Independent dashboard analyzing UK Fuel Finder scheme data: live averages, motorway premiums, supermarket discounts, and brand comparisons across 7,700 stations.
Key Takeaways
Built on legally mandated price reporting under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, enforced by the CMA; stations must report changes within 30 minutes.
Scrapes the Fuel Finder API every 10 minutes and stores every price change, accumulating 90k records since January.
Data is Open Government Licence v3.0; the developer does not editorially adjust any prices.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters drew direct comparisons to Germany’s Bundeskartellamt mandatory reporting system and Quebec’s 5-minute reporting requirement, both of which have public-facing maps but limited free data streams.
US commenters flagged GasBuddy as the only American equivalent, a crowdsourced best-effort system with stale-data problems that make it structurally weaker than a mandated feed.
Several builders proposed enrichment layers: combining station data with local population density, drive-time catchment areas, and road segment car counts to surface pricing power patterns.
Notable Comments
@theazureguy: Builder explains the core motivation: existing apps show cheap nearby options but none analyze station pricing behavior over time.
@appreciatorBus: Ten years of personal purchase data aligned with spot market graphs suggests retail margins are thin and station profits may be overstated.
