Average petrol recommended price reaches new record
UnitedConsumers records a national average recommended price of 2.729 euros per litre for Euro95.
The national average recommended price for petrol reached a new record on Saturday. According to UnitedConsumers, a litre of Euro95 cost an average of 2.729 euros; this is a recommended price and not the same as the weighted average pump price recorded by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
UnitedConsumers reported a national average recommended price of 2.729 euros per litre of Euro95 for Saturday 26 September. The consumer platform tracks the recommended prices of major oil companies daily. The series has consequently reached its highest value to date.
The price is a national guide price. Individual filling stations may deviate from it, partly because of their location, competition and margin. Prices along motorways are generally higher than at many unmanned or urban filling stations. For motorists, the difference per fill-up can therefore be considerable.
The figures cannot be compared directly with the CBS series. On 24 September, CBS published a weighted average pump price of 2.449 euros per litre for 21 September. That series contains actual pump prices including VAT and fuel duty, and lags several days behind current recommended prices.
The rise comes at a time when oil prices are moving sharply because of tensions surrounding the Middle East and the Strait of Hormuz. The available sources therefore establish only a temporal connection, but do not prove exactly what share of the daily petrol price is caused by geopolitical events, refining costs, exchange rates or taxes.
Taxes form a fixed part of the pump price. The ANWB points out that fuel duty and VAT determine a large part of the price per litre and advocates different treatment of fuel duty. This is the motorists' association's position, not an independent estimate of future price developments.
For consumers, the record mainly means that comparing prices pays off, but not that every motorist pays 2.729 euros per litre. Price developments can also turn quickly when oil prices or supply conditions change. A new record in a national recommended price therefore says something about pressure on the market, but not automatically about the exact bill at every pump.
One story, several perspectives
What is established
- The national average recommended price for Euro95 reached 2.729 euros per litre.
- CBS and UnitedConsumers use different series with different measurement methods.
- Fuel duty and VAT form a fixed part of the final pump price.
Left
Arguments High fuel prices hit people who depend on their cars for work or care relatively hard. The government should support affordability, for example through targeted policies for people on low incomes and investment in public transport.
Values Social justice, accessibility and protecting households with few alternatives.
Consequences Less emphasis on general fuel-duty cuts and more on targeted compensation and affordable mobility.
Centre
Arguments The price must leave room for accessibility as well as the energy transition. Temporary relief may be defensible in the event of extreme shocks, but structural policy must remain predictable.
Values Fiscal discipline, practicability and gradual change.
Consequences Targeted temporary measures alongside investment in public transport, efficiency and alternative propulsion.
Right
Arguments The government should not place an additional burden on motorists when fuel is already expensive. Lower fuel duty strengthens spending power and limits costs for transport and businesses.
Values Affordability, enterprise and individual freedom of choice.
Consequences Reducing fuel duty or scrapping indexation, even if that results in lower tax revenues.
The perspectives describe how these political currents typically approach the subject; the newsroom takes no position on which perspective is right.
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The record amount and date were confirmed by UnitedConsumers. The text makes clear that this concerns a recommended price, not the CBS pump price or every local filling-station price.
- confirmed The national average recommended price for Euro95 was 2.729 euros per litre on 26 September 2026. — UnitedConsumers lists this as the current record. source
- confirmed CBS published a weighted average pump price of 2.449 euros for 21 September 2026. — The CBS table gives this figure and measurement method. source
- uncertain The record price is caused by tensions surrounding the Middle East. — Sources establish a connection but do not provide a complete breakdown of the price factors. source
1 correction(s) applied
- Was: The fuel price reaches its highest level ever in the Netherlands.Now: The national average recommended price for petrol reaches a new record. (The original report was too general: the record applies to a specific recommended price, not to every pump price.)
Editor's note
The record concerns UnitedConsumers' national average recommended price, not the current price at every filling station. The CBS pump price lags behind and uses a different measurement method.Sources
- Brandstofprijs historie — UnitedConsumers
- Pompprijzen motorbrandstoffen; brandstofsoort, per dag — CBS
- Brandstofprijzen — ANWB
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