: Esso, BP, Shell, Texaco, Gulf | 0.6 |
| 3 | ONS area E06000066 | 66 | 7: Esso, BP, Texaco, Shell, Murco | 1.1 |
| 4 | Leeds | 62 | 9: BP, Esso, Shell, EG On The Move, Jet | 0.7 |
| 5 | Wiltshire | 61 | 8: Esso, BP, Shell, Murco, Texaco | 1.2 |
| 6 | County Durham | 59 | 7: Esso, Jet, Penny On The Move, Shell, Gulf | 1.1 |
| 7 | Cornwall | 58 | 7: Texaco, Gulf, Esso, Shell, BP | 1.0 |
| 8 | Buckinghamshire | 54 | 7: Esso, Shell, BP, Jet, EG On The Move | 0.9 |
| 9 | Northumberland | 48 | 7: Penny On The Move, Esso, BP, Jet, Shell | 1.4 |
| 10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 46 | 8: BP, Esso, Jet, Shell, Gulf | 1.3 |
| 11 | Wakefield | 46 | 9: BP, Esso, Shell, EG On The Move, Jet | 1.3 |
| 12 | Dorset | 42 | 7: Esso, BP, Murco, Shell, Texaco | 1.1 |
| 13 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 41 | 4: Texaco, Maxol, Circle K, BP | - |
| 14 | Glasgow City | 41 | 6: BP, Esso, Shell, Gulf, EG On The Move | - |
| 15 | ONS area E06000064 | 41 | 7: BP, Esso, Shell, Texaco, Gulf | 1.8 |
| 16 | Shropshire | 41 | 8: Esso, Shell, BP, Texaco, Murco | 1.2 |
| 17 | Bradford | 38 | 6: Shell, Esso, BP, EG On The Move, Texaco | 0.7 |
| 18 | North Lanarkshire | 38 | 6: BP, Esso, Gulf, Shell, Jet | - |
| 19 | Cheshire East | 36 | 6: Shell, Esso, BP, Texaco, Gulf | 0.9 |
| 20 | Highland | 35 | 6: Gulf, Jet, Esso, BP, Penny On The Move | - |
| 21 | Manchester | 35 | 7: Esso, Shell, Texaco, BP, EG On The Move | 0.6 |
| 22 | West Northamptonshire | 35 | 7: BP, Shell, Esso, Gulf, EG On The Move | 0.8 |
| 23 | South Lanarkshire | 34 | 7: Esso, BP, Gulf, Shell, Jet | - |
| 24 | Belfast | 33 | 4: Maxol, BP, Circle K, Texaco | - |
| 25 | Cheshire West and Chester | 33 | 8: Shell, BP, Esso, Texaco, EG On The Move | 0.9 |
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 petrol filling stations outlets?
| # | Local area | Net change | Previous release | This release | All outlets now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staffordshire Moorlands | +5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | ONS area E06000065 | +4 | 77 | 81 | 81 |
| 3 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | +4 | 37 | 41 | 41 |
| 4 | Barnsley | +3 | 15 | 18 | 18 |
| 5 | Nottingham | +3 | 14 | 17 | 17 |
| 6 | Leeds | +2 | 60 | 62 | 62 |
| 7 | Wealden | +2 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| 8 | Mid Ulster | +2 | 19 | 21 | 21 |
| 9 | Cotswold | +2 | 17 | 19 | 19 |
| 10 | Stroud | +2 | 15 | 17 | 17 |
| 11 | Lichfield | +2 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Torbay | +2 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| 13 | County Durham | +1 | 58 | 59 | 59 |
| 14 | ONS area E06000064 | +1 | 40 | 41 | 41 |
| 15 | North Lanarkshire | +1 | 37 | 38 | 38 |
Net change in outlets for brands present in both releases, for local areas with at least 5 outlets in the sector. No brand in this sector is new to this release.
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 Petrol filling stations 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. 20 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 petrol filling stations store lists brand by brand or as a sector bundle.
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How many petrol filling stations outlets are there in the UK?
h3hex tracks 5,592 branded petrol filling stations outlets from 11 brands in the UK as at the November 2026 release. In the local-area tables, ONS area E06000065 has the most, with 81.
Which petrol filling stations brands are growing?
Between the previous release and the November 2026 release, the brands adding the most outlets were EG On The Move (+34), Jet (+9) and Maxol (+3).
Which petrol filling stations brands have the most UK outlets?
Esso (1,449), BP (1,163) and Shell (1,022), as at the November 2026 release.