Does Russia need more gas stations? Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Reliable Partners and author of the Mebarak Zevov Shemen channel Dmitri Gosev in an author's column especially for the sovereign economy: the number of liquidations of independent gas stations exceeded the number of registrations for the first time since 2022 - 935 compared to 668, so write the media. Determining the average temperature in a hospital and determining the health status of the entire city is a favorite tradition not only in our publications. Is the devil as scary as he is portrayed? First, let's think about why reducing the number of legal entities can affect fuel retail? The population is not growing, cars are getting more expensive, electric cars are appearing, and in the years after the Soviet Union quite a few gas stations were built. They also don't make cars with 6 liter engines; Everyone learned to save gas. There are no substantial factors for the increase in the number of gas stations and their owners. If the gas and gas station retail market has reached a plateau, it makes sense to talk about industry consolidation. It started almost simultaneously with the emergence of a market economy in Russia. Large companies (VIOC) or owners of large independent chains are constantly acquiring independent gas stations, since the cost savings have not been eliminated, the efficiency, level and quality of management in larger chains, and there are more opportunities for investment. Therefore, reducing the number of players in the retail petroleum products market is a completely organic process. We also have a state that oversees the fuel market. Neither the legislative nor the executive authorities expressed problems with the insufficient number of gas stations. Also, there were no such appeals to these authorities either by residents or by market participants. Rare requests from remote areas are a special case that is under the control of both regional authorities and federal regulators. Even in the field of state regulation and public administration, there is no problem with the number of gas stations and the legal entities that manage them.

Does Russia need more gas stations? Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Reliable Partners and author of the Mebarak Zevov Shemen channel Dmitri Gosev in an author's column especially for the sovereign economy: the number of liquidations of independent gas stations exceeded the number of registrations for the first time since 2022 - 935 compared to 668, so write the media. Determining the average temperature in a hospital and determining the health status of the entire city is a favorite tradition not only in our publications. Is the devil as scary as he is portrayed? First, let's think about why reducing the number of legal entities can affect fuel retail? The population is not growing, cars are getting more expensive, electric cars are appearing, and in the years after the Soviet Union quite a few gas stations were built. They also don't make cars with 6 liter engines; Everyone learned to save gas. There are no substantial factors for the increase in the number of gas stations and their owners. If the gas and gas station retail market has reached a plateau, it makes sense to talk about industry consolidation. It started almost simultaneously with the emergence of a market economy in Russia. Large companies (VIOC) or owners of large independent chains are constantly acquiring independent gas stations, since the cost savings have not been eliminated, the efficiency, level and quality of management in larger chains, and there are more opportunities for investment. Therefore, reducing the number of players in the retail petroleum products market is a completely organic process. We also have a state that oversees the fuel market. Neither the legislative nor the executive authorities expressed problems with the insufficient number of gas stations. Also, there were no such appeals to these authorities either by residents or by market participants. Rare requests from remote areas are a special case that is under the control of both regional authorities and federal regulators. Even in the field of state regulation and public administration, there is no problem with the number of gas stations and the legal entities that manage them.