Editing Filling station (section)

==Worldwide numbers==
*The UK has 8,385 filling stations {{As of|2019|df=|lc=|since=}},<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ukpia.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/ukpia-statistical-review-2018.pdf|title=UKPIA Statistical Review 2018|work=UKPIA|access-date=2019-03-09}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> down from about 18,000 in 1992<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukpia.com/industry_information/industry-overview.aspx|title=UKPIA – Refining Britain's Fuels – Industry Overview|access-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530235851/http://www.ukpia.com/industry_information/industry-overview.aspx|archive-date=30 May 2015}}</ref> and a peak of around 40,000 in the mid-1960s.
*The US had 114,474 stations in 2012, according to the US Census Bureau, down from 118,756 in 2007 and 121,446 in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|title=American FactFinder – Results|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213022442/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|archive-date=13 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2007_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|title=American FactFinder – Results|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213025647/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2007_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|archive-date=13 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2002_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|title=American FactFinder – Results|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213011645/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2002_US/44SSSZ1//naics~447|archive-date=13 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In Canada, the number is on the decline. As of December 2008, 12,684 were in operation, significantly down from about 20,000 stations recorded in 1989.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120722142320/http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/marketwire/article.jsp?content=20090507_083504_3_ccn_ccn Number of Gas Stations in Canada Continues to Decline | Markets | News Releases | CCN | Canadian Business Online]</ref>
*In Japan, the number dropped from a peak of 60,421 in 1994 to 40,357 at the end of 2009.<ref>[http://www.meti.go.jp/report/downloadfiles/11609b01_00j.pdf 2010 Report into Future Service Stations from METI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206204005/http://www.meti.go.jp/report/downloadfiles/11609b01_00j.pdf |date=2013-02-06 }}</ref>
*In Germany, the number dropped down to 14,300 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adac.de/infotestrat/tanken-kraftstoffe-und-antrieb/probleme-tankstelle/anzahl-tankstellen-markenverteilung/|title=Anzahl an Tankstellen und Markenverteilung|author=ADAC|access-date=10 June 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408062947/http://www.adac.de/infotestrat/tanken-kraftstoffe-und-antrieb/probleme-tankstelle/anzahl-tankstellen-markenverteilung/|archive-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>
*In China, according to different reports, the total number of gas/oil stations (at the end of 2018) is about 106,000.<ref>[https://www.qianzhan.com/analyst/detail/220/191115-10cfe5dd.html 2019年中国加油站行业竞争格局与发展趋势行业研究 两桶油各占半壁江山【组图】]</ref>
*India—60,799 (as of November 2017)
*Russia—there were about 25,000 stations in the Russian Federation (2011)
*In Argentina, as of 2021, there are more than 5,000 stations.

===The largest filling station networks in Europe (2017)===
*[[TotalEnergies]]—8,200 stations
*[[Shell plc|Shell]]—7,800 stations
*[[BP]]—7,000 stations
*[[ExxonMobil|Esso]]—6,100 stations
*[[Eni]]—5,500 stations
*[[Repsol]]—4,700 stations
*[[Kuwait Petroleum Corporation|Q8]]—4,600 stations
*Avia—3,000 stations
*[[PKN Orlen]]—2,800 stations
*[[Circle K]]—2,700 stations<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://nafta.wnp.pl/orlen-w-pierwszej-dziesiatce-w-europie,324509_1_0_0.html |title = Orlen w pierwszej dziesiątce w Europie}}</ref>