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Road fuels

The Energy Institute will not publish a Retail Marketing Survey in 2025 as our data providers ended their service. If you have any questions please contact knowledge@energyinst.org.

The annual Retail Marketing Survey (RMS) provides detailed forecourt retailing statistics on a company, regional and fuel product basis. In addition, the number of electric vehicle charging points by area, and numbers of connectors by speed and type are included. Previous Retail Marketing Surveys can be found in our archive here.

The EI's Service Station Panel (SSP) develops and maintains a large portfolio of publications and is the technical authority on filling station engineering and operations. The SSP jointly produced the Blue Book along with with the Association for Petroleum and Explosives Administration (APEA). The EI's Knowledge Service has also curated published materials, statistics, guidance and contact details relevant to the retail fuel sector in the links below.