Datamonitor's Service Stations in the United Kingdom industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the service stations industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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* Inform your business decisions

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* Save time carrying out entry-level research

Market Definition

The service stations market is comprised of fuel retailing, forecourt shop sales and car wash revenues, but excludes food service and other non-fuel sales outside the shop and car wash. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Buyer Power 12
5.2 Supplier Power 13
5.3 New Entrants 14
5.4 Substitutes 15
5.5 Rivalry 16
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 17
6.1 BP Plc 17
6.2 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 20
6.3 TOTAL S.A. 24
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 27
7.1 Market Value Forecast 27
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 28
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 30
9.1 Methodology 30
9.2 Related Datamonitor Research 31

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United Kingdom Service Stations Industry Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: United Kingdom Service Stations Industry Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 10
Table 3: United Kingdom Service Stations Industry Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: The Impact of Buyer Power on the United Kingdom Service Stations Industry, 2006 12
Table 5: The Impact of Supplier Power on the United Kingdom Service Stations Industry, 2006 13
Table 6: The Impact of New Entrants on the United Kingdom Service Stations Industry, 2006 14
Table 7: The Impact of Substitutes on the United Kingdom Service Stations Industry,2006 15
Table 8: The Impact of Rivalry on the United Kingdom Service Stations Industry, 2006 16
Table 9: Key Facts: BP Plc 17
Table 10: Key Financials: BP Plc 19
Table 11: Key Facts: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 20
Table 12: Key Financials: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 23
Table 13: Revenues & Profitability: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 23
Table 14: Key Facts: TOTAL S.A 24
Table 15: Key Financials: TOTAL S.A 26
Table 16: United Kingdom Service Stations Industry Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 27
Table 17: United Kingdom Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 28
Table 18: United Kingdom GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 28
Table 19: United Kingdom Inflation, 2002-2006 28
Table 20: United Kingdom Exchange Rate, 2002-2006 29