In 2022, approximately 1,500 thousand electricity or gas customers switched suppliers in Great Britain. Over the past years, there was a similar pattern for both electricity and gas switches in the country, with electricity switches always higher than gas switches. There was a steady decline for both gas and electricity switches from 2008 to 2012, with both making a recovery from 2014 onwards. Since 2020, the number of people switching electricity or gas supplier has started to decline.
Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022
(in 1,000s)
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (December 21, 2023). Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. December 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2023). Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "Number of Electricity and Gas Customers Switching Energy Suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of electricity and gas customers switching energy suppliers in Great Britain from 2007 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, December 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/819588/annual-electricity-and-gas-customers-switching-suppliers-great-britain-gb/
