Guides & tools for fuel station owners
Practical, no-nonsense advice on stock control, daily operations and margins, plus free tools you can use today.
Guides
Written for owners and managers who want tighter numbers without more paperwork.
How to calculate fuel stock loss at your petrol station
A step-by-step guide to working out book stock, comparing it with tank dips and spotting fuel losses before they add up, with a worked example.
6 min readRead guide Stock control7 common causes of fuel loss at petrol pumps, and how to stop them
Evaporation, temperature, meter drift, short deliveries, dip errors, leaks and unrecorded sales: where fuel goes missing and the simple controls that catch it.
7 min readRead guide Daily operationsHow to keep a petrol pump daily sales register (with free template)
What to record at every shift, how to work out litres sold from meter readings, and how to reconcile cash, cards and credit. Includes a free Excel register.
6 min readRead guide Daily operationsTank dipping: how to take accurate dip readings
A practical routine for manual tank dips: when to dip, how to read the stick, checking for water and converting depth to litres with your calibration chart.
5 min readRead guide FinanceHow to work out your real fuel profit margin per litre
Why selling price minus today's purchase price is the wrong number, how weighted average cost works, and what a price change does to fuel already in your tanks.
6 min readRead guide Buyer's guidePetrol pump management software: what to look for
A buyer's checklist for fuel station software: readings, stock reconciliation, alerts, multi-station reporting, permissions, pricing and support.
6 min readRead guideRather have it done for you?
FuelBotics tracks readings, dips, stock loss and margins automatically. Try it free for 14 days.
