[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":161},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-\u002Fbusiness-gas-suppliers":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":149,"extension":150,"meta":151,"navigation":157,"path":152,"seo":158,"seoTitle":159,"stem":12,"__hash__":160},"content\u002Fbusiness-gas-suppliers.md","Business gas suppliers",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":137},"minimark",[9,13,23,26,31,34,39,42,46,49,52,56,59,63,75,78,82,85,97],[10,11,5],"h1",{"id":12},"business-gas-suppliers",[14,15,16,17,22],"p",{},"Ofgem counts 65 active suppliers in the business gas and electricity retail markets (State of the market, 27 January 2026). Households pick from 22. More than 70 companies hold a gas supply licence covering business premises, on Ofgem's licensee list dated 9 July 2026. Workings on our ",[18,19,21],"a",{"href":20},"\u002Fpricing-methodology","pricing methodology",".",[14,24,25],{},"Holding a licence and selling gas to your meter are different things. Below is who holds one, grouped by what the licence permits. We do not rank them. Ofgem publishes market share and service scores for households only, so every \"best supplier\" table is opinion or a review score.",[27,28,30],"h2",{"id":29},"who-supplies-business-gas-in-the-uk","Who supplies business gas in the UK",[14,32,33],{},"Names checked in August 2026 against Ofgem's list of gas licensees, dated 9 July 2026, which Ofgem notes is not a formal public register. Octopus, OVO and Corona each hold three licences or more, so there are fewer names than licences.",[35,36,38],"h3",{"id":37},"licensed-to-supply-both-households-and-businesses","Licensed to supply both households and businesses",[14,40,41],{},"Alfred Electricity & Gas. British Gas Trading. Brook Green Trading. Corona Energy Retail 4. DGP Energy. E (Gas and Electricity). E.ON Next Energy. Ecotricity. EDF Energy Customers. Engie Power. Evolve Energy Supply. Flow Energy. Foxglove Energy Supply. Fuse Energy Supply. Gas Plus Supply. Good Energy Gas. Green Energy (UK). Home Energy Trading. Jellyfish Energy. Marble Power. Maxen Power Supply. Octopus Energy. Opal Gas. Opus Energy. Opus Gas Supply. Osso Energy. OVO Energy. Scottish Power Energy Retail. Shell Energy UK. SmartestEnergy Business. SO Energy Trading. Square1 Energy. TotalEnergies Gas & Power. Tru Energy. UK Gas Supply. UK National Gas. Unify Energy. Utilita Energy. Valda Energy. Yu Energy Retail.",[35,43,45],{"id":44},"licensed-for-business-gas-only","Licensed for business gas only",[14,47,48],{},"Ceres Energy. Conrad Energy (Trading). Corona Energy. Coulomb Energy Supply. Crown Gas and Power. E E Solutions. Economy Gas. Engie Gas. Flogas Enterprise Solutions. Npower Commercial Gas. Pozitive Energy. Regent Gas. Ruby Gas. SEFE Energy. Smart Pay Energy. SmartestEnergy. SSE Energy Supply. United Gas & Power. Versa Energy.",[14,50,51],{},"Some familiar brands trade under a different licensed name. Drax business gas sits under Opus Energy and Opus Gas Supply. npower Business Solutions is Npower Commercial Gas, in the E.ON group. SEFE Energy was Gazprom Energy until 2022. Shell Energy UK still supplies business gas, though its household book went to Octopus. Other brands resell under someone else's licence, so they do not appear here under their own name.",[35,53,55],{"id":54},"licensed-but-not-selling-to-small-businesses","Licensed, but not selling to small businesses",[14,57,58],{},"These hold gas supply licences and will not quote a shop or a small factory. They are wholesale traders, industrial arms and special cases. Axpo UK. Barrow Shipping. BGI Trading. BP Gas Marketing. Crown Oil. Data Energy Management Services. ENI Global Energy Markets SPA. Equinor UK. Flexitricity. Hartree Partners Power & Gas Company (UK). Macquarie Bank. RWE Supply and Trading GmbH. Sembcorp Utilities (UK). The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. UK Healthcare Corporation.",[27,60,62],{"id":61},"how-to-choose-a-business-gas-supplier","How to choose a business gas supplier",[14,64,65,66,70,71,22],{},"Start with the price for your actual meter, then read the contract: length, end date, and what leaving early costs. Service is harder to judge, because no regulator-backed rating exists for business gas. If you are mid-contract on a rate below today's market, stay put and diarise the end date. We say so when that is the answer. The walkthrough is on ",[18,67,69],{"href":68},"\u002Fcompare-business-gas","compare business gas",". For both fuels, see ",[18,72,74],{"href":73},"\u002Fbusiness-gas-and-electricity","gas and electricity on one contract",[14,76,77],{},"Whichever name you pick, our commission is 1.5p per kWh, gas and electricity, every contract length, printed on the quote before signing.",[27,79,81],{"id":80},"what-out-of-contract-gas-actually-costs","What out-of-contract gas actually costs",[14,83,84],{},"Ofgem puts it plainly. Deemed contract prices \"are on average 80 per cent more than rates charged in a negotiated contract\", and \"around 10% of micro-businesses are on deemed contracts\" (Ofgem, Understand energy contracts for businesses, checked August 2026). Nobody signs up for one. You land there by letting a contract lapse, or moving in and not signing.",[14,86,87,88,92,93,22],{},"The unit rate alone will fool you. EDF's published deemed gas price is 7.031p per kWh with a standing charge of 893.86p a day, effective 1 January 2026. That standing charge is £3,263 a year before a single unit is burned. Our arithmetic, daily rate times 365. Leaving costs no exit fee, though the switch takes a few weeks and some paperwork. Detail in our ",[18,89,91],{"href":90},"\u002Fguides\u002Fdeemed-rates","deemed rates guide",", mechanics in ",[18,94,96],{"href":95},"\u002Fguides\u002Fhow-to-switch-business-energy","how to switch",[98,99,101,108,119,129],"faq-section",{"title":100},"Questions people ask us",[102,103,105],"faq-item",{"question":104},"Who is the cheapest energy supplier for business?",[14,106,107],{},"No supplier is cheapest for everyone. Rankings shift with consumption, meter type, region and the week you ask, so the answer arrives as a quote for your meter.",[102,109,111],{"question":110},"Who is my business gas supplier in the UK?",[14,112,113,114,118],{},"Your bill names it. If you have moved in and have no bill yet, find your MPRN and your local gas transporter can confirm the supplier. Our ",[18,115,117],{"href":116},"\u002Fguides\u002Fmpan-mprn-numbers","MPAN and MPRN guide"," shows where to look.",[102,120,122],{"question":121},"Who is the cheapest gas supplier in the UK?",[14,123,124,125,22],{},"Household and business gas are priced separately, so a domestic league table tells you nothing. No table ranks business gas suppliers on price, because rates are quoted per meter. Averages are on ",[18,126,128],{"href":127},"\u002Fbusiness-gas-prices","business gas prices",[102,130,132],{"question":131},"How much is business gas per kWh?",[14,133,134,135,22],{},"The average non-domestic gas price was 5.17p per kWh in Q1 2026, including CCL (DESNZ, Quarterly Energy Prices, 30 June 2026). Deemed rates run above that. Averages by business size sit on ",[18,136,128],{"href":127},{"title":138,"searchDepth":139,"depth":139,"links":140},"",2,[141,147,148],{"id":29,"depth":139,"text":30,"children":142},[143,145,146],{"id":37,"depth":144,"text":38},3,{"id":44,"depth":144,"text":45},{"id":54,"depth":144,"text":55},{"id":61,"depth":139,"text":62},{"id":80,"depth":139,"text":81},"Who actually sells business gas in Great Britain, grouped and dated from Ofgem's gas licence list. Ofgem counts 65 active business energy suppliers.","md",{"registeredPath":152,"vertical":153,"role":154,"sitemapGroup":155,"schema":156},"\u002Fbusiness-gas-suppliers","gas","suppliers","pages","ItemList+FAQPage",true,{"title":5,"description":149},"Business gas suppliers: the UK list for 2026","BrUqudyX2SxaBQZcYd-u_fxhSn5anh-9oRNR_kuRnrU",1786561185773]