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Suburban Propane Price Per Gallon

Suburban Propane does not publish a per-gallon price: its own prices page sends customers to customer support or the nearest service center for a quote. Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE: SPH) is the third-largest US retail propane marketer by 2024 retail gallons, according to its FY2025 10-K. This page gives the published benchmark to check a Suburban quote against, what Suburban itself says about its plans, and the questions to ask.

US residential reference (EIA)

$2.689/ gallon

Week of 19 October 2026. Suburban quotes per gallon at the customer level and publishes no rate card, so this is the market it sells into, not its price.

What Suburban publishes about its plans

Automatic Delivery: Suburban tracks estimated usage and refills on a schedule. Its FY2025 10-K says approximately 60% of its residential customers receive propane this way, scheduled from each customer's past consumption and the weather.
Budget Payment Plan: estimated annual cost spread over the year, payments reviewed twice a year, enrolment in Automatic Delivery included, may be subject to credit approval.
Price protection: “may be available depending on your location and usage needs”, in Suburban's words. No enrolment window, terms or premiums are published, so ask what is offered at your address. How pre-buy and capped prices work in general is on the pre-buy vs will-call page.
24/7 emergency delivery, offered 365 days a year.

Sources: suburbanpropane.com propane prices and delivery options (read 19 October 2026); Suburban Propane Partners FY2025 10-K.

Company snapshot

Suburban Propane Partners (NYSE: SPH) is a publicly traded master limited partnership headquartered in Whippany, New Jersey. With its predecessor companies it has been in the retail propane business since 1928. As of 27 September 2025 it served approximately 1.0 million residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers through approximately 750 locations in 42 states, with operations principally concentrated in the east and west coast regions, plus portions of the midwest and Alaska. In fiscal 2025 it sold approximately 400.5 million gallons of propane to retail customers, alongside a smaller fuel oil and refined fuels business. Its 10-K, citing LP/Gas Magazine, ranks it the third-largest US retail propane marketer by retail gallons sold in calendar 2024.

Residential delivery pricing

Suburban Propane, like the other large retail propane marketers, does not publish per-gallon residential prices online. Its prices page says costs vary with supply, demand, season and location, and that annual usage affects the price per gallon, then directs customers to customer support or the nearest service center for current pricing. No public source surveys the large marketers separately, so there is no honest way to state what Suburban charges against what its competitors charge. What is published is the market Suburban sells into: the EIA weekly residential average, $2.689 a gallon nationally for the week of 19 October 2026. Use your state's EIA figure as the benchmark and ask Suburban to quote against it.

Suburban's propane supply contracts typically price on index formulas tied to the posted prices at Mont Belvieu, Texas, or Conway, Kansas, plus transportation, according to its 10-K, so its own cost of propane tracks the Mont Belvieu spot price; the retail price adds delivery and margin on top.

How Suburban compares to AmeriGas and Ferrellgas

None of the three publishes a residential per-gallon price, so a per-gallon comparison between them does not exist in public data. What does exist is footprint: Suburban is concentrated on the east and west coasts, and AmeriGas and Ferrellgas are covered on their own pages (AmeriGas, Ferrellgas). At a given address, the useful comparison is three written quotes (Suburban, another national marketer and a local independent) set against your state's EIA weekly average.

Commercial and industrial pricing

Suburban serves commercial and industrial accounts across food service, hospitality, agriculture, and autogas fleets. Commercial pricing follows the volume- tier structure detailed on our commercial vs residential page. Suburban does not publish commercial tiers or a rate card, so no per-tier percentage appears here. The published comparison is sector-wide and comes from EIA's State Energy Data System: for 2024, US commercial propane averaged $1.642 per gallon against $2.477 residential and industrial averaged $1.133. Read those as what the two kinds of account paid on average nationally, not as a discount Suburban offers, and note that the same data puts the gap at 3.2% in Iowa and 62.6% in Hawaii. A commercial quote turns on committed annual volume, delivery scheduling, tank ownership and whether the price is indexed to a named rack.

Suburban also sells propane autogas to vehicle fleets (its Fleet Autogas offering), and federal alternative fuel tax credits (when in effect) widen the gap further. The nearest published anchor is EIA's transportation sector propane price, $1.848 per gallon for 2024, 25.4% below the residential sector.

Tank ownership and contract terms

A Suburban customer either leases a tank from Suburban or owns one. Suburban does not publish its lease fees, minimum-usage charges or contract terms, so get them in writing with the quote: whether the lease is a separate annual charge or built into the per-gallon price, whether there is a minimum annual usage and what happens below it, and what it costs to leave. Suburban links its state disclosures from every page of its site; read the one for your state before signing.

Investor disclosures as a price signal

Because Suburban Propane Partners is publicly traded, its annual 10-K and quarterly 10-Q filings (on SEC EDGAR) report national figures that no private dealer publishes. For fiscal 2025 the 10-K reports 400.5 million retail propane gallons sold, up 5.9% on the year; average propane selling prices up 2.8%; average posted propane prices at Mont Belvieu up 5.8%; and propane unit margins up about $0.02 a gallon, excluding unrealized mark-to-market adjustments. Those show the direction of Suburban's margin, not the price any one customer pays. AmeriGas went private when UGI acquired its remaining public units in 2019; Ferrellgas Partners still files with the SEC, with its Class A units trading over-the-counter under the ticker FGPR, so Suburban and Ferrellgas are the two large marketers with standalone public disclosures.

What to ask before signing

For a residential customer evaluating Suburban quotes, the questions that matter:

What is the per-gallon price for my expected annual volume? (Get a tier-based answer, not a single number)
Is the metered volume temperature-compensated?
What is the tank lease fee, and is it itemised separately or included in the per-gallon price?
What is the minimum annual consumption to avoid surcharges?
Is any price protection (a fixed or capped price) offered at my address, and what does it cost?
What is the early-termination fee if I switch suppliers?
Is automatic delivery available, and what is the per- gallon discount vs will-call?

FAQ

How much is Suburban Propane per gallon today?

Suburban does not publish a per-gallon price; its own propane prices page tells customers to contact customer support or the nearest service center for current pricing. The published benchmark for the market it sells into is the EIA weekly residential average: $2.689 a gallon nationally for the week of 19 October 2026. Ask Suburban to quote against your state's EIA figure.

Does Suburban Propane have a pre-buy or price protection program?

Suburban's propane prices page says residential price protection options may be available depending on your location and usage. It publishes no enrollment window, terms or premiums, so ask your local Suburban office what is offered at your address and what it costs.

Does Suburban offer a budget payment plan?

Yes. Suburban's Budget Payment Plan spreads estimated annual propane costs over the year, with payments reviewed twice a year against usage. Enrolling also puts you on Automatic Delivery, and the plan may be subject to credit approval (suburbanpropane.com). It levels the bills; it is not a per-gallon discount.

Is Suburban Propane more expensive than AmeriGas?

There is no published way to tell. Neither company posts residential per-gallon prices, and no public survey prices the large marketers separately. Get written quotes from Suburban, AmeriGas and local independents at your address and compare each with your state's EIA weekly average.

Where does Suburban Propane operate?

In 42 states. Its FY2025 10-K reports approximately 1.0 million residential, commercial, industrial and agricultural customers served through approximately 750 locations as of 27 September 2025, with operations principally concentrated in the east and west coast regions plus portions of the midwest and Alaska.

How can I find Suburban Propane pricing data?

Suburban's annual 10-K reports national totals, not prices by region or customer class: 400.5 million retail propane gallons sold in fiscal 2025 (up 5.9%), an average propane selling price up 2.8% on the year, and propane unit margins up about $0.02 a gallon, excluding unrealized mark-to-market adjustments. Those show the direction of its margins, not what any one customer pays.