Star Gas Group

What Star Gas Group does

Star Gas Group, the trade name of Star Group, L.P., is a privately held, US-based limited partnership that distributes heating oil and propane and provides HVAC, natural gas, and electricity services to residential homeowners. The company is structured around six wholly-owned regional brands — Petro Home Services, SMO Energy, Griffith Energy Services, Leffler Energy, Meenan, and Hoffman Energy — each retained as an acquired trade name serving its own service territory. Rather than a single unified technology platform, Star Gas Group operates a portfolio of legacy brands whose underlying assets are direct fuel-delivery fleets and HVAC field-service operations serving consumer households.

The product surface is physical and service-based: scheduled and on-demand heating oil and propane delivery paired with HVAC installation, maintenance, and repair. No proprietary software platform, APIs, or AI capabilities are disclosed in the available data; technology is implicit in fleet routing, dispatch, and customer account management typical of residential fuel distributors. Marketing is concentrated on individual brand websites, a corporate site (stargrouplp.com), community engagement programs, and an ADP-hosted careers portal.

Star Gas Group runs a sales-led, direct-distribution go-to-market with revenue generated through recurring and transactional residential fuel contracts plus HVAC service work. The company classifies its revenue stream as subscription/recurring in nature. Leadership is provided by Jeff Woosnam as President and CEO, and the limited partnership structure implies a small number of partners or institutional holders, though specific ownership is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Star Gas Group

Legal name

Star Group, L.P.

Website

https://star-gas.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Star Gas Group (Star Group, L.P.) distributes heating oil and propane and delivers HVAC, natural gas, and electricity services to residential homeowners across multiple US regions, operating through six wholly-owned regional brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Energy Services

NAICS

Fuel Dealers (4572), Natural Gas Distribution (22121)

SIC

Natural Gas Distribution (4924), Gas & Other Services Combined (4932)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential HVAC System Installation (Furnace/AC/Heat Pump) (HSAOAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hydronic/Baseboard Radiant Heating Service (HSAOACAE)

Keywords

• Heating oil delivery
• Propane services
• HVAC services
• Residential energy
• Home heating services

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Energy Products and Services: Revenue generated from heating oil, propane delivery, and HVAC services to residential customers. The company operates under multiple regional brands serving the home comfort market.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Star Gas Group (legal entity Star Group, L.P.) distributes heating oil and propane and provides HVAC, natural gas, and electricity services for home comfort. The company operates as a multi-brand portfolio of six wholly-owned regional energy service brands—Petro Home Services, SMO Energy, Griffith Energy Services, Leffler Energy, Meenan, and Hoffman Energy—delivering fuel directly to residential customers and providing HVAC installation, maintenance, and repair through field service technicians.

Product overview

Star Group is an energy services company that operates as a multi-brand portfolio offering heating oil, propane, and HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) services to residential customers. The company is structured around six core sub-brands—Petro Home Services, SMO Energy, Griffith Energy Services, Leffler Energy, Meenan, and Hoffman Energy—each serving regional markets under the unified Star Group umbrella. Rather than a single unified product platform, the portfolio consists of acquired regional brands that collectively provide home comfort energy solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Petro Home Services: Heating oil, propane and HVAC services
• SMO Energy
• Griffith Energy Services
• Leffler Energy
• Meenan
• Hoffman Energy

Products and services

• Heating Oil Delivery Service Delivery of heating oil to residential customers' homes through owned fleet and logistics operations, offered under the Petro Home Services, SMO Energy, Griffith Energy Services, Leffler Energy, Meenan, and Hoffman Energy brands in their respective regional service territories.
• Propane Delivery Service Delivery of propane to residential customers for home heating and related uses, provided by field service fleets through the company's six regional energy service brands.
• HVAC Installation and Maintenance Services Field-service-based HVAC installation, maintenance, and repair for residential customers, delivered by technicians under the Petro Home Services, Griffith Energy Services, Meenan, and Hoffman Energy brands.
• Natural Gas Services Residential natural gas service offering as part of the company's broader home comfort solutions alongside heating oil, propane, and HVAC services.
• Electricity Services Residential electricity service offering as part of the company's broader home comfort solutions alongside heating oil, propane, HVAC, and natural gas services.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Suburban Propane Partners: Master limited partnership distributing propane and related fuels to residential and commercial customers across the U.S. Closely comparable business model, customer base (residential heating), and recurring-delivery revenue structure to Star Group's heating oil and propane business.
• Blossman Gas: Family-owned propane distribution company serving residential, commercial, and agricultural customers across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Comparable in residential propane delivery economics and customer relationship model.
• Ferrellgas Partners: Retail propane distributor with national footprint serving residential, commercial, and agricultural customers. Comparable to Star Group in fuel distribution model, customer concentration in residential heating, and reliance on commodity-driven margins.
• AmeriGas Partners: Largest U.S. retail propane distributor, serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers via direct delivery. Directly comparable to Star Group's propane distribution arm in both go-to-market and last-mile delivery economics.
• HOP Energy (Home Oil Propane): Northeast-focused residential heating oil and propane delivery company. Directly competes with Star Group's core Petro/Meenan/Griffith territories with the same auto-delivery model and similar HVAC service attach.

Emerging players

• Pilot Thomas Logistics: Fuel distribution and logistics provider with focus on commercial and industrial diesel, lubricants, and remote-site fuel delivery. Comparable in fuel distribution operations though more weighted to industrial rather than residential customers.
• Heritage-Crystal Clean: Environmental and energy services company with overlapping customer base of small commercial and residential accounts in energy-related services. Partial overlap with Star Group's HVAC and fuel services adjacencies.

Regional players

• Mirabito Energy Products: Family-owned Upstate New York energy marketer offering heating oil, propane, diesel, gasoline, and HVAC services. Closely comparable to Star Group in product mix, residential concentration, and Northeast geography.

Broad incumbents

• Spire Inc. Publicly traded natural gas utility serving residential, commercial, and industrial customers across multiple states. Comparable to Star Group's natural gas distribution arm and overlapping residential customer base, though Spire is utility-regulated and far larger in scale.

Others

• Conservice (utility-billing platform): Utility billing and energy management platform serving multi-family and residential property managers. Adjacent ecosystem participant that interacts with fuel dealers like Star Group on submetering and resident billing workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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