About
A family business based in Western North Carolina for over three generations

E. S. Koon, G. N. (Nick) Koon and Karl Koon
View our Vision & Mission StatementIn 1922, our founder, E. S. Koon, got his oil business start in Asheville, NC as a distributor for Atlantic. In 1930, Gulf Oil Corporation asked him to take over as the distributor for their products and the company moved to our 4 Fairview Road location that we still use today. The company weathered the trying times of the Great Depression and rationing during World War II. Following the war, the founder’s son, G. N. (Nick) Koon, returned from service in the Navy to join his father in the business.
The company prospered following the war, expanding their services to include service stations, tires, batteries, automobile accessories, lubricants and waxes along with the usual gasoline, diesel and heating oils. During the oil embargo and shortages in the early 1970’s, we worked hard to keep our customers in product, applying for allocations and petitioning the Federal Energy Office for emergency supplies.
After graduating college in 1979, Nick’s son Karl joined the company full time. Having grown up in the company working summers and vacations, he had hands-on experience in all phases of the business. Since then, the company has become one of the leading lubricant marketers in Western North Carolina.
In early 2004, Asheville Oil Company acquired Smoky Mountain Petroleum, again expanding our range of services to include propane and HVAC service and installation. As the only fully integrated petroleum supplier in the area, we truly are the one source for all of your petroleum and indoor comfort needs.
In 2021, we acquired Filter Supply after owner Ted Brackett announced his retirement, and moved most of our operations to our new facility at 22 Tribology Drive, off of Brevard Road. We welcome you to visit us in our new location, and hope you like it as much as we do!
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Delivering quality products, unexcelled service and competitive prices
Asheville Oil Company has a tradition of serving the residential, commercial and industrial customers in our area with a complete line of quality products and services all at competitive prices.
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Asheville Oil Company is proud the be the only full-line petroleum distributor in Western North Carolina, As a full line distributor, we offer the most complete range of petroleum products and specialties and represent many of the top brands in the market place.
With a diverse slate of products ranging from gasoline and diesel fuels, home heating fuels, lubricants and filters, we are your one stop source for products that keep you moving on the highways, remaining warm in winter and keeping your equipment operating at peak efficiency. Check out our product listing and see how we can make your life a little easier.

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Tips & Advice
Let’s talk Grease…Does the color really matter?
We get this question fairly often from industrial and commercial grease users. They ask if the color actually makes a difference or more frequently we will get calls looking for a “red, tacky grease.” As described in the video from Mobil below, the color of the grease does not change the performance characteristics and it…