[2] The Aral brand of petrol stations has presence in Germany and Luxembourg, but formerly used to be in most countries of Western and Central Europe.

The Aral brand was introduced in 1924 and is a portmanteau of the German words "Aromaten" and "Aliphaten", alluding to the aromatic and aliphatic components found in gasoline, respectively.

[5] In a customer study on the quality of offers and service in gas stations by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verbraucherstudien (DtGV, German Association for CStudies) in cooperation with N24, Aral finished third, behind Q1 and OIL!.

Aral AG is an official long-term recommended fuel of various Volkswagen Group marques (including Volkswagen, Audi, Lamborghini, SEAT and Škoda), Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Renault (including Alpine and Dacia) and Volvo for automobiles as well as MAN for trucks and buses in Germany.

Aral AG was an official long-term fuel retailer and convenience store for the touring car racing series Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters from 2005 until 2020[6]