This statistic shows the share of consumers in Great Britain who switched their electricity supplier from 2009 to 2019. The share of those who changed their electricity supplier dropped notably in 2015 to 4 percent. In 2019 however, the share of those who switched increased again to 24 percent.
In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier?
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Ofgem. (February 2, 2020). In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. "In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier?." Chart. February 2, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. (2020). In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem. "In The Last 12 Months, Have You Switched Your Electricity Supplier?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/
Ofgem, In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/ (last visited December 04, 2023)
In the last 12 months, have you switched your electricity supplier? [Graph], Ofgem, February 2, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/312288/share-of-consumers-switching-electricity-suppliers-in-great-britain/