Shell reduces its global network after shedding 800 stores in 2025
Published on: Mar 16, 2026
Moves align with a multiyear plan to streamline the company’s global retail network.
Shell closed or sold about 800 underperforming branded retail sites in 2025, according to its latest annual report. The move forms part of the company’s strategy to strengthen financial performance and increase normalized free cash flow per share by more than 10% annually through 2030.
The divestments follow a plan Shell announced two years ago to sell around 1,000 convenience retail sites worldwide by 2026. At the time, the company did not specify which markets would be affected or whether the sales would occur gradually or in larger batches.
Among the sites divested in 2025 were 200 locations sold in Indonesia and 217 in Mexico. The company did not disclose the locations of the remaining 383 sites, though it confirmed they were not in the United States.
At the close of 2025, Shell directly operated roughly 13,000 convenience stores globally, alongside more than 42,700 branded retail sites. In the United States, the company maintains about 12,000 branded fuel locations and nearly 200 company‑owned sites in Texas.
