The new standard for trusted data in an era of EV growth and tighter margins
From a single global identity for its heritage brands to EV infrastructure data and bias-free site planning, Dow Jones Energy is building a trusted one-stop source for fuel and convenience retailers.
MobilityPlaza sat down with four members of the Dow Jones Energy team at the 2026 NACS Show in Las Vegas to discuss the company’s new global business identity and the data and tools it is bringing to fuel retailers.
The new identity gathers the group’s specialist brands under one roof: OPIS, Axxis, Eco-Movement and A2i in the fuel space, alongside Chemical Market Analytics and McCloskey more broadly. “Each of these businesses have earned trust through operating in this space for decades,” said Bryan Schutt, Senior Vice President, Head of Strategy and Operations.
E-mobility is a growing part of that offer. Dow Jones Energy has sold data to the automotive industry for years, but Jean Cherbonnier, Regional Director, sees demand accelerating among fuel retailers since the acquisition of Netherlands-based Eco-Movement a year ago. Retailers now use its global EV infrastructure data to benchmark the market, plan investments and compare charging prices. Europe is growing fast, with electric cars passing a quarter of the market, while US growth slowed after federal tax credits ended. Yet the US installed base keeps expanding, and more retailers want chargers on their own forecourts. “With EV, they can attract people who want to recharge and can spend easily 20 minutes on their premises,” Cherbonnier said, time that often ends with a visit to the c-store.
On the fuel side, pressure on volumes and margins makes reliable data a daily necessity. “You have to thread that needle every single day with all of your products at all of your stations,” said Brent Eubanks, Senior Software Sales Executive. He noted that this year’s volatility has been driven by wars rather than hurricanes, forcing retailers to adapt over a longer period, while Dow Jones Energy’s benchmarks help them measure how they are performing.
For site investment, the company offers LocationPro, a software platform that models what makes a location successful. Its main use case is guiding retailers on where to build new sites, a major investment that is costly to get wrong, but it also suggests improvements for every existing location. Ian Thompson, Executive Director, said the tool counters the gut feel and confirmation bias that often shape these decisions. “What LocationPro does is take away all of that emotion, all of that bias, and present the user with another lens through which to make the decision,” he said. The final call, he added, always stays with the user.
By pairing a unified brand with worldwide EV infrastructure data and analytics for every site decision, Dow Jones Energy aims to be the one trusted partner retailers turn to as they navigate thinner margins and a mixed energy future.
