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Summary of our market study
There are around 11,000 service stations in France
There are two main networks: oil groups and independents, known as traditional networks, and supermarket networks, which include hypermarkets and supermarkets and control over 63% of service stations.
New vehicle registrations in France are moving towards gasoline and alternative energy sources. Gasoline-powered vehicles account for 58% of new registrations, and hybrid and electric engines for 8%. Diesel vehicles now account for just 34% of new vehicle registrations.
Sales of road fuels in France are down slightly, with a sharp drop in diesel volumes.
North America is the largest market for petroleum products, followed by Europe. France is Europe's second-largest market,
Service stations are diversifying, offering electric charging stations, vehicle rental and retail offers.
The introduction of Directive (EU) 2020/262 has put in place a framework for excise duties on energy products, requiring compliance from operators within the French service station market.
Service station market players
Oil groups
- Total: Total is a giant in the oil industry, with a vast network of service stations worldwide.
- BP: British Petroleum, better known as BP.
- Exxon Mobil , a key player in the production and marketing of petroleum fuels.
- Shell
Independent refiners and distributors
- ineos : Independent refiners like Ineos bring a strategic advantage to the market, leveraging flexibility and specialized offerings.
- Pycoty, Dyneff, Thevenin: independent distributors
Supermarket giants
- Carrefour, Auchan, Casino: leaders in fuel distribution
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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition and scope of study
- Traditional networks: oil groups, independent distributors, independents outside the network.
- Supermarket networks: hypermarkets and supermarkets.
1.2 The global service station market
At the global level, the most developed market in **** will be North America, which will consume almost **% of petroleum products, compared with **% in Europe.
Breakdown of global demand for petroleum products World, ****, in Source: ****
In Europe, France is the second largest market for petroleum products (***). Total demand in the European Union ...
1.3 The French service station market
The total number of service stations in France is falling slightly. Over the period ****-****, the number of service stations in France fell by *.**%, as shown in the graph below. One of the explanations for this decline is the drop in demand for fuel by French motorists.
French service station fleet France, ...
1.4 The impact of Covid-19 on the service station market
The Covid-** pandemic has had a major impact on fuel demand. Demand has fallen considerably during the various confinements, particularly during the first, where demand is down by more than **% compared with ****.
Impact of Covid-** on demand for road fuels France, ****-****, in thousands of cubic meters Source: ****
2 Demand analysis
2.1 Fuel consumption in France
After years of increases, road fuel consumption saw a decline in ****, coinciding with the yellow vest crisis and higher taxation over the period. In addition, fuel consumption in **** plummeted by **%, due to the health crisis and the restrictions that followed. The various lockdowns, school closures and massive use of telecommuting all ...
2.2 Breakdown of fuel sales in France
In ****, total sales of road fuels in mainland France remained stable compared with ****, against a backdrop of equally stable prices. After four consecutive years of increases, they had fallen significantly in ****, due, on the one hand, to the consequences of the end-of-year "yellow vests" protests and, on the other, to rising ...
2.3 The transformation of the French car fleet
The French car fleet is one of the largest in Europe, with ** million vehicles, of which almost ** million are on the road. However, new registrations are quite low: only *.** million new cars were registered in **** and *.** million in ****. As can be seen from the following graph, although this figure has been ...
2.4 Traffic in mainland France
In ****, traffic on the road network in mainland France reached *** billion vehicle kilometers . This figure has been rising steadily since **** (***), although it has tended to stabilize since ****. Foreign vehicles account for almost *% of traffic. Focusing solely on the French-flagged car segment, it can be seen that diesel cars account for **.*% of ...
3 Market structure
3.1 Value chain
3.2 Market breakdown
Regarding market distribution, Total, Avia, and Shell account for more than half of all service stations on freeways and expressways (***). The distribution is pretty concentrated around the main players. Unfortunately, we have no more recent figures on this distribution.
Distribution of service stations on freeways and expressways France, ****, in Source: ****
The ...
3.3 Supermarkets at the heart of fuel distribution
There has been a decline in the market share of traditional networks to the benefit of supermarkets. Between **** and ****, the percentage of conventional networks fell by *.*% in France, as shown in the graph below. **** the breakdown will be **.*% GMS and **.*% traditional networks. Service station market share France, ****-****, in Source: ****
4 Offer analysis
4.1 Fuel supply typology
The range of fuels on offer is complex. Nevertheless, a European Commission decision in **** introduced harmonized trade names for the different types of fuel sold at service stations.
Diesel
There are three types of diesel fuel, commonly known as gasoline:
B*: standard diesel, the most widely used. B**: a new form ...
4.2 Trends in fuel prices at the pump
Evolution of fuel prices at the pump France, **** - ****, €/liter Source: ****
Pump prices (***) and distributor margins. It should be noted that taxes account for almost **% of the selling price of fuels. As can be seen from the following graph, TICPE alone accounts for **% of the pump price and VAT for *.*%.
We ...
4.3 Innovation at the heart of service station renewal
Faced with changing consumer habits (***) and the emergence of the electric car as a credible alternative, service stations are finding it necessary to flesh out their value proposition, which previously revolved solely around fuel. Today, it seems necessary for service stations to integrate charging stations for electric cars. The graph below ...
4.4 The range of services offered at service stations
In addition to fuel sales, which are the core value proposition of service stations, these establishments offer a wide range of complementary or ancillary services.
5 Regulations
5.1 A specific tax system for petroleum products
Directive (***). This directive recasts Directive ****/***/EC of December **, ****. It came partially into force on March **, ****, and will be fully implemented on February **, ****, when Directive ****/***/EC will be repealed. Directive ****/**/EC, which is specific to energy products, sets minimum levels of taxation and, under certain conditions, exemptions or differentiated taxation rates. In ...
5.2 The current regulatory framework
Heading **** of the classified facility nomenclature, created by decree no. ****-*** of April **, ****, classifies the facility's distribution activity according to the annual quantity and fuel type distributed. ICPE regulations apply from *** m* per year.
Facilities dispensing an annual fuel volume over *** m* of petrol or *** m* in total, but less than ...
6 Positioning the players
6.1 Market segmentation
- ENI Gaz & Power Groupe
- Agip France (ENI group)
- Total Energies
- Total special fluids
- Carrefour Groupe
- Shell
- Casino Groupe
- Exxonmobil Chemical France
- AVIA International
- BP Britisch Petroleum
- E.Leclerc Stations Service
- Dyneff
List of charts presented in this market study
- Consumption of road fuels
- Breakdown of world demand for petroleum products
- Number of service stations by country in Europe
- Breakdown of European demand for petroleum products
- French service stations
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Latest news
Casino CEO Philippe Palazzi takes over Monoprix and Naturalia - 24/09/2024
- Monoprix sales: 4.3 billion euros.
- Total number of Monoprix stores: 861, including 338 integrated.
- Total number of Naturalia stores: 232, including 170 integrated and 62 franchised.
- Share of Monoprix sales in the new Casino: 50% of the total (4.3 billion euros out of 9 billion euros at December 31, 2023).
Casino and Total Energies renew their contract for more than 1,000 service stations in France - 26/07/2024
- Renewal of the supply contract between Casino and TotalEnergies for more than 1,000 service stations in France.
- - Duration of partnership: 5 years, from October 1, 2024.
- - Casino present in nearly 140 Total service stations on freeways.
- - Carrefour plans to have 350 stations by 2024.
- - Leclerc has 23 freeway service areas.
- - Carrefour has won two tenders with Shell and TotalEnergies to supply 117 additional stores.
TotalEnergies and SSE to launch an electric vehicle charging company in the UK and Ireland - 16/07/2024
- - Joint venture name: Source
- - Joint venture partners: TotalEnergies (France) and SSE (Scottish & Southern Energy, UK)
- - Objective: To achieve a 20% share of the fast-charging market for electric vehicles in Great Britain and Ireland
- - Number of fast-charging stations to be deployed over the next ( years: 3,000 stations
- - 150-kilowatt (kW) DC-powered fast-charging stations
- - Full recharge time: Between 30 minutes and one hour
- - Cost of kiosk deployment: Approx. 300 million euros
- - renewable energy, supplied by TotalEnergies and SSE
Carrefour has switched to the more dynamic franchising model - 21/02/2024
- - Carrefour has passed the tipping point towards a model based increasingly on franchising.
- - By 2023, half of its sales in France will come from franchised or leased stores.
- - As part of this strategy, Carrefour has added 653 neighbourhood stores by the end of 2023.
- - In 2023, Carrefour recorded sales of €94.13 billion, up 10.4% on the previous year.
- - Carrefour-branded products now account for 36% of food sales, up from 33% in 2022.
- - Carrefour's e-commerce sales volume rose by 26% to 5.3 billion euros (+16% in France).
- - Carrefour plans to acquire 60 Cora hypermarkets and 115 Match supermarkets for a hefty billion euros in 2024.
With CPA, energy supplier Dyneff strengthens its presence in Northern France - 28/01/2024
- The petroleum products trader CPA, recently acquired by Dyneff, handles around 200,000 m3 of fuel oil, non-road diesel and gasoil every year.
- CPA has 5 employees and sales of 200 million euros.
- Dyneff operates 130 service stations in France and Spain, 22 of which are located along motorways and expressways.
- Dyneff has made 18 acquisitions in six years. Dyneff employs 840 people.
- Dyneff has achieved sales of 3.9 billion euros in 2022.
- Dyneff is 51% owned by the Singaporean fund AnAn International Limited and 49% by the Kazakh company KazMunayGas.
Service stations: TotalEnergies finalizes agreement with Couche-Tard for 3.4 billion euros - 04/01/2024
- Assets acquired by Couche-Tard: 100% of TotalEnergies service stations in Germany (1191 stations) and the Netherlands (378 stations).
- Joint venture in Belgium and Luxembourg: TotalEnergies (40%) and Couche-Tard (60%) to operate 606 service stations.
- Supply by TotalEnergies for at least five years.
- TotalEnergies has already sold its service station networks in Italy, Switzerland and the UK since 2015.
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