Compare Small Business Fuel Cards in New Zealand at Canstar Blue. BP and Z Business were compared on Overall Satisfaction, Account Management, Customer Service, Fees & Charges, Fuel Discounts and Number of Petrol Stations.
See our Ratings Methodology.
The Z Business Fuel Card is rated the No.1 choice at the pump by NZ small businesses.
Our review compares small business fuel cards on customer satisfaction, so you can discover what other Kiwis think about our compared providers before you go ahead and use one to keep your small business on the road.
Canstar Blue surveyed 198 Kiwis who had used a fuel card for business purposes in the past 12 months and asked for their feedback on their provider.
Respondents rate their satisfaction with their small business fuel cards from zero to ten, where zero is extremely dissatisfied and ten is extremely satisfied. Brand satisfaction was rated by respondents on the following criteria:
The winning fuel card brand is the one that receives the highest Overall Satisfaction rating once all the scores from the Overall Satisfaction criteria are combined and averaged.
Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included, so not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The brands rated in this survey are listed below in order of best overall satisfaction.
Find more information on our Most Satisfied Customer methodology.
This is the third time that the Z Business Fuel Card has won our award, and it does so on the back of a perfect set of 5-Star ratings from its users across all our award categories.
Z Business fuel card offers:
Savings: At least a 9c per litre discount across all fuels.
Extensive network: Card can be used at over 550 sites, including Z, Caltex and Challenge stations.
Earn rewards: The Z Business fuel card offers 1 Airpoints Dollar per 100l.
Easy online account management: Detailed account history, odometer readings, direct feed into your Xero account, and manage cards and link them to personnel or vehicles.
Credit: Enjoy up to 40 days of free credit.
Last year’s award winner, the BP Fuel Card again is rated highly by its business users. It achieves top 5-Star ratings across half of our award categories – Account Management, Customer Service and Fuel Discounts – and great 4-Star ratings across the other three.
BP Fuel Card offers:
Savings: At least a 9c per litre discount across all fuels.
Extensive network: Card can be used at over 400 sites across the country (including GAS and RD Petroleum stations), plus 80 high-flow diesel sites.
Easy online account management: BP Fuelcard Online gives you complete control of your account, including setting purchasing limits, custom reporting and ordering new cards.
Credit: Enjoy up to 41 days of free credit.
Not all brands in the market qualify for our ratings (based on minimum survey sample size), but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth considering. Here’s another fuel card to check out before you make a choice for your small business.
CardSmart is a fuel payment card that is accepted by all the biggest fuel companies in NZ: BP, Caltex, Challenge, GAS, Gull, Mobil, Waitomo and Z Energy. It allows users to monitor and control fuel purchases, offers 51 days’ interest-free credit and is also accepted at some glass and tyre companies, including Pit Stop and Bridgestone.
MobilCard offers:
Extensive network: Can be used at over 330 sites across New Zealand.
Earn rewards: MobilCard offers in-store promotions.
Easy online account management: Detailed fuel management reports, and manage accounts in real time.
Credit: Enjoy up to 50 days of free credit.
Fuel prices are always a concern, and prices at the pump remain the biggest concern for those in our survey when it comes to rating their overall satisfaction with their choice of fuel card.
Fuel discounts are the No.1 factor for almost half (41%) of respondents, with Fees & Charges close behind, cited by a third (33%) of those in our survey.
Here’s the full rundown of what the small business owners in our survey say are the main things they consider when rating their choice of fuel cards:
About the author of this pageBruce Pitchers is Canstar NZ’s Content Manager. An experienced finance reporter, he has three decades’ experience as a journalist and has worked for major media companies in Australia, the UK and NZ, including ACP, Are Media, Bauer Media Group, Fairfax, Pacific Magazines, News Corp and TVNZ. As a freelancer, he has worked for The Australian Financial Review, the NZ Financial Markets Authority and major banks and investment companies on both sides of the Tasman.
In his role at Canstar, he has been a regular commentator in the NZ media, including on the Driven, Stuff and One Roof websites, the NZ Herald, Radio NZ, and Newstalk ZB.
Away from Canstar, Bruce creates puzzles for magazines and newspapers, including Woman’s Day and New Idea. He is also the co-author of the murder-mystery book 5 Minute Murder.
Canstar Blue surveyed 719 New Zealand consumers across a range of categories to measure and track customer satisfaction, via ISO 26362 accredited research panels managed by PureProfile. The outcomes reported are the results from customers who had used a fuel card for business purposes in the past 12 months. In this case, 198 New Zealanders.
Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included. Results are comparative and it should be noted that brands receiving three stars have still achieved a satisfaction measure of at least six out of 10. Not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The ratings table is first sorted by star ratings and then by mean overall satisfaction. A rated brand may receive a ‘N/A’ (Not Applicable) rating if it does not receive the minimum number of responses for that criterion.
The past winners from Canstar Blue’s Small Business Fuel Cards ratings:
Best-Rated Small Business Fuel Cards - September 3rd
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