Who owns Ultragaz?
Ultragaz is owned by Ultrapar (Brazil, B3: UGPA3).[1]
Evidence: Ultrapar Participações S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Ultrapar Participações S.A. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇷 Brazil, São Paulo
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Founded
- 1937
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › LPG & gas distribution
- Parent ticker
- B3: UGPA3 NYSE: UGP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ultragaz
Ultrapar's 2025 Form 20-F says Ernesto Igel founded Ultragaz in 1937 as a pioneer in Brazilian LPG distribution, and that Cia. Ultragaz S.A. now serves about 10.5 million households through 6.3 thousand resellers plus roughly 53 thousand business customers. It also sells renewable electricity, compressed natural gas, biomethane and bioLPG.
What Ultrapar's annual report says about Ultragaz
Sentences about Ultragaz from Ultrapar's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
EXHIBITS 169 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS F-1 1 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION " Grupo Ultra " has an 88 year history, tracing its origins back to 1937, when Ernesto Igel founded Ultragaz, a pioneer in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution in Brazil.
Ultragaz: one of the largest LPG distributors in Brazil and is establishing itself as an integrated energy platform.
A pioneer and market leader in Brazil's LPG segment, Ultragaz serves approximately 10.5 million households through a network of 6.3 thousand resellers, in addition to roughly 53 thousand business customers, which include commercial, industrial, and agribusiness operations.
How often Ultrapar names Ultragaz 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Ultragaz
Where Ultragaz sits in Ultrapar
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Ultrapar
Ultrapar controls 4 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 |
| Blue Rhino | Ferrellgas | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calor | SHV Energy | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| AmeriGas | UGI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kamps Propane | Superior Plus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Superior Plus Propane | Superior Plus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Ultrapar
Ultrapar is a publicly listed company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as B3: UGPA3 and NYSE: UGP.
Ultrapar Participações' 4Q25 earnings release, dated São Paulo, 4 March 2026, gives B3 code UGPA3 and NYSE symbol UGP and says it operates in energy, mobility and logistics infrastructure through Ultragaz, Ipiranga, Ultracargo and Hidrovias do Brasil. Its Ultracargo segment reported installed capacity of 1.09 million cubic metres in 2025.
🇧🇷 Ultragaz and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 149 brands that began in Brazil. 31 of them (21%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Ultragaz is not one of them.
- Auren Energia — Auren Energia 🇧🇷
- Brava Energia — Ecopetrol 🇨🇴
- Comgás — Cosan 🇧🇷
- Confab — Tenaris 🇱🇺
- Engie Brasil Energia — Engie Brasil Energia 🇧🇷
- Petrobras — Petrobras 🇧🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ultragaz?
The parent company of Ultragaz is Ultrapar, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Is Ultragaz Brazilian?
Yes. Ultragaz originated in Brazil in 1937 and its owner, Ultrapar, is also headquartered in Brazil.
Is Ultragaz still owned by Ultrapar?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Ultragaz is still owned by Ultrapar. 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] Ultrapar Participações S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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