Fuel Finder

Powering Real-Time Fuel Price
Transparency Across the UK 
Fuel Finder is a statutory, nationwide digital service designed to transform how fuel prices are reported, shared, and consumed across the UK.
Built to operate at population scale, Fuel Finder enables near real-time fuel price transparency for consumers while providing regulators and innovators with a trusted, authoritative data foundation.
Designed and delivered by VE3, Fuel Finder translates complex policy and legislation into a resilient, inclusive digital service that works for every petrol filling station - from single-site independents in remote locations to enterprise-scale retail networks. 

Stat Tiles

~8,300 petrol filling stations
~8,300 petrol filling stations
~8,300 petrol filling stations
~8,300 petrol filling stations

The Fuel Finder Solution 

A statutory open data service, built for scale Fuel Finder was created as a mandatory open data scheme to address fuel price transparency across the entire UK market.

Governance

Technically Seamless
Operationally Smooth
Strategically Aligned

Why choose MatchX

Mandatory participation, not voluntary
Near real-time data, not daily snapshots
Open and free access for third parties
Built-in compliance and auditability

The Fuel Finder Does

Fuel Finder is not a consumer-facing app. It is a national digital infrastructure service that underpins an entire ecosystem of users and use cases. 

How Fuel Finder Works

From forecourt to open data
01. Registration and Verification

Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations - something that did not previously exist in the UK. 

02. Report price changes

Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations - something that did not previously exist in the UK. 

03. Data Processing and Validation

Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations - something that did not previously exist in the UK. 

01. Publish as open data

Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations - something that did not previously exist in the UK. 

01. Monitoring and Compliance

Every petrol filling station registers once with the Fuel Finder service. Registration captures statutory business and site information and verifies that submissions are made by authorised individuals. This creates a validated national register of petrol filling stations - something that did not previously exist in the UK. 

Outcomes and Impact 

Fuel Finder establishes a new standard for fuel price transparency in the UK.
Enables meaningful consumer choice at the pump 
Strengthens competition across local and national markets
Provides regulators with actionable market intelligence
Creates a trusted data foundation for innovation 
Delivers long-term economic benefit to the public
Fuel Finder establishes a new standard for fuel price transparency in the UK.

Designed for a Complex Ecosystem

01. Motor Fuel Traders 
02. Delegated Reporters & EPOS Providers 
03. Regulators (DESNZ & CMA) 
04. Third-Party Innovators 
05. Motorists 
Independents to enterprise chains
Low-friction reporting aligned to real workflows
Clear regulatory guidance and support
Powered by optimized PySpark pipelines, MatchX supports large-scale ingestion through batch and real-time processing. Faster uploads, optimized long-running jobs, and enterprise scalability ensure seamless handling of high-volume datasets. 
Powered by optimized PySpark pipelines, MatchX supports large-scale ingestion through batch and real-time processing. Faster uploads, optimized long-running jobs, and enterprise scalability ensure seamless handling of high-volume datasets. 
Powered by optimized PySpark pipelines, MatchX supports large-scale ingestion through batch and real-time processing. Faster uploads, optimized long-running jobs, and enterprise scalability ensure seamless handling of high-volume datasets. 
Powered by optimized PySpark pipelines, MatchX supports large-scale ingestion through batch and real-time processing. Faster uploads, optimized long-running jobs, and enterprise scalability ensure seamless handling of high-volume datasets. 

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