Gas agency list in India: LPG distributors and dealership

The quick answer

India has 25,611 LPG distributors (gas agencies) of the three public sector oil companies, Indian Oil (Indane), Bharat Petroleum (Bharatgas) and Hindustan Petroleum (HP Gas), as on 1 July 2026, according to the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell. Together they serve 33.14 crore active domestic customers, about 12,939 households for each gas agency. Private "parallel marketers" sell LPG alongside them, mainly to industry and vehicles. No public gas agency list from the oil companies comes with contact details, so Starleads' gas agency and LPG distributor list fills part of that gap with 4,297 contacts in 154 cities, 78% of them with a mobile number.

This guide is written for businesses. Hotels, restaurants, caterers and factories need a gas agency for commercial LPG. Makers of stoves, regulators, hoses, cylinders, safety equipment, delivery vehicles and software sell to gas agencies. And thousands of people search every month for how to get a gas agency dealership. It covers how many gas agencies there are and where, the four types of LPG distributorship and how they are given out (by draw of lots, not by any agent), what commercial LPG costs, how to tell a real dealership offer from a fraud, and how to contact LPG distributors within TRAI's rules. The Starleads figures are counts of contacts in Starleads' data, not an official census. The official sources were read on 29 October 2026.

How many gas agencies are there in India, and where

The official count comes from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Its LPG Profile Report for April to June 2026 is compiled from figures supplied by IOCL, BPCL and HPCL. It gives these numbers:

• 25,611 LPG distributors as on 1 July 2026, up from 9,365 on 1 April 2008. Growth has almost stopped: the oil companies added only four distributorships between April and June 2026, after the big expansion of 2016 to 2020 that followed the Ujjwala scheme.
• 33.14 crore active domestic customers. An average distributor serves about 12,939 of them. The figure is highest in the South (14,413) and lowest in the North-East (11,405).
• 37.1 lakh non-domestic customers (hotels, restaurants, shops, institutions and industry) on 1 July 2026. The South has 41% of them, the West 26% and the North 20%.
• 214 bottling plants and 334 auto LPG dispensing stations run by the public sector companies.

The North has 32.0% of all distributors, the South 22.1%, the West 21.2%, the East 20.3% and the North-East 4.4%. The table puts the official count for the six states where Starleads sells a state list next to the number of gas agency contacts Starleads holds for each.

State	PSU LPG distributors (PPAC, 1 July 2026)	Gas agency contacts in Starleads' data	Biggest cities in Starleads' list
Uttar Pradesh	4,144	479	Lucknow (56), Prayagraj (56), Agra (48), Kanpur (39), Ghaziabad (37)
Maharashtra	2,241	786	Mumbai (412), Pune (215), Nagpur (27), Thane (19)
Tamil Nadu	1,658	432	Chennai (196), Coimbatore (86), Madurai (28), Tiruchirappalli (27)
Karnataka	1,279	442	Bengaluru (237), Mysuru (40), Mangaluru (17), Davangere (16)
Gujarat	1,044	431	Ahmedabad (142), Surat (56), Vadodara (47), Rajkot (41)
Delhi	318	364	Delhi (329), New Delhi (26)
All India	25,611	4,297	31 states and 154 cities

Two things stand out. First, the official count follows population and rural reach, not city size. Uttar Pradesh has 4,144 distributors, and 2,307 of them are rural Gramin Vitraks. Bihar has 2,033, close to Maharashtra's 2,241. Second, Starleads' coverage is uneven. It holds about a third of the official number for Maharashtra and Karnataka, two-fifths for Gujarat and less than an eighth for Uttar Pradesh. Delhi is the exception: Starleads has more contacts (364) than PPAC has distributors (318). That is because the directory sources behind the list also file gas service centres, LPG filling stations, private gas suppliers and agencies that have since closed or moved under "gas agencies". The official figure counts only public sector distributors. So use the official count to size a market, and use the list to reach the businesses in it.

Other states also have large official counts but no state list from Starleads yet: Rajasthan (1,389), West Bengal (1,608), Madhya Pradesh (1,551), Andhra Pradesh (1,166), Odisha (965), Punjab (864) and Telangana (811). If you need one of these, the all-India file includes whatever contacts Starleads holds there, or you can request a count.

The four kinds of gas agency, and private LPG sellers

Since 2016 the three oil companies have appointed distributors under one set of rules, the Unified Guidelines for Selection of LPG Distributorships. They are listed with the LPG Control Order 2000 and the parallel marketing rules on the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas's LPG page. The guidelines create four types of distributor, set by the market each one serves.

Type	Where it serves	Number (1 July 2026)	Minimum LPG godown	Minimum godown plot (outside Kerala)
Sheheri Vitrak	Towns and cities	7,926	8,000 kg	25 m x 30 m
Rurban Vitrak	Towns and the villages around them	3,791	8,000 kg	25 m x 30 m
Gramin Vitrak	Villages and clusters of villages	11,841	5,000 kg	21 m x 26 m
Durgam Kshetriya Vitrak	Remote and difficult areas (hills, islands, forest and some border areas)	2,053	3,000 kg	15 m x 16 m

The numbers come from PPAC's report. The godown sizes and plot dimensions come from IndianOil's brochure on the unified guidelines (updated 1 January 2026). Godowns must be approved and licensed by the Chief Controller of Explosives of the Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO). Almost half of all distributors (46.2%) are rural Gramin Vitraks. That matters to anyone selling to gas agencies: most of them are small businesses in small towns, not city offices.

Private LPG under the Parallel Marketing System. Private companies may import LPG and sell it at market prices, with no government subsidy, according to the same PPAC report. 49 parallel marketers reported selling 286.5 thousand tonnes between April and June 2026, 4.2% of all LPG sold in India. Their share is tiny in household cylinders (about 0.5%) but large elsewhere: 11.0% of packed commercial LPG, 81.2% of bulk industrial LPG and 63.6% of auto LPG. A factory buying LPG in bulk is more likely to deal with a private supplier than a household is. HPCL's homepage also carries a "Caution: Parallel Marketing System of LPG" notice. Before you sign with a private supplier, check its import and storage licences and the safety certificates for its cylinders.

NDNE retailers. The oil companies also appoint retailers only for "non-domestic non-exempted" (NDNE) cylinders, the commercial and industrial ones. On 29 October 2026, IndianOil's distributorships page showed an invitation for 40 NDNE LPG retailers across Rajasthan "for exclusive marketing of packed commercial and industrial LPG", with merit lists for Kota, Bhiwadi, Neemrana and other places. For a hotel or factory, an NDNE retailer is a second source of commercial cylinders besides the household gas agency.

Commercial LPG for businesses: cylinders, prices and helplines

Restaurants, caterers, sweet shops, hostels, hospitals and workshops cannot use the 14.2 kg household cylinder. They buy non-domestic cylinders through a gas agency or an NDNE retailer. IndianOil's price page, read on 29 October 2026, showed these prices in the four metros:

City	19 kg commercial Indane (from 1 October 2026)	14.2 kg household Indane, non-subsidised (from 7 June 2026)
Delhi	₹2,810.00	₹942.00
Kolkata	₹2,954.00	₹968.00
Mumbai	₹2,764.50	₹941.50
Chennai	₹2,983.00	₹957.50

Commercial prices are revised often, usually at the start of a month, and they differ from city to city. Check the page for your city before you budget or compare quotations. Per kilogram, the 19 kg commercial cylinder in Delhi costs about ₹148 and the 14.2 kg household cylinder about ₹66. That gap is why the oil companies police the use of household cylinders in shops and restaurants. Using one there risks the cylinder being seized and the household connection being cancelled.

The oil companies' own products for business include:

• Larger cylinders. IndianOil sells non-domestic Indane in 19 kg, 47.5 kg and 425 kg cylinders. Large kitchens and factories use banks of 47.5 kg cylinders or 425 kg units connected by a manifold.
• Indane XTRATEJ, a commercial and industrial LPG that IndianOil says gives a flame at least 65 °C hotter. In trial marketing and laboratory conditions it showed at least 5% lower gas use and 14% less cooking time. It comes in 19 kg, 47.5 kg and 425 kg cylinders at "a nominally higher rate" than ordinary non-domestic LPG, and only in some districts. Existing non-domestic customers can ask their distributor to switch.
• Indane NANOCUT, a cutting gas for metal fabrication. IndianOil presents it as an alternative to oxy-acetylene and claims 15% lower gas use on 10 to 25 mm plate and 30% above 25 mm.
• Small free-trade cylinders. "Munna", a 2 kg free trade LPG cylinder, is sold at distributors, IndianOil fuel stations and some kirana stores. A connection needs only proof of identity, so it suits street vendors and small shops with little space. IndianOil also lists a 5 kg free trade cylinder.

Three IndianOil numbers are worth saving. The LPG emergency helpline, 1906, is for gas leaks. The commercial LPG helpline is 1860-5991-111, and the toll-free number is 1800-2333-555. All three appear on every IndianOil page. Bharatgas and HP Gas have their own customer care numbers and distributor locators on their websites. If you only want the nearest gas agency for your home, use those official locators, not a contact list.

How to buy commercial LPG well, as a business:

1. Work out your monthly use from past bills or burner hours, and decide on cylinder size. A small café may need a few 19 kg cylinders a month. A large kitchen may be better off with 47.5 kg cylinders or a 425 kg installation.
2. List the agencies and NDNE retailers that deliver to your address for all three oil companies, and ask whether any private supplier serves your area. Use the official locators and a list of gas agencies in your city.
3. Ask each for the same details: cylinder sizes in stock, the security deposit per cylinder, the delivery charge, delivery time on a normal day and during a shortage, whether XTRATEJ is available, and who installs and checks the pipeline and regulator.
4. Check the paperwork. You need a GST invoice, and for installations, the safety inspection report and the licences for storing gas at your premises. Large installations need PESO approval, so ask the supplier what applies to your quantity.
5. Keep a second supplier. A kitchen that runs out of gas stops trading. Many restaurants keep an account with a second agency or an NDNE retailer for emergencies.

How to get a gas agency dealership: the official route

"Gas agency dealership" and "LPG distributorship" are searched thousands of times a month, and much of what ranks for them comes from private companies selling their own franchises. That is a different business. A distributorship of Indane, Bharatgas or HP Gas comes only through the unified selection process. Under the guidelines in IndianOil's brochure (updated 1 January 2026), it works like this:

1. Watch for the advertisement. The oil companies decide where new distributors are needed from household numbers, consumption, LPG coverage and piped gas plans. They advertise those locations in newspapers, and the details appear on the portal lpgvitarakchayan.in.
2. Check that you are eligible. You must be an Indian citizen living in India, have passed Class 10 or its equivalent, and be between 21 and 60 years old on the date of the advertisement. You must not be a family member of an oil company employee, and you must meet the multiple-dealership rules: no one in your family unit may already hold a dealership, LPG distributorship or letter of intent from a public sector oil company. Freedom fighter applicants are exempt from the education and age rules. Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) may apply in one reserved sub-category.
3. Own the land, or a ready godown. On the last date for applications, you must own a plot of the minimum size given in the table above, within the location or within 15 km of it, depending on the type. A ready LPG godown also qualifies. Showroom land is needed too where the advertisement asks for it.
4. Apply online and pay the non-refundable fee. For Sheheri and Rurban Vitraks the fee is ₹10,000 for the open category, ₹5,000 for OBC and ₹3,000 for SC/ST. For Gramin and Durgam Kshetriya Vitraks it is ₹8,000, ₹4,000 and ₹2,500. You may apply only once for each location.
5. Wait for the draw of lots. The distributor is chosen by a draw among all eligible applicants. No interview or marks decide it, and nobody can "arrange" the result. Locations are reserved by roster: 50.5% open, 27% OBC and 22.5% SC/ST.
6. Pay 10% of the security deposit and pass field verification. The selected applicant pays within 7 working days: ₹50,000, ₹40,000 or ₹30,000 for a Sheheri or Rurban Vitrak, and ₹40,000, ₹30,000 or ₹20,000 for a Gramin or Durgam Kshetriya Vitrak, by category. The oil company then checks the documents and the land in a field verification of credentials before it issues a letter of intent.
7. Build, deposit and commission. The holder of the letter of intent builds the godown and showroom (only after written permission from the oil company), gets the PESO licence, and pays the full interest-free security deposit before appointment. That deposit is ₹5 lakh, ₹4 lakh or ₹3 lakh for a Sheheri or Rurban Vitrak, and ₹4 lakh, ₹3 lakh or ₹2 lakh for a Gramin or Durgam Kshetriya Vitrak, for open, OBC and SC/ST candidates. SC/ST letter-of-intent holders can get financial help under a separate scheme.
8. Run it yourself. An individual distributor must manage the business personally, must leave any job, and may not take other employment. The first term is 10 years. HP Gas and Bharatgas distributorships are then renewed every 5 years after a performance review. IndianOil's continue under the agreement.

The application fee and security deposit are small next to the real investment: land of the required size, a licensed godown, a showroom, delivery vehicles and staff. The government publishes no "investment required" figure. Price the land and construction where you live before you apply. Our guides on how to get a dealership and how to become a distributor cover the general questions about margins and working capital. The distributor agreement guide explains the contract terms.

Fake gas agency dealership offers: how to spot them

Fake dealership websites are common enough that the oil companies warn about them on their own homepages. The HPCL homepage, read on 29 October 2026, says that "various fake websites are inviting online applications for the appointment of LPG and Retail Outlet dealerships or recruitments for HPCL", and that HPCL has "not authorised any website to deal on our behalf". It then lists more than twenty such sites. Several copy the real portal's name, such as lpgvitarakchayanltd.org, or the Ujjwala scheme's, such as ujjwaladealership.com and ujjwalalpgvitarak.org.

Warning signs, checked against the official process above:

• A dealership offered to you directly, by call, WhatsApp, email or social media advertisement. Real distributorships go only to applicants in a draw for an advertised location.
• "Registration", "approval" or "NOC" fees paid into a personal or private company account. The only fee before selection is the application fee, paid online through the official portal.
• A website that is not the oil company's own domain or the official portal, often with a government emblem, "Ujjwala" or "Pradhan Mantri" in its name, or a .org or .com address that looks like the real one.
• A promise of selection without a draw, or an offer for a location that was never advertised.
• An "agreement" sent before any field verification, letter of intent or godown inspection.

Private LPG companies under the parallel marketing system can lawfully appoint their own dealers on their own terms. If you are weighing one of those offers, treat it as a private franchise, not a government distributorship. Check the company on the MCA register and its GST registration (our company search guide shows how), ask for its import and storage licences, and have a lawyer read the agreement before you pay anything.

Selling to gas agencies and LPG distributors

Gas agencies are steady buyers. Each one delivers thousands of cylinders a month, runs a godown and a showroom, and sells stoves and accessories. A typical agency spends money on:

• Products for the showroom: gas stoves and hobs, LPG hoses and regulators of approved makes, lighters and kitchen appliances. Starleads' list page notes that "gas stove and kitchen appliance sellers, regulator and hose makers and insurers" use the list.
• Delivery: three-wheelers, small trucks, handcarts, cylinder trolleys, and the tyres, batteries and fuel that keep them running.
• Godown and safety: fire extinguishers, gas leak detectors, sand buckets, safety signs and the godown structure itself.
• Services: insurance, accounting and GST filing, delivery-tracking and billing software, uniforms and staff training.

The distributor is usually the owner and the decision-maker. The guidelines require personal supervision, and Starleads' list names the contact person in 43% of rows. Be specific: "Hello, we make ISI-marked LPG hoses in Rajkot and supply 40 gas agencies in Gujarat. Can I send you our price for 100 pieces and a sample?" For selling through dealer networks in general, our distributors database guide shows how to plan the outreach.

Calls and messages to gas agencies must follow TRAI's rules, even though they are businesses:

• The DND register (NCPR). A subscriber can block commercial calls and SMS by calling or sending an SMS to 1909, or through an IVR, an approved app or a web portal, according to TRAI's preference registration page. Check numbers before every campaign. Our DND check guide shows how.
• DLT registration for SMS. TRAI's advice to senders says every commercial message must go through registered headers, principal entities must register their content templates, and consent must be taken through a registered consent template. Miss a step and the messages are not delivered. Our DLT registration guide takes you through it.
• Opt-outs. Stop contacting anyone who asks you to, and keep a record. For email, authenticate your domain and include an unsubscribe link.

What Starleads' gas agency list holds, and where it falls short

The all-India list has 4,297 contacts in 31 states and 154 cities. 78% have a mobile number, 39% an email address, 36% a landline and 6% a website. 92% come with a street address, 84% with a PIN code and 43% with the contact person's name. By category, 3,954 are filed as gas agencies, 107 as LPG filling stations and 31 as gas distributors. The biggest city lists are Mumbai (412), Delhi (329), Bengaluru (237), Pune (215) and Chennai (196). There are separate lists for Mumbai and Delhi. In Mumbai, 67% of rows name the contact person, and the list includes 22 LPG filling stations and 27 agencies of Century Gas.

Live figures: our Gas Agencies & LPG Distributors list has 4,297 contacts in 154 cities. 43% of rows name the contact person, 78% have a mobile number and 39% an email address. Most contacts are in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune and Chennai, and you can buy one of 1 cities instead of all of India.

Gas agency contacts by city

• Mumbai 412 contacts · 35% email · 78% mobile ₹499

Related lists

• Gas Agencies & LPG Distributors 4,297 contacts · 39% email · 78% mobile ₹499
• Energy, Power & Petroleum 1,02,710 contacts · 85% email · 93% mobile ₹1,999
• Restaurants, Cafes & Bars 1,44,421 contacts · 43% email · 92% mobile ₹1,999
• Caterers & Catering Services 22,815 contacts · 33% email · 90% mobile ₹1,999

Where it falls short:

• About a sixth of the official total. 4,297 contacts against 25,611 public sector distributors. The gap is widest in rural areas and in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and the East. Only six states have their own state list. If you need full rural coverage, this list will not give it to you.
• Not only oil company distributors. Service centres, LPG filling stations, private gas suppliers and some agencies that have closed or moved are mixed in, as the Delhi count shows. Look at the 60 free sample rows, then filter by category and name.
• No oil company, type or customer numbers. The list does not say whether an agency is Indane, Bharatgas or HP Gas, whether it is a Sheheri or Gramin Vitrak, or how many customers it serves. The email domain or website (many rows show ebharatgas.com) sometimes gives the oil company away.
• Contact details change. Agencies change hands under the oil companies' reconstitution rules, and phone numbers change with them. Confirm a contact before you rely on it.

The all-India gas agency list, and each state or city list, costs ₹499, plus 18% GST, with 60 contacts free to check first. If you sell to the gas agencies' customers rather than to the agencies, the bigger lists are the restaurants, cafes and bars list (1,44,421 contacts) and the caterers list (22,815). For fuel and energy businesses more widely, see the energy, power and petroleum list (1,02,710). Our restaurants database guide covers how to sell to kitchens.

Questions people ask

How do I find the nearest gas agency?

For a household connection or refill, use the distributor locator on the website or app of your oil company: Indane (IndianOil), Bharatgas (BPCL) or HP Gas (HPCL). It shows the agencies that serve your area. For commercial cylinders, call the commercial LPG helpline (1860-5991-111 for IndianOil) or ask the agencies and NDNE retailers in your city for quotations. For a gas leak, call 1906.

How many gas agencies are there in India?

25,611 public sector LPG distributors as on 1 July 2026, according to PPAC: 7,926 Sheheri, 3,791 Rurban, 11,841 Gramin and 2,053 Durgam Kshetriya Vitraks. Uttar Pradesh has the most (4,144), then Maharashtra (2,241), Bihar (2,033) and Tamil Nadu (1,658). Private parallel marketers are counted separately.

How can I get a gas agency dealership?

Only by applying for an advertised location on the official portal, lpgvitarakchayan.in, and being picked in the draw of lots. You need to be 21 to 60 years old and Class 10 pass, own land of the required size for a licensed godown, pay a non-refundable application fee of ₹2,500 to ₹10,000 depending on type and category, and, if selected, pay a security deposit of ₹2 lakh to ₹5 lakh.

What is the investment for a gas agency?

The official fees are the application fee and the refundable security deposit. The real cost is the land, the PESO-licensed godown (8,000 kg capacity for a town distributorship), the showroom, the delivery vehicles and working capital. These depend on local land and building prices, so no official figure exists. Price them in your area before you apply.

Can I use a household cylinder in my shop or restaurant?

No. Household 14.2 kg cylinders are for domestic use. Businesses must buy non-domestic cylinders (19 kg and larger) from a gas agency or an NDNE retailer. In Delhi on 29 October 2026, the 19 kg commercial Indane cylinder cost ₹2,810.

Are private gas agency dealerships genuine?

Private companies can lawfully sell imported LPG under the Parallel Marketing System and appoint their own dealers. But fake websites that copy the oil companies' names are common, and HPCL lists more than twenty of them on its homepage. Never pay a fee into a private account for an "Indane", "HP" or "Bharat Gas" dealership. Those come only through the official draw.

Where can I get a gas agency list with contact numbers?

The oil companies' locators show agencies one area at a time. Starleads sells an Excel list of 4,297 gas agencies and LPG distributors, plus state lists for Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Delhi, and city lists for Mumbai and Delhi, with 60 contacts free to check before you buy.