BP Austria: Sales for € 1.3bn

CompaniesRetail & Consumer ♦ Published: March 29, 2011; 01:52 ♦ (Vindobona)

The British oil company increased its sales last year from € 1.05bn to € 1.3bn. The operating profit quadrupled.

BP Austria: Sales for € 1.3bn / Picture: © BP British Petroleum

BP Austria is mainly active through franchising activities on the Austrian gas station market. Despite a quantitative decrease in sales of 2.2m tons to 1.88m tons of fuel, sales rose from € 1.05bn to € 1.3bn (+24%). The operating profit rose from € 8m to € 33m. According to BP Austria investments for € 20m are planned this year.

However, more gas stations will have to…