Maxol
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Oil |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Mallusk, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. |
Number of locations | 252[1] |
Key people | Brian Donaldson (CEO) Laurence Donegan (CFO) |
| Products | Petrochemical |
| Revenue | €750 million[2] |
| Website | maxol |
The Maxol Group is an Irish oil company which serves all of Ireland. It was founded in 1920 and is part of McMullan Bros. Limited.[3] As of August 2025, it has 252 locations on the island of Ireland.[4]
Organisation
[edit]Republic of Ireland
[edit]- Maxol Lubricants Ltd. (Lubricant supplier to the automotive, industrial, marine, and agricultural markets)
- Maxol Direct Ltd. (Home heating oil)
- Maxol Ltd. (Main petrol station retail network and bulk fuel seller)
- Estuary Fuel Ltd. (Oil terminal operator, petrol stations and various oil products)
- Marsh Oil Products Ltd. (Main import terminal)
Northern Ireland
[edit]- Maxol Oil Ltd. (Main petrol station retail network and bulk fuel seller)
- DGS Logistics, Fuel Distribution for Maxol petrol stations in Northern Ireland and some Republic of Ireland regions. Formerly Trevdon Oil Distribution.
- Maxol Leebody Fuels (Home heating oil)[5]
- Maxol Irwin Fuels (Home heating oil)[6]
History
[edit]In 1919, William and James G McMullan signed a supply agreement with the Anglo Mexican Oil Company (AMOC) and in 1920 founded McMullan Bros. Limited.[7] In 1924, AMOC was acquired by Shell; however, McMullan Bros. retained the rights to use the Mex brand name in Ireland.[8]
In 1972, the existing brand names of Mex, Silensol and Daisy, began to be replaced by the Maxol brand, though all operating companies only completed this process in 1981. In 1986, Maxol acquired Ola, operator of an oil terminal at Drogheda, County Louth. In 1996, Maxol acquired 80 retail sites from Statoil and Jet which were to be disposed of as a condition of their merger.[9] In 1997, the group signed a partnership with Mace, a convenience store group, to allow development of joint Maxol/Mace filling stations.
In 2000, Maxol acquired Northern Ireland's leading heating oil distributor, Connors Fuels Ltd.. This became Maxol Direct (NI) Ltd. In 2002, it acquired Estuary Fuel Limited which operates an oil terminal, a retail network and markets various oil products.[10]
In 2011, Maxol Direct home heating oil was sold to DCC Energy, which also owns Emo. That same year, they stopped producing the alternative e85, a type of biofuel made from whey in cheese processing for FFV (Flex Fuel Vehicle).[11]
In 2016, Maxol began opening forecourts, with the first one opening in Mulhuddart, Dublin, the company has franchise agreements with Burger King, Supermac's and Abrakebabra for these forecourts.
The Irish petrol station convenience stores began to rebrand around 2017 to use its own name and brands (Rosa Coffee and Maxol Deli) under a deal with BWG Foods, the Northern Irish petrol stations still use Spar and its brands (Daily Deli, Subway franchises and Barista Bar) as its own franchises for shops due to having a contract with NI Spar holder Henderson Foodservice.
References
[edit]- ^ Hennessy, Mark (5 August 2025). "Maxol CEO: 'People in the South spend for today. They're still much more cautious in the North'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Hennessy, Mark (5 August 2025). "Maxol CEO: 'People in the South spend for today. They're still much more cautious in the North'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Maxol Oil Limited". dun & bradstreet. 27 August 2020.
- ^ Hennessy, Mark (5 August 2025). "Maxol CEO: 'People in the South spend for today. They're still much more cautious in the North'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Leebody Fuels - Home Heating Oil, Red Diesel, Diesel - Northern Ireland". www.leebodyfuels.com.
- ^ "Home Heating Oil Lisburn & Belfast". www.irwinfuels.co.uk.
- ^ Hennessy, Mark (5 August 2025). "Maxol CEO: 'People in the South spend for today. They're still much more cautious in the North'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ "Irish independent petrol brands selling maps". PetrolMaps. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
- ^ "Maxol Group continues to expand with acquisition of Estuary". www.maxol.ie. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ "McMullans get €1.2m Maxol payout". Irish Examiner. 2004-11-22. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
- ^ "Maxol Direct sold to DCC Energy - Maxol Group - Fuel for All Engines. Maxol is Irelands leading independent oil company". www.maxol.ie. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012.