Posted: October 12, 2025

Why Businesses Switch to Commercial Propane

20 Benefits of Propane for Your Business

Whether you are in manufacturing, construction, warehousing, agriculture, landscaping, hospitality or a range of other industries, commercial propane delivers power, value, and convenience that you can pass on to your customers without hurting your bottom line. Not sure if propane is a fit for your operation? Mercer Energy has 20 great ways—and counting—that using propane will benefit your business:

Propane: Efficient, Ecofriendly, and Safe

Propane is better for the environment, and that’s more and more important to your customers.

1. Compared to other heating fuels, including electricity, propane heats quickly and burns cleanly, and leaves a smaller carbon footprint.
2. Propane appliances and equipment are superefficient, so less energy is wasted—keeping your energy costs down.
3. Propane costs on average 2.5 times less per Btu than heating with electricity, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
4. Propane is nontoxic and can’t harm soil or groundwater.
5. Propane has a very narrow range of flammability.

Propane for Agriculture

Whether you are growing crops or raising livestock, propane can work for you in many ways.

6. Propane is efficient for heating and provides consistent heat ideal for warming livestock barns, hatcheries and greenhouses.
7. Clean-burning propane can power much of your landscaping and agricultural equipment, from commercial mowers to irrigation engines.
8. Propane flame weeders deliver effective, organic weed control.
9. Propane is an ideal fuel for crop drying.

Propane for Forklifts & Industrial Applications

Want to keep your warehouse, construction, or industrial facilities running smoothly with less downtime? Propane-fueled forklifts offer real advantages:

10. Propane-fueled forklifts can be used outdoors in wet conditions, unlike electric-powered forklifts.
11. Propane-powered forklifts will operate at 100% power as long as there’s propane in the cylinder. An electric forklift loses power as the battery drains.
12. Refueling is quick and easy with replaceable cylinders and our convenient cylinder exchange service. Recharging an electric forklift takes equipment out of service for hours, slowing down operations.
13. Propane-powered forklifts also handle heavy loads better and are more capable when it comes to inclines.
14. In addition to forklifts, propane can be used to power a wide range of equipment, including welding equipment, asphalt heaters, concrete grinders, saws, polishers, trowels, and dust extractors, pressure washers, small cranes, water pumps, floor buffers and more.
15. Propane puts less wear on equipment, keeping it out of the shop and keeping your operations running smoothly.

Propane for Hospitality & Food Service

Whether you’re an arty bistro, a burger joint, a school cafeteria, or any other hospitality establishment, commercial gas services help you serve up a great experience for your guests.

16. Professional chefs prefer gas for cooking.
17. Hotels, hospitals, and nursing facilities all benefit from propane for cooking, water heating and space heating, as well as for industrial washers and clothes dryers, just to name a few.
18. Food trucks use propane to power mobile kitchens.
19. Resorts and country clubs use propane for everything from commercial kitchens to groundskeeping equipment.
20. Restaurants and hotels use propane for cooking as well as outdoor space heaters and firepits.

The Bottom Line

As a business owner, you know how important it is to manage costs while maintaining the quality and service your customers expect—and we understand that too. We started as a cooperative of local farmers, and while we’ve grown substantially and added many more services, we’ve never lost the values of a local energy provider. Find out why we’re the go-to resource for commercial propane services in Northwest and Central Ohio and West-Central Indiana.

Contact us today for more information.