On the Record · Shell
Shell competitors, on the record
The companies Shell names as competitors in its annual reports, 2022 to 2025, and the companies that name Shell, each with the sentence and the filing.
Who Shell names
| Company | Named in |
|---|---|
| BP | 2023 |
| Chevron | 2023 |
| ExxonMobil | 2023 |
| TotalEnergies | 2023 |
In its own words
BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies
Word for word“The benchmarking comparator group for 2024 remains consistent with that used in prior years, and consists of other oil majors (BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies) and a selection of major Europe-based companies.” 20-F for 2023
Who names Shell
Companies whose own annual reports name Shell as a competitor.
Word for word“Typical competitors include Exxon-Mobil, Fuchs, Kluber, Shell and South Coast Products.” 10-K for 2026
Word for word“Butane, condensate, ethane, naphtha, natural gas, propane Chevron Phillips Chemical, ExxonMobil, INEOS, LyondellBasell, SABIC, Shell, Sinopec” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Chevron Phillips Chemical, ExxonMobil, INEOS, LyondellBasell, SABIC, Shell, Sinopec” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our Hawaii competitors include the Shell, Texaco, Costco, Safeway, and Sam’s Club national brands, regional brand Aloha, and other local retailers.” 10-K for 2025
Word for word“Our indirect competitors in the European market are British Petroleum, Cargill, Shell and Vitol.” 10-K for 2021
Word for word“With respect to our projects, our current and potential competitors include, but are not limited to, (1) national energy companies, such as QatarEnergy, (2) major multinational energy companies, including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total, (3) independent LNG producers, including Cheniere and Freeport LNG, (4) utility companies, such as Sempra, and (5) commodities marketing and trading firms, such as Glencore, Trafigura, and Vitol.” 10-K for 2025
Read from Shell’s annual reports (20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024, 20-F for 2023, 20-F for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-12. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.