Who owns Blue Rhino?
Blue Rhino is owned by Ferrellgas (the United States, OTC: FGPR).[1]
Evidence: Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 September 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › LPG & gas distribution
- Parent ticker
- OTC: FGPR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Blue Rhino
Blue Rhino is Ferrellgas' propane tank exchange brand. The 10-K calls the Blue Rhino mark an important part of its growth in tank exchange and lists registrations including Drop, Swap and Go.
What Ferrellgas's annual report says about Blue Rhino
Sentences about Blue Rhino from Ferrellgas's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Sales from portable tank exchanges, nationally branded under the name Blue Rhino, are delivered primarily through a network of partnership-owned distribution outlets and to a lesser extent through independently-owned distribution outlets.
We believe that the Blue Rhino mark and Blue Rhino's other trademarks and service marks are an important part of our consistent growth in the tank exchange category.
In 2010, she was added to the leadership team for the Blue Rhino brand.
How often Ferrellgas names Blue Rhino in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Blue Rhino
- Current owner Ferrellgas [1] verified
Where Blue Rhino sits in Ferrellgas
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ferrellgas
Ferrellgas controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in lpg & gas distribution, and who owns them
The 11 brands in lpg & gas distribution on Brandtree belong to 7 owners. The largest is Superior Plus, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Canwest Propane | Superior Plus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Butagaz | DCC | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Sharp Energy | Chesapeake Utilities | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calor | SHV Energy | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| AmeriGas | UGI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ultragaz | Ultrapar | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Kamps Propane | Superior Plus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Superior Plus Propane | Superior Plus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Ferrellgas
Ferrellgas is a publicly listed company headquartered in United States. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as OTC: FGPR.
Ferrellgas' Form 10-K for the year ended 31 July 2026 is a combined report of Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. and Ferrellgas, L.P. It says the company distributes propane and related equipment in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, and that its units traded on the OTC market in January 2026.
🇺🇸 Blue Rhino and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Blue Rhino is not one of them.
- AES Ohio — AES 🇺🇸
- Agway Energy Services — Suburban Propane 🇺🇸
- Alabama Power — Southern Company 🇺🇸
- AmeriGas — UGI 🇺🇸
- American Transmission Company — WEC Energy Group 🇺🇸
- Arch Resources — Core Natural Resources 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Blue Rhino?
The parent company of Blue Rhino is Ferrellgas, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Blue Rhino American?
Yes. Blue Rhino originated in the United States and its owner, Ferrellgas, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Blue Rhino still owned by Ferrellgas?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Blue Rhino is still owned by Ferrellgas. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-09-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 September 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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