This statistic shows how consumers found out about deals offered by other suppliers when switching gas suppliers in Great Britain in 2018. Of those surveyed, 54 percent found out through a online price comparison service, four percent directly through a supplier representative who knocked at their door.
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Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to?
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* Base of the survey included all those with mains gas, and who have switched supplier, changed tariff with an existing supplier, compared tariff with other suppliers or compared tariff with existing supplier in past 12 months.
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Ofgem, & GfK. (October 11, 2018). Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, und GfK. "Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to?." Chart. October 11, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, GfK. (2018). Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem, and GfK. "Thinking about The Last Time You Switched Your Gas Supplier, How Did You Find out about The Deals Offered by The Supplier You Switched To?." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/
Ofgem & GfK, Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/ (last visited July 04, 2025)
Thinking about the last time you switched your gas supplier, how did you find out about the deals offered by the supplier you switched to? [Graph], Ofgem, & GfK, October 11, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/315578/information-about-switching-gas-suppliers-in-great-britain-uk/
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