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Ohio propane, address by address

Start with the real locations. Below is a directory of Ohio propane retail sites pulled from the state Department of Taxation dealer list, each with a street address and licence number. Then the parts that actually change your bill: how Ohio LP-gas oversight really works, when to pre-buy, HEAP and Winter Crisis help, and why Ohio sits near the national average at $2.69 a gallon despite Utica and Marcellus supply on its doorstep.

Latest EIA residential propane price

Source: EIA Ohio residential propane price survey. Current data is the final release of the 2025/26 heating season (week ending 30 March 2026). EIA pauses weekly publication April-September; next release expected October 2026. Refreshed 8 September 2026.

Ohio at a glance
Verified dealer locations64
2026 residential average$2.69/gal
vs US average1% above
500-gal fill (400 usable)$1078
Verified from the state retail record

64 verified Ohio propane dealer locations

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Sourced from the Ohio Department of Taxation Active Motor Fuel Retail Dealers list, filtered to propane and LP-gas brands, captured 6 September 2026. Ohio does not publish a per-dealer propane licence registry, so this tax-registration record is the authoritative source of who is operating where. Each row carries a real street address and state licence number. It is a registration snapshot, not a safety licence or an endorsement.

#DealerCityAddressOH licence #
1Amerigas Propane L POH TAXAkron2400 S MAIN ST, AKRON, OH 44319-113581007059
2Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXAlliance13981 ATWATER AVE NE, ALLIANCE, OH 44601-960681012029
3Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXBarnesville108 W MAIN ST, BARNESVILLE, OH 43713-106681012030
4Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXBelpreRT. 7, BELPRE, OH 4571481012031
5Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXBowling Green546 SAND RIDGE RD FL 6, BOWLING GREEN, OH 43402-442281006692
6Amerigas Propane L POH TAXBridgeport54530 NATIONAL RD, BRIDGEPORT, OH 43912-871081007050
7Current Propane Solutions LLCOH TAXBryan8035 ST RT 15, BRYAN, OH 4350681010954
8Amerigas Propane L POH TAXCambridge8320 GEORGETOWN RD, CAMBRIDGE, OH 43725-970681007060
9Amerigas Propane L POH TAXCanton2619 WAYNESBURG RD., CANTON, OH 4470181007051
10Amerigas Propane L POH TAXChillicothe1788 N BRIDGE ST, CHILLICOTHE, OH 45601-410781013390
11Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXChillicothe1542 N BRIDGE ST, CHILLICOTHE, OH 45601-410481012032
12The Gas House-Propane, Inc.OH TAXCleveland3804 SAINT CLAIR AVE NE, CLEVELAND, OH 44114-410881010189
13Stellar Propane Service Corp.OH TAXColumbus2759 MCKINLEY AVE FL 4, COLUMBUS, OH 43204-364881006696
14Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXConvoy5068 STATE RD. 49, CONVOY, OH 45832-882481012028
15Amerigas Propane L POH TAXCortland2449 ST. RT. 5 N.E., CORTLAND, OH 4441081007052
16Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXDefiance2111 BALTIMORE ST FL 6, DEFIANCE, OH 43512-193181006686
17Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXDeshler929 W MAIN ST FL 6, DESHLER, OH 43516-104881006685
18Suburban Propane, LP.OH TAXEnon2929 ENON RD, ENON, OH 45323-100881007021
19Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXFairfield8671 GILMORE RD, FAIRFIELD, OH 4501881006675
20Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXFt RecoveryST RT 49, FT RECOVERY, OH 4586181006691
21Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXGallipolis8255 ST. RT. 588, GALLIPOLIS, OH 4563181012038
22Suburban Propane, LP.OH TAXGoshenST. RT. 28 & COZADDALE RD., GOSHEN, OH 4512281007018
23Amerigas Propane L POH TAXGrafton1143 ELM ST, GRAFTON, OH 44044-130081007053
24Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXGreenfieldRT. 41 N., GREENFIELD, OH 4512381012039
25Suburban Propane, LP.OH TAXGreenville1324 CELINA RD., GREENVILLE, OH 4533181007020
26Suburban Propane, LP.OH TAXGrove City4371 BROADWAY, GROVE CITY, OH 43123-301781007019
27Suburban Propane, LP.OH TAXHarrison10112 HARRISON RD., HARRISON, OH 4505081007017
28Ferrellgas, LP.OH TAXHebron451 NATIONAL RD SE, HEBRON, OH 43025-957881012040
29Star Gas Propane LPOH TAXHebron3216 NATIONAL RD SW FL 6, HEBRON, OH 43025-963781006689
30J P Propane Gas Service Inc.OH TAXHuntsburg12405 MADISON RD., HUNTSBURG, OH 4404681010258

The table shows 30 of the 64 registered propane retail locations, sorted by city so you can scan to your area. Because Ohio has no propane-dealer licence to rank on, this is a plain registration record rather than a best-of list, and the same national brands appear at many branch addresses alongside independents like Collett, Linden's, and The Gas House. Browse the complete Ohio directory or enter your ZIP to see the closest dealers. Being listed is a tax registration, not a quality signal, so still confirm insurance and get three written quotes. For a view based on customer reviews instead, see the shortlist next.

Rated by customers, not the registry

Well-reviewed independent Ohio propane dealers by region

The state list above is complete but unranked. This is the other half: independent dealers with strong public review scores, one for each region we could confirm. Ratings were read from public Birdeye and Google listings in August 2026 and move over time. We could not find an independent we would stand behind in Columbus/central or Appalachian south-east Ohio, so buyers there should quote local independents from the registry above. A high rating is a starting point, not a guarantee, so still get three written quotes before you sign.

North-central Ohio / Lorain County

Linden's Propane

Lagrange, Ohio
4.6
361 reviews on Birdeye

Family-owned since 1958, delivering to homes, farms, and businesses across north-central Ohio. The largest verified review base of any Ohio independent we found.

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Northeast Ohio / Cleveland metro

The Gas House Propane

Cleveland, Ohio
4.7
54 reviews on Birdeye

Long-running Cleveland propane and hearth supplier serving Cuyahoga County and the eastern suburbs, repeatedly cited for service and fair pricing.

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Southwest Ohio / Dayton region

Collett Propane

Xenia, Ohio
4.6
52 reviews on Birdeye

Family-owned and operating since 1952, with residential and commercial delivery, tank sizing, and cylinder fills across southwest Ohio. BBB accredited.

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Northwest Ohio / Toledo region

Propane, Inc.

North Baltimore, Ohio
4.9
9 reviews on Birdeye

Independent serving northwest Ohio for more than 30 years. A small review base, but every rating on it is strong.

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Star ratings and review counts were read from Birdeye and Google listings in August 2026 and are rounded. We do not accept payment for placement in this list. Inclusion here is not a safety credential; Ohio does not licence propane dealers, so confirm insurance and CETP-trained technicians directly.

Buying propane well in Ohio: four moves that change the bill

A good dealer list is step one. The gap between a careless fill and a well-run propane account in Ohio is usually a few hundred dollars a winter, and more if you sit in the Appalachian rural premium band. Here is where that money is won.

01

Vet the dealer without a licence lookup

Ohio has no propane-dealer licence and no per-dealer registry to search, so vet a supplier another way. Confirm they carry commercial liability insurance, ask whether their technicians hold CETP credentials through the Ohio Propane Gas Association, and read independent reviews. Safety is enforced through the Ohio Fire Code (OAC 1301:7-7-61, NFPA 58) by the State Fire Marshal and local officials.

02

Lock summer, not autumn

Wholesale bottoms in summer when heating demand is near zero. Most Ohio suppliers run pre-buy enrollment from May through August. A 900-gallon household that locks even $0.15/gal cheaper banks well over $100 before the October-to-April season. Ask for a cap-price contract (you keep the savings if winter wholesale falls) rather than a strict pre-buy, and ask whether unused pre-paid gallons roll forward. For farm corn-drying gallons, lock by July.

03

Quote all three supplier tiers

Ohio has a real three-tier market: national carriers (AmeriGas, Ferrellgas, Suburban, Star Gas all appear in the list above), regional operators, and county-level independents like Collett, Linden's, and Propane Inc. In rural Appalachian and northwest Ohio the spread between the cheapest local and the priciest national quote can reach $0.30 to $0.50/gal, so pull one written quote from each tier. If you own your tank, say so up front: it removes the switching penalty that leased-tank customers face.

04

Claim HEAP if you qualify

Ohio HEAP pays a once-yearly benefit straight to your propane supplier for households at or below 175 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines, and the Winter Crisis Program covers households out of bulk fuel from November through March. Full detail is in the next section. Apply at energyhelp.ohio.gov or on 800-282-0880.

Why Ohio sits near the national average despite Utica supply

On paper Ohio should be cheap. Eastern Ohio sits directly on the Utica and Marcellus wet-gas play, one of the largest NGL production zones in the world, with fractionation in eastern Ohio and across the river in West Virginia, and the Toledo and Lima refineries add propane as a refining co-product. Yet the residential price lands at $2.69, roughly 1% above the national average and above the Midwest regional norm. The reasons are structural.

$2.69
Residential average
per gallon, 2026
+1%
vs national
US avg $2.67
+30%
vs Midwest region
region $2.07
$2426
Annual fuel (900 gal)
typical propane-heat home

Price figures: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program (SHOPP) residential survey, full-service delivery. Real Ohio quotes run roughly 10 to 15% either side of this average depending on supplier, contract type, owned vs rented tank, and whether your ZIP is in the metro band or the Appalachian rural band.

Strong supply, but heavy demand on top of it. Eastern Ohio recovers large volumes of NGLs from the Utica and Marcellus play, and in-state refineries add propane. But Ohio also carries heavy in-state demand: agricultural corn-drying, the dense Holmes-area Amish off-grid load, and rural Appalachian heating. Strong supply meets strong demand, so the residential price settles near the national average rather than below it.
Metro natural gas thins the propane customer base. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Akron, and Dayton run on natural gas, which covers most of the state's population. Propane is left with rural counties, Amish settlements, lakeshore cottages, and out-of-footprint subdivisions. A smaller customer base means fewer supplier routes per square mile and weaker bulk-storage economies, which pushes per-gallon overhead higher than the raw supply position would predict.
The Appalachian south-east premium lifts the statewide number. Belmont, Monroe, Noble, Guernsey, Athens, Vinton, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, and Adams counties lean on propane because they sit outside the gas footprint. Longer routes, fewer competing suppliers, and added generator and farm demand push delivered prices about $0.15 to $0.30 above the urban band. The statewide EIA number blends both, so the rural delivered price is materially higher than the headline.
Ohio sits at the top of the Midwest range. Ohio sits in the pricier tier of the Midwest, above the $2.07 regional average. The cheapest Midwest cluster (Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas) hugs the Conway, Kansas storage hub and the corn-belt fractionator network with dense agricultural volume and short routes. Ohio's blend of metro gas dominance and the Appalachian rural premium puts it at the expensive end of the region in the current data.

What a fill actually costs at $2.69/gal

Tanks fill to 80% of stated capacity (the 80% rule) to allow for thermal expansion, so a 500-gallon tank takes about 400 usable gallons. Here is the Ohio 2026 average worked through the common residential tank sizes.

Tank sizeUsable gallons (80%)Fill cost at $2.69/galvs national ($2.67/gal)
100 gal80 gal$216+$2
250 gal200 gal$539+$4
500 gal400 gal$1078+$8
1000 gal800 gal$2156+$17

A typical Ohio propane-heat household burning 700 to 1,000 gallons a year spends roughly $1887 to $2695 on fuel alone, before tank rental or service contracts. Rural Appalachian households running 1,000-gallon tanks and longer winters, with the delivery premium added, can push past $3498 a year. Compare the national refill cost guide or the 500-gallon tank cost breakdown.

Ohio heating help for propane households: HEAP, Winter Crisis, and PIPP

Ohio runs three separate programs through the Department of Development, Office of Community Assistance. For propane and other bulk-fuel households, the first two matter most; the third has an important limit worth knowing before you apply.

HEAP (Home Energy Assistance Program). Ohio's federally funded LIHEAP benefit. Households at or below 175 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines qualify, roughly $27,400 for one person and $56,300 for a family of four for the 2025-2026 year (nine-plus households use 60 percent of state median income). HEAP pays a once-yearly benefit directly to your propane supplier or bulk-fuel vendor. Applications for 2025-2026 must be received by 31 May 2026.
Winter Crisis Program. This is the one propane households lean on most. It runs 1 November through 31 March for households that are out of bulk fuel, have less than a set supply on hand, or face disconnection, and it can pay toward an emergency delivery. Same 175 percent income threshold. Book an appointment through your local Community Action Agency early in the season, since slots fill in cold snaps.
PIPP Plus has a propane catch. The Percentage of Income Payment Plan Plus caps monthly payments at a share of income (5 percent each to gas and electric, or 10 percent if you heat with electricity), but it is only open to customers of PUCO-regulated electric and natural-gas utilities. A propane-only household cannot put propane on PIPP, because propane is not a regulated utility. If you also have regulated gas or electric service, PIPP can cover that side while HEAP and the Winter Crisis Program handle your propane.

Apply for all three at energyhelp.ohio.gov, through your local Community Action Agency, or by calling 800-282-0880. Processing can take several weeks, so apply in autumn before heating season rather than after your tank runs low.

Where Ohio lands among its Midwest neighbours

The cheapest Midwest cluster (Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas) hugs the Conway, Kansas storage hub and the central-plains fractionator network with dense agricultural volume. Ohio and the eastern Midwest run higher, further from Conway and carrying longer last-mile routes through more populated terrain.

StatePrice/gal500-gal refill (400 usable)vs national ($2.67)
Nebraska$1.64$657-39%
Iowa$1.66$664-38%
North Dakota$1.70$680-36%
South Dakota$1.84$736-31%
Kansas$1.98$791-26%
Illinois$2.03$810-24%
Minnesota$2.06$822-23%
Wisconsin$2.07$826-23%
Missouri$2.21$884-17%
Michigan$2.37$948-11%
Indiana$2.63$1054-1%
Ohio (this page)$2.69$1078+1%
Midwest regional average$2.07$828-23%
National average$2.67$10700%

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Ohio propane questions, answered

Does Ohio license propane dealers, and how do I check one?
Ohio is unusual: it does not run a statewide propane-dealer or LP-gas retailer licence, and there is no single public per-dealer lookup for propane suppliers. Safety oversight instead runs through the Ohio Fire Code administered by the Division of State Fire Marshal (Ohio Administrative Code 1301:7-7-61), which adopts NFPA 58 and is enforced together with local fire-code officials. Larger container installations need a State Fire Marshal permit, and fuel-gas appliance and piping installation falls under OAC 4101:8-24 through the Department of Commerce Division of Industrial Compliance. Because there is no dealer registry to search, verify a supplier a different way: confirm they carry commercial liability insurance, ask whether their technicians hold CETP (Certified Employee Training Program) credentials through the Ohio Propane Gas Association at ohiopropanegas.org, and check independent reviews. The dealer locations listed on this page are drawn from the Ohio Department of Taxation Active Motor Fuel Retail Dealers list, a tax-registration record rather than a safety licence.
Where do the dealers in your Ohio directory come from?
Every Ohio location on this page is drawn from the Ohio Department of Taxation Active Motor Fuel Retail Dealers list, filtered to propane and LP-gas brands, captured on 6 September 2026. We chose that source because the Ohio State Fire Marshal LP-gas system was not publicly reachable on the ingest date and Ohio has no propane-dealer licence registry to draw from. The list gives us 64 registered propane retail locations with real street addresses and a state licence number, which is a solid, un-fakeable record of who is operating where. It is a tax-registration snapshot, not an endorsement or a safety licence, so still confirm insurance and get written quotes before you sign.
Am I eligible for Ohio HEAP propane help, and does PIPP cover propane?
Ohio's Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) is the state's federally funded LIHEAP benefit, run by the Ohio Department of Development, Office of Community Assistance. For the 2025-2026 program year, households at or below 175 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines qualify (roughly $27,400 for one person and $56,300 for a family of four; households of nine or more use 60 percent of state median income). HEAP pays a once-yearly benefit straight to your propane supplier or bulk-fuel vendor, and applications must be received by 31 May 2026. The Winter Crisis Program runs 1 November through 31 March for households that are out of bulk fuel or facing disconnection, which is the part propane households lean on most. PIPP Plus (the Percentage of Income Payment Plan) is different: it caps monthly payments at a share of income but is only open to customers of PUCO-regulated electric and natural-gas utilities, so a propane-only household cannot put propane on PIPP. If you also have regulated gas or electric service, PIPP can cover that side while HEAP and the Winter Crisis Program handle the propane. Apply for all of them at energyhelp.ohio.gov or through your local Community Action Agency; phone 800-282-0880.
Why is propane essential in Ohio's Amish country?
The Holmes, Wayne, and Tuscarawas county settlement is one of the largest Old Order Amish communities in the world, with tens of thousands of members. Old Order households decline grid electricity but accept propane as a non-grid energy source, so propane runs gas refrigerators, gas ranges, gas-mantle lighting, water heaters, and many shop tools. That makes the Holmes County area one of the densest residential propane-demand pockets in the Midwest. Suppliers serving Berlin, Sugarcreek, Walnut Creek, Millersburg, Mount Hope, and Charm route trucks heavily through heating season, and several stock Amish-spec appliances. Many Amish households sign a standard pre-buy in spring for the following twelve months, which is usually the most competitive rate a Holmes County supplier offers.
Why do rural Appalachian south-east Ohio propane prices run above the state average?
Belmont, Monroe, Noble, Guernsey, Athens, Vinton, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Hocking, Jackson, Pike, and Adams counties sit outside most of the Columbia Gas, Dominion Energy, and Duke Energy natural-gas footprint, so propane is the dominant non-electric heating fuel. On a supply basis that region should be cheap: it sits on the Utica and Marcellus wet-gas play with NGL fractionation nearby in eastern Ohio and across the river in West Virginia. But three things push delivered cost up. Routes are longer per customer, a bobtail truck covering Monroe County fills far fewer households in a day than a Columbus-suburb route. Fewer suppliers compete for the same address. And generator and farm demand layer on top of residential heat. Delivered prices in the rural Appalachian counties typically run about $0.15 to $0.30 a gallon above the state average, so the true rural number is higher than the statewide EIA figure of $2.69/gal, which blends both bands.
Is propane used for corn drying in Ohio agriculture?
Yes, heavily. Ohio is one of the largest corn-producing states in the country, and propane drives most of the state's grain-drying capacity at harvest because it stores cleanly on-farm and beats diesel per BTU where natural gas is unavailable at rural elevators. A corn farmer drying 50,000 bushels from around 22 percent moisture down to 15 percent can burn several thousand gallons of propane in a six-to-eight-week harvest window from mid-September to early November. That demand layer is why suppliers in western Ohio (Mercer, Auglaize, Van Wert, Paulding, Putnam, Hancock, Wood, Henry, Defiance) and central Ohio (Madison, Union, Champaign, Logan, Fayette) run hard from late August. Lock in agricultural pre-buy by July; after that the corn-belt wholesale rate moves with weather forecasts rather than contracts.
Should I prep propane for Ohio storm and winter outages?
Yes. Ohio averages roughly 19 tornadoes a year, with peak season from April through July, and Lake Erie winter storms can knock power out for days in the lake counties (Lucas, Ottawa, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Ashtabula). Propane standby generators are the dominant whole-house backup option in Ohio because they run off the existing residential tank, do not need fuel stabilising like gasoline, and can meet multi-day outage runtimes. As a rough sizing guide, a 20kW standby unit burns about 2.5 to 3 gallons an hour at full load, so a 500-gallon tank at an 80 percent fill (400 usable gallons) supports roughly 130 to 160 hours of continuous backup. Most Ohio homeowners size for a 500-gallon tank; rural Appalachian households often go to 1,000 gallons because outages there can stretch longer. Commission generators in spring before storm season and again in autumn before winter rather than waiting for the first warning.
Should I use propane or natural gas in Ohio?
It depends entirely on whether your address has a natural-gas main. In Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Akron, and Dayton and most established suburbs, natural gas (Columbia Gas of Ohio, Dominion Energy Ohio, or Duke Energy Ohio) is the default residential heating fuel and is usually cheaper per BTU than propane. If the main is on your street, gas generally wins on running cost. Propane dominates in rural Appalachian Ohio, in Holmes-area Amish country, in Lake Erie cottages, and in newer subdivisions outside the gas footprint, where it is the practical choice short of all-electric heat. That metro gas dominance is also why Ohio's residential propane customer base is smaller than the state's population suggests, which thins supplier route density and helps explain why the per-gallon price sits near the national average at $2.69/gal rather than below it, despite Ohio's strong in-state NGL supply.

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