Germany houses 14,453 petrol stations. The average annual number of filling stations has fluctuated with a general trend of decline. Figures peaked in 1970, when there were over 46,000 sites. Ever since, numbers have been decreasing, falling below 15,000 petrol stations from 2008 onwards.
Petrol stations in the European Union
Germany has the second highest number of petrol stations of any European country, second only to Italy, which has 21,700 sites. Germany is followed by Turkey, Spain and France. The UK’s petrol stations presented a similar trend to the one observed in Germany, with an overall reduction of nearly 5,000 sites from 2000 to 2022. In 2022, there were roughly 8,400 filling stations in the UK.
Global contrast
The experience of both the UK and Germany are in line with that of other parts of the world, with PEMEX gas stations in Mexico drastically declining after reaching a peak of 11.876 gas stations in 2016. The Mexican state-owned petroleum company recorded approximately seven thousand gas stations across the country in 2022, signifying a 66 percent decline compared to 2016.
Number of petrol stations in Germany from 1950 to 2022
Figures are valid for the beginning of each year indicated.
* Before 1956, motorway (Autobahn) petrol stations were not included.
The source "Tank & Rast" was founded in 1994. Its predecessors were the "Gesellschaft für Nebenbetriebe der Bundesautobahnen" and the "Ostdeutsche Autobahntankstellengesellschaft mbH".
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