Who owns Aral?
Aral is owned by bp (the United Kingdom, NYSE: BP).[1]
Evidence: BP p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-06, SEC EDGAR, 6 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BP p.l.c. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Fuel stations
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Aral
Aral is a retail brand of bp named in its 2025 Form 20-F. The report says Aral pulse was named Germany's best charge point operator for the third consecutive year.
What bp's annual report says about Aral
Sentences about Aral from bp's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Aral pulse was named Germany's best charge point operator for the third consecutive year and in the UK bp pulse advanced its network reset programme and extended its long-standing partnership with Transport for London through 2029.
How often bp names Aral in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Aral
Where Aral sits in bp
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by bp
bp controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in fuel stations, and who owns them
bp has more brands in fuel stations on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 48.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Casey's | Casey's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ampol | Ampol | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Caltex | Chevron | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Circle K | Couche-Tard | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Esso | ExxonMobil | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AVIN | Motor Oil Hellas | 🇬🇷 Greece |
| Murphy USA | Murphy USA | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Liberty Convenience | Viva Energy | 🇦🇺 Australia |
About the owner: bp
bp is a publicly listed company headquartered in United Kingdom. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BP.
BP p.l.c. is the integrated oil and gas group whose 2025 Form 20-F reports 21,050 bp-branded retail sites at the end of 2025 (US 8,750, Europe 7,150, rest of world 5,150). The filing says its retail sites are primarily branded BP, Arco, Amoco, Aral, Thorntons and TravelCenters of America, and also include sites in India through the Jio-bp joint venture. It records the December 2025 agreement to sell 65 per cent of Castrol to Stonepeak.
🇩🇪 Aral and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 243 brands that began in Germany. 90 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Aral among them.
- ADS-TEC Energy — ADS-TEC Energy 🇮🇪
- BENTEC — Helmerich & Payne 🇺🇸
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- AEG — Electrolux 🇸🇪
- ALCINA — Dr. Wolff Group 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Aral?
The parent company of Aral is bp, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Aral German or British?
Aral originated in Germany, but it is owned today by bp, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Aral is a German-origin brand under British ownership.
Is Aral still owned by bp?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Aral is still owned by bp. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] BP p.l.c. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-03-06 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 6 March 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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