At a Glance

 

Since 1877, Universal Oil has been supplying premium fuel and industrial lubricants to Northeast Ohio. As an employee-owned company, we continue to build on our core values and strive for excellence every day to create a "five-star" experience for our customers.

We are a proud top tier Phillips 66 and Kendall Motor Oil distributor, as well as a custom blender in order to serve all your industrial lubricant needs.

We pride ourselves on the highest quality products, services, and knowledge.

Values and Purpose

At Universal Oil, our purpose is simple yet meaningful...
 

 

Keeping your Business Moving

Our customers do great things with their businesses every day. We're inspired by the bus garages that drive children to school every day, our farmers that provide food to our towns, or even the mechanic that's a lifesaver to his customers when their cars break down. The businesses we supply put in the hard work every day to truly make this world a better place.

Our role in this is simple, to supply businesses with the products and services they need to keep doing great things and moving forward. We hope to make the quality of your engine oil or the fuel level in your tank the least of your concerns; we know you have more important things to focus on... We know you have to keep moving.



























Building Reliable Relationships since 1877

Core Values

• Exceeding Expectations

  • The highest quality of service and products

• Reliability

  • Being trustworthy and performing consistently well
  • Enhanced technical competence

• Integrity

  • Being honest and having strong moral principles

• Respect

  • Recognizing abilities, qualities, and achievements

• Innovation

 

Areas we service

Universal Oil primarily delivers across Northeast and Northwest Ohio areas and some nearby parts of Pennsylvania. However, we currently have customers spread throughout numerous states that we ship products to. Please contact us today to see what we can do for you.

Industries we supply

Universal Oil services a diverse set of industries. We are diligently working to provide the best service possible and cover all of the fuel and lubricant needs these industries require.

These industries include, but aren't limited to:

• Commercial
• Industrial
• Construction
• Off Highway
• Agricultural
• Automotive
• Rubber (Process Oils)
• Specialty Markets

Universal Oil services a diverse set of industries. We are continually working to provide the best service possible and cover all of the fuel and lubricant needs these industries require.

 

100% Employee-Owned

Universal Oil has been a 100% employee-owned company under an employee stock ownership plan since 2007.

What this means is that every single one of our employees, from our drivers to the president, begin collecting company stock shares as soon as they begin working here.

This means that customers can expect a higher sense of sense of commitment and responsibility from our employees because they understand the unique importance of every one of our customers.

 




"Act Like an Owner"

One Phrase Scott Fox, the company president, often says to employees is to "Act Like an Owner". At our company, every single employee is set under the expectation to behave this way. Our day doesn't end at 5 pm, we don't stop asking "how can we improve" during a good quarter, we don't choose ease over innovation, and we won't ever stop working hard to keep your business moving.

Working with an employee-owned company means you can expect us to pick up the phone if there's an emergency at 9 pm and expect us to continue impressing you with new features and services to make your life easier.

 

100% Transparency – A Rare Find

Only 23% of all American workers participate in a pension plan or ESOP, an even smaller percentage is 100% Employee-owned making our company pretty unique. What's more unique is that since our employees are stockholders, we provide them will all the company information they could want. Be it business plans, financials, or industry information we're transparent in that we provide this information through emails and mandatory quarterly meetings to review results.




















 

Our ACHIEVEMENTS

 

Universal Oil is proud to have been awarded the status of Top-Tier Marketer for Phillips 66^® in both 2018 and 2019. Top-Tier Marketer status is awarded by Phillips 66^® to Marketers for exceeding quality, safety, and environmental operation standards. We pride ourselves in operating in a safe and responsible way in order to protect the quality of our products as well as the people around us.



Universal Oil has been a Better Business Bureau^® Accredited Business since 5/20/2018. Being a BBB Accredited Business means that Universal Oil holds itself to the ethical and legal standards set by the Better Business Bureau.

Universal Oil has been working hard to build reliable relationships with our customers since 1877. A reliable relationship is built on honesty, responsiveness, trust, transparency, and integrity. We honor these values every day at Universal Oil and the Better Business Bureau bases its accreditation standards on these same values. 

 

 

 

Over 140 years of History