According to Bioenergy Europe, the global wood pellet market set new highs in 2025. The association published coverage of its Pellet Statistical Report on 24 June 2026 from Brussels. The report focuses on the 2025 market year. For related bioenergy industry context on this blog, see our earlier note on the Wood Energy Regions Network launch.
According to Bioenergy Europe, global wood-pellet production reached 53.5 million tonnes in 2025. That is +10% versus 2024. The association describes this as the strongest year-on-year growth in recent years.
According to the same report coverage, global pellet consumption reached 51.5 million tonnes. Bioenergy Europe presents this as a new all-time high. The total covers industrial and small-scale use.
According to Bioenergy Europe, Europe is the world’s largest pellet-consuming region. The association puts Europe at 70% of global demand when industrial and small-scale use are combined.
According to Bioenergy Europe, Europe accounts for 45% of world production.
The association also reports European production excluding Belarus and Russia. That figure is 24.1 million tonnes, +10% after two years of contraction. Bioenergy Europe describes it as a new regional record as reported.
Bioenergy Europe frames a challenge for buildings in the EU. According to the association, renewables make up about one third of household heating consumption. Natural gas remains dominant in that framing.
According to Bioenergy Europe, European small-scale pellet consumption was more than 19 million tonnes in 2025. The association calls this a historical record as reported.
Residential consumption was 15.3 million tonnes, according to Bioenergy Europe. That is +5% versus 2024.
According to the association, pellet appliances heat more than 6.5 million households across Europe.
Country detail in the same coverage: Italy has more than 2.3 million pellet appliances in operation, according to Bioenergy Europe. France has about 2 million, mostly stoves, as reported.
Bioenergy Europe quotes Manolis Karampinis, Business Development and Membership Director at Bioenergy Europe and General Manager of the European Pellet Council, from the report foreword.
As quoted by Bioenergy Europe, he points to signs of recovery in pellet stove sales in several markets in 2025. He describes appliances as a complement to the electrification trend in household heating.
As quoted by Bioenergy Europe, he says well-designed public support can help households with the upfront cost of replacing heating appliances.
As quoted by Bioenergy Europe, schemes in Austria and Poland enabled almost record numbers of households to adopt modern pellet boilers and move away from oil and coal systems. That is the speaker’s claim via Bioenergy Europe, not an independent audit in this strip.
This article summarises association reporting only. It is not an official Eurostat or European Commission statistical release.
Source (name and date, no outbound link): Bioenergy Europe, 24 June 2026 (Pellet Statistical Report coverage). Host for reference: bioenergyeurope.org.
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