Doppler Holding GmbH

About Doppler Holding

Doppler Holding GmbH is the further development of the Doppler Group, founded in 1932 in Wels, an owner-managed family business now in its third generation. The original wholesale business in petroleum products evolved into a broad energy and services portfolio. Until the sale of Doppler Energie GmbH to PKN Orlen on 2 January 2024, the group operated 260 filling stations under the Turmöl, Turmöl quick and BP brands, making it Austria's largest private filling station operator. Today the holding comprises the investment company Doppler Invests with focuses in energy, healthcare, technology and beauty, as well as Doppler Real Estate with projects in residential construction, commercial properties and filling station sites. Through Dopgas GmbH, the market leader in the Austrian LPG market, bottled gas, autogas and tank gas are delivered; Turm Logistik GmbH transports diesel, heating oil, motor gasoline, Avgas and Jet A1 throughout Austria. Customers are consumers, industry and commerce in Austria.

Site

Wels

Processes

Fuel and energy trading (filling stations, heating oil, lubricants, pellets), LPG (bottled gas, autogas, tank gas), Fuel logistics (Turm Logistik), Fuel card / fleet card (Austrocard), Electric vehicle charging points (Turmstrom), Aviation fuel business (Doppler Aviation), Real estate projects (Doppler Real Estate: filling station properties, commercial, residential, Investments (Doppler Invests: energy, healthcare, technology, beauty)

Founded

1932

Employees

around 700 (2020)

Industries

Energy, Petroleum trading, Filling stations, Logistics, Real estate, Investments

1. 01

   Procurement of fuels, heating oils and LPG

2. 02

   Logistics and transport (Turm Logistik)

3. 03

   Distribution via filling stations, sales outlets and direct delivery

4. 04

   Additional services: fleet card, shops, charging infrastructure

5. 05

   Investments and real estate development

Locations

History

1. 1932

   Founded by KR Franz Doppler in Wels; wholesale of petroleum products

2. 1945

   Introduction of the Aral brand to the Austrian market by Doppler Mineralöle

3. 1967

   Introduction of the Shell brand in the Doppler filling station network

4. 1980

   Use of the Esso brand

5. 2001

   Restructuring and acquisitions; increased focus on BP

6. 2003

   Acquisition of Turmöl Mineralölprodukte Großhandelsges.m.b.H. including filling station network

7. 2009

   Relaunch of Doppler Mineralöle

8. 2010

   Rollout of the SPAR express shop concept in the filling station network

9. 2012

   Opening of the 100th Turmöl filling station in Pasching

10. 2013

    Takeover of BP Austria's LPG business by the newly founded Doppler Gas GmbH; dopgas brand, around 600 sales outlets

11. 2014

    Acquisition of AWI Mineralölgroßhandel & Bauunternehmen GmbH; filling station network grows by 50 locations; introduction of the Nah&Frisch punkt shop concept

12. 2015

    Growth of Doppler Gas GmbH through the purchase and integration of Energie Steiermark's LPG business

13. 2017

    Opening of the first Turmstrom fast charging station in Linz; bottled gas offering (propane/butane)

14. 2018

    Introduction of the Austrocard fuel card; founding of Turm Logistik GmbH to integrate Fazeni; 49th Turmöl filling station in Allhaming with SPAR express

15. 2023

    Announcement of the sale of 263 Turmöl filling stations, the Turmgas/Turmstrom brands and Austrocard to PKN Orlen

16. 2024

    ORLEN takes over Doppler Energie GmbH on 2.1.2024 (renamed ORLEN Austria in July 2024); Doppler Holding acquires 100% of Primagaz GmbH and Propangas GmbH; stake in a consortium (20%, among others with AVL) for a pilot plant for synthetic diesel fuel production in Vienna

17. 2025

    Merger of Primagaz, Propangas and Doppler Gas GmbH into Dopgas GmbH; market leader in the Austrian LPG market