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# Valero Energy: Business Model & Revenue Engine

## Direct Answer

Valero Energy reports revenue across 3 business segments in its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K. Refining is the largest, with $116 billion of revenue (95% of the total), followed by Ethanol at $5.0 billion (4%). 72% of revenue came from the United States.

## How Does Valero Energy Make Money?

Refining supplies 95% of revenue, so Valero Energy's results move mostly with that one business; the others matter more for diversification than for the headline number. Between fiscal 2024 and 2025, Ethanol grew fastest (+37.6%) and Renewable Diesel slowest (-9.3%), so the revenue mix tilts toward Ethanol while that gap lasts.

| Segment | FY2025 revenue | FY2024 revenue | Share of revenue | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Refining | $116 billion | $124 billion | 94.7% | -6.2% |
| Ethanol | $5.0 billion | $3.6 billion | 4.1% | 37.6% |
| Renewable Diesel | $4.6 billion | $5.1 billion | 3.7% | -9.3% |

![Bar chart of Valero Energy revenue by segment for fiscal 2025: Refining 94.7%, Ethanol 4.1%, Renewable Diesel 3.7%.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/valero-energy-business-model-segment-mix.webp)
*Valero Energy revenue by segment as a share of total revenue, from the table above. The largest is highlighted. Select the chart to open it full size.*

## Which Valero Energy Segments Earn the Most?

| Segment | FY2025 segment operating income | Segment margin |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Refining | $4.0 billion | 3.5% |
| Ethanol | $374 million | 7.5% |
| Renewable Diesel | -$156 million | -3.4% |

Segment operating income is the profit measure Valero Energy reports to its chief operating decision maker for each segment. It usually leaves out corporate costs that are not allocated to a segment, so the segments usually add up to more than consolidated operating income, and margins are comparable within Valero Energy more safely than against another company.

## Where Does Valero Energy's Revenue Come From?

Regions follow the definitions in the filing; most companies assign revenue by customer location.

| Region | FY2025 revenue | FY2024 revenue | Share of revenue | Change |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | $87.8 billion | $93.3 billion | 71.6% | -5.9% |
| United Kingdom and Ireland | $15.8 billion | $15.2 billion | 12.9% | 3.9% |
| Canada | $8.1 billion | $8.6 billion | 6.6% | -5.1% |
| Other countries | $5.7 billion | $7.4 billion | 4.7% | -22.0% |
| Mexico and Peru | $5.2 billion | $5.4 billion | 4.2% | -4.4% |

## What the Segment Figures Do Not Show

The rows above add up to 102% of Valero Energy's reported revenue for fiscal 2025; the difference is intersegment eliminations, corporate revenue or items the company reports outside its segments. Segment definitions are management's choice and change when a company reorganizes, in which case it restates prior years in the next filing, so a multi-year comparison should use the figures from a single filing. Revenue shows where sales come from, not where profit or cash is earned: a small segment can carry most of the margin.

## Where These Numbers Come From

Every figure on this page is a value Valero Energy reported in the segment note and revenue disclosures of its Form 10-K filed February 25, 2026 (accession 0001628280-26-011499), read from the SEC's Financial Statement Data Sets. The prior-year column is the comparative figure from that same filing, so it reflects any restatement for a change in segments. Category names are the company's own XBRL labels, lightly reformatted for reading.

Rows that only total other rows (for example a "Products" line beside the individual products) are left out so nothing is counted twice. This page is educational and describes reported history for fiscal 2025; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are Valero Energy's business segments?

In its fiscal 2025 Form 10-K, Valero Energy reports revenue for Refining, Ethanol and Renewable Diesel.

### Which part of Valero Energy brings in the most revenue?

Refining, with $116 billion of revenue in fiscal 2025, or 95% of the total.

### How much of Valero Energy's revenue comes from outside the United States?

28% in fiscal 2025, by the geographic breakdown Valero Energy reports in its Form 10-K. Companies assign revenue to regions differently (customer location, shipping address or selling entity), so check the filing's definition before comparing companies.

## References

- [SEC EDGAR: VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX Form 10-K filed February 25, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035002/000162828026011499/vlo-20251231.htm)
- [SEC EDGAR: VALERO ENERGY CORP/TX annual and quarterly filings](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=1035002&type=10-K)
- [SEC: EDGAR application programming interfaces (XBRL frames and submissions data)](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces)
- [SEC: Financial Statement Data Sets](https://www.sec.gov/data-research/sec-markets-data/financial-statement-data-sets)

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