Private company

Colonial Oil Industries

Colonial Oil Industries is a Petroleum distributor in the United States founded in 1921.1 It is headquartered in Savannah.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1921Founded1
  • Industrypetroleum industry1
  • HeadquartersSavannah, United States1
  • Websitecolonialoilindustries.com
  • Legal formProfit Corporation2
  • LEI549300068DQOZS66FE252
  • StatusActive2
  • LEI statusIssued and current2
  • Registered addressC/O CLAYTON D. CHESHIRE, 31405 Savannah, United States2
  • Registered withGeorgia Secretary of State Corporations Division, J3096492
Colonial Gasoline sign (eagle), Route 80, Stilson, Georgia LCCN2017703749
Photo: John Margolies, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Corporate structure

Colonial Oil Industries is part of a group headed by COLONIAL GROUP, INC.. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • COLONIAL GROUP, INC. Savannah, Georgia, United States
    • Colonial Oil Industries Savannah, Georgia, United States
    • COLONIAL ENERGY, INC. Subsidiary · Camden, Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. Apr 22, 2019Parent Directly consolidated by COLONIAL GROUP, INC.2
  2. 1921Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$59.9M 2017–2026
Without federal contracts$604.0K 2023–2023
Without federal contractsWithout federal contracts, 2023–2023: $604.0K in all. Federal grants $604.0K.$0$200K$400K$600K$800K2023 · Federal grants: $604.0K2023
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsFederal contractsTotal
2026–$4.7M$4.7M
2025–$8.2M$8.2M
2024–$14.5M$14.5M
2023$604.0K$19.2M$19.8M
2022–$11.3M$11.3M
2021–$1.4M$1.4M
2017–$10.5K$10.5K

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov4, by calendar year, 2017–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest grants

  1. May 16, 2023$604.0K from Rural Business Cooperative Service: Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program5 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award CLSS00000076221

Largest contracts

  1. Aug 21, 2023$662.3K from Defense Logistics Agency: Diesel fuel6 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award SPE60523FUV8C
  2. May 29, 2025$414.9K from Defense Logistics Agency: Diesel fuel7 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award SPE60525FCYF3
  3. Jan 30, 2023$306.3K from Defense Logistics Agency: Diesel fuel8 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award SPE60523FSE7Y
  4. Jun 3, 2026$299.1K from Defense Logistics Agency: Diesel fuel9 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award SPE60526FHEM6
  5. May 1, 2026$268.3K from Defense Logistics Agency: Diesel fuel10 To COLONIAL OIL INDUSTRIES, INC. Award SPE60526FGVX2