Datamonitor's Service Stations in the United States 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 industry 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.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

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

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 8
1.1 Market Definition 8
1.2 Research Highlights 8
1.3 Market Analysis 9
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 10
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 13
5.1 Buyer Power 13
5.2 Supplier Power 14
5.3 New Entrants 15
5.4 Substitutes 16
5.5 Rivalry 17
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 18
6.1 ExxonMobil Corporation 18
6.2 Chevron Corporation 21
6.3 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 24
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 28
7.1 Market Value Forecast 28
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 29
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 30
9.1 Methodology 30
9.2 Industry Associations 31
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 31

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Service Stations Industry Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 10
Table 2: United States Service Stations Industry Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 3: United States Service Stations Industry Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 12
Table 4: The Impact of Buyer Power on The United States Service Stations Industry, 2006 13
Table 5: The Impact of Supplier Power on The United States Service Stations Industry, 2006 14
Table 6: The Impact of New Entrants on The United States Service Stations Industry, 2006 15
Table 7: The Impact of Substitutes on The United States Service Stations Industry,2006 16
Table 8: The Impact of Rivalry on The United States Service Stations Industry, 2006 17
Table 9: Key Facts: Exxon Mobil Corporationn 18
Table 10: Key Financials: Exxon Mobil Corporationn 20
Table 11: Revenues & Profitability: Exxon Mobil Corporationn 20
Table 12: Key Facts: Chevron Corporation 21
Table 13: Key Financials: Chevron Corporation 23
Table 14: Revenues & Profitability: Chevron Corporation 23
Table 15: Key Facts: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 24
Table 16: Key Financials: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 27
Table 17: Revenues & Profitability: Royal Dutch Shell PLC 27
Table 18: United States Service Stations Industry Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 28
Table 19: United States Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 29
Table 20: United States GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 29
Table 21: United States Inflation, 2002-2006 29