Fox Petroli

What Fox Petroli does

Fox Petroli S.p.A. is a privately held Italian petroleum company, founded in 1924 and headquartered in Pesaro, that processes, markets, transports, and stores petroleum products, ecological fuels, and related by-products. The company operates a tax-warehouse storage facility with 122,000 m3 of heated, partly insulated tank capacity at its Pesaro site, connected to the Adriatic via a dedicated pipeline that historically supported maritime receipt and shipment of bulk fuel. Product lines span gasoils for automotive, agricultural, marine (small craft and fishing), and heating applications under the GASOLI family, plus low-sulphur fuel oils and semifluid/heavy industrial grades under OLI COMBUSTIBILI, including a low-sulphur 'Green Fuel' tier reflecting the company's early-1980s entry into biodiesel via a former vegetable-oil refinery in Vasto.

The business model is a transaction-fee B2B fuel distribution operation with integrated logistics: customers place orders through direct contact (the website does not publish pricing), and Fox Petroli fulfils them through truck loading docks and seaborne deliveries to regional customers across Italy. The company serves four primary use-case segments — Automotive/Transportation, Agricultural, Industrial/Heating, and Marine — without named customer logos disclosed in the input. Distribution is regional (Italy only), the company is part of the broader FOX Group alongside Eco Fox and Mariani Petroli, and it maintains a multi-ISO certification footprint (9001:2015 through 2026, plus 14001, 45001, 50001) plus a Code of Ethics and Whistleblowing procedure. Headcount is reported at 11–50 employees and paid-in capital stands at Euro 17,850,000.

Strategically, Fox Petroli's historical DNA is capital-intensive infrastructure and vertical control of logistics: a 1960s tank-farm buildout with port pipeline, three acquired product tankers, and the subsequent biodiesel plant conversion positioned the company as an integrated marketer-distributor rather than a pure reseller. The current operating posture appears steady-state — no funding rounds, recent M&A, product launches, or disclosed revenue figure are present in the input — with no observable AI/ML capabilities and limited public digital presence beyond the multilingual company website.

Name

Fox Petroli

Legal name

Fox Petroli S.p.A.

Website

https://foxpetroli.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1924

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fox Petroli S.p.A. is a privately held Italian petroleum products company, founded in 1924 and headquartered in Pesaro, that markets, transports, and stores gasoils and fuel oils for automotive, agricultural, marine, and industrial/heating customers across Italy via an integrated Pesaro tank farm and Adriatic pipeline.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Petroleum Products Distribution

NAICS

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (324), Petrochemical Manufacturing (32511)

SIC

Wholesale-Petroleum Bulk Stations & Terminals (5171)

akta.pro primary industry

Refinery Offsites, Storage & Loading (Tankage, Truck/Rail/Marine Loading) (EUALAGAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Biofuel Distribution & Fuel Marketing (Wholesale/Retail) (EUAAAHAI)

Keywords

• Petroleum products distribution
• Diesel fuel supply
• Fuel oil distribution
• Biodiesel production
• Petroleum storage logistics

Headquarters

HQ city

Pesaro

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Petroleum Products Sales: Sale of petroleum products including gasoils (diesel, agricultural diesel, marine diesel, heating oil) and fuel oils (low sulphur fuel oils) for automotive, industrial, agricultural, marine and heating uses.
2. Ecological Fuels and Biofuels Sales: Sale of ecological fuels and biodiesel products derived from renewable sources, including Green Fuel and related by-products.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Fox Petroli S.p.A. processes, markets, transports, and stores petroleum products and ecological fuels, offering gasoil grades (automotive, agricultural, marine, heating) and fuel oils (low sulphur Green Fuel, BTZ 3/5, 5/12), plus biodiesel produced from vegetable oil refining. Operations are supported by a 122,000 m3 heated tax warehouse storage facility, integrated truck loading docks, and a sea pipeline connected to the Port of Pesaro.

Product overview

Fox Petroli S.p.A. is a petroleum products company founded in 1924 that operates in the marketing, transport, storage, and processing of petroleum products, ecological fuels, and related by-products. The company offers a diversified portfolio organized across two main product lines: GASOLI (diesel fuels for automotive, agricultural, marine, and heating applications) and OLI COMBUSTIBILI (fuel oils including low sulphur green fuel, heavy fuel oils, and semifluid fuel oils). Beyond product sales, Fox Petroli provides integrated logistics services including truck loading via docks and sea shipping via pipeline to Pesaro port, along with fiscal warehouse storage capabilities totaling 122,000 m3 of heated and insulated tank capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gasolio Autotrazione (Automotive Diesel) Diesel fuel formulated for automotive use, suitable for road vehicles and transportation fleets.
• Gasolio Agricolo (Agricultural Diesel) Diesel fuel specifically formulated for agricultural machinery and equipment.
• Gasolio Motopesca (Marine Diesel) Gasoil fuel for small marine vessels and fishing boats.
• Gasolio Riscaldamento (Heating Oil) Fuel oil for heating residential and commercial buildings.
• Olio Combustibile Btz Green Fuel Low sulphur 'Green Fuel' fuel oil meeting environmental standards for reduced emissions in industrial heating applications.
• Olio Combustibile Fluido Btz 3/5 Low sulphur 3/5 heavy fuel oil with fluid consistency, used in industrial heating applications.
• Olio Combustibile Semifluido Btz 5/12 Low sulphur 5/12 semifluid fuel oil for industrial heating applications requiring higher viscosity.
• Biodiesel from Vegetable Oil Refining Ecological fuel / biodiesel produced from vegetable oil refining at the Vasto plant, sold alongside related by-products.
• Logistics and Transportation Services Integrated transport and shipping services for petroleum products via overland tanker trucks using integrated loading docks and via maritime bulk shipping through a pipeline connected to the Port of Pesaro.
• Tax Warehouse Storage Services (Deposito Fiscale) Tax warehouse storage facility with 122,000 m3 of heated and partly insulated storage tanks for petroleum products, providing customs-efficient fiscal storage under Deposito Fiscale license.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• API (Anonima Petroli Italiana): Italian integrated fuel company with downstream marketing and distribution of petroleum products across the peninsula. Directly comparable to Fox Petroli's core wholesale fuel business and storage-based model.
• Mariani Petroli: Italian regional fuel distributor explicitly linked to Fox Petroli via the FOX Group network. Closely comparable in scale, product range, and Italian regional market focus.
• Ecofox: Group-affiliated renewable fuels entity connected to Fox Petroli's website. Directly comparable for the biodiesel and ecological fuels revenue stream, representing the company's downstream renewables arm.
• Costiero Gas Livorno: Independent Italian petroleum products storage and distribution operator with coastal tank farm infrastructure. Highly comparable to Fox Petroli's tax-warehouse storage and marine-linked distribution model.

Broad incumbents

• ENI: Italy's largest integrated oil and gas major with extensive refining, storage, and fuel marketing. Overlaps with Fox Petroli across the entire petroleum value chain but operates at vastly greater scale.
• Saras: Italian refiner and fuel marketer operating the Sarroch refinery. Comparable in petroleum products output and marketing, but at a much larger scale and with integrated refining.
• Q8 (Kuwait Petroleum Italia): Major Italian fuel retailer and wholesaler with a national network. Comparable to Fox Petroli's wholesale and B2B distribution business, with overlapping diesel and heating oil products.
• ERG: Italian energy group active in refining and renewable energy. Comparable to Fox Petroli in petroleum products distribution, with additional overlap in renewable fuels where ERG is also expanding.
• Tamoil Italia: Multinational downstream operator with significant Italian fuel marketing and storage presence. Comparable to Fox Petroli in wholesale distribution and bulk storage.
• TotalEnergies Marketing Italia: Italian arm of TotalEnergies' downstream marketing, lubricants, and special fluids business. Overlaps with Fox Petroli's fuel oils, lubricants, and B2B product portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fox-petroli-s-p-a

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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