{"id":334757,"date":"2019-08-16T15:20:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=334757"},"modified":"2019-08-16T15:20:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T13:20:42","slug":"the-biggest-petrol-stations-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/334757\/the-biggest-petrol-stations-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"The biggest petrol stations in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data analytics group Lightstone has published a new report showing which petrol station brands have the largest presence in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The report is based on data from Trackers installed in half a million vehicles, providing insights on the movements and choices of South African motorists.<\/p>\n

Lightstone has also captured locations of most of the services station landscape, around 4,027 service stations, which highlights that the South African service station landscape is dominated (93% of all outlets) by six brands.<\/p>\n

The data shows that Engen has the largest network in the country with just under a thousand stations across South Africa.\u00a0 It is followed by Caltex (683 stations) and Shell (637) stations.<\/p>\n

Lesser-known brands that still have a relatively larger national footprint include Puma with 114 outlets, Exel with 59 outlets and Ener-Gi with a network of 25 service stations across the country.<\/p>\n

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Lightstone found that although roughly half of the service stations are in non-metro areas, only 38% of the vehicles (aged between 0 & 15 years) \u2018live\u2019 in non-metro areas.<\/p>\n

“This is likely to be because the role of service stations in non-metro areas is two-fold: partly to service the non-metro based cars, but they also need to be able to service the large bulk of metro based cars as they travel through non-metro areas during long-distance travel.” said Linda Reid, head of commercial property at Lightstone.<\/p>\n

“Interestingly, this relationship doesn\u2019t hold true for township areas,” she said.<\/p>\n

“Overall, around 12% of the cars on the road (between 0 & 15 years old) are found in township areas, and the ratio of service stations to vehicles is equal in both non-metro and metro township areas.”<\/p>\n

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Read: Here is the expected petrol price for September<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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