Europe Biopesticides Market

The Europe biopesticides market is estimated at USD 2.77 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 5.56 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 15.0%. The biopesticides market in Europe is propelled by policy initiatives promoting sustainable farming, tighter regulations on chemical pesticides, and growing demands on farmers to minimize environmental harm. Implementation of EU frameworks like the Farm to Fork Strategy and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is quickening the shift to risk and biological methods of crop protection. Increasing consumer preference for food without residues, in fruits, vegetables, and premium crops, is also boosting the use of microbial and plant-based biopesticides. The growing adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) initiatives throughout the region reflects a move towards biological agents as farmers look for options that offer beneficial environmental characteristics and integrate well with current methods. Notable progress in formulation technologies, like enhanced shelf-life biologicals applied to seeds and liquid microbial formulation, is boosting product performance and farmer trust. European authorities and research organizations keep funding research and development, promoting commercialization prospects for novel bioinsecticides, biofungicides, and bionematicides. Collectively, these factors are shaping a more mature and innovation-driven biopesticides market across Europe.

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BASF SE (Germany)

BASF SE is a chemical-based company that does all the production, marketing, and selling of chemicals, plastics, crop protection products, and various performance products. The product line includes solvents, paints, food additives, fungicides, herbicides, and various sorts of chemicals. BASF SE has 11 divisions, which are condensed into 7 business models: chemicals, materials, industrial solutions, and surface technologies. nutrition & care, agricultural solution, and others. The agriculture solutions segment provides biological solutions wherein the company has a broad product portfolio for crop protection & seed, turf & ornamentals, and urban & rural pest control. Crop protection mainly provides foliar and drench-applied biological solutions to the growers for control of pests and diseases for residue and resistance management. The segment of biological solutions herein comprises biofungicides, bioinsecticides, inoculants, biostimulants, and pheromones that are intended for use in integrated pest management programs by the greenhouse and open field grower.

In March 2024, BASF announced that it is investing in a new fermentation plant for biologic and biotechnologically based crop protection products at the Ludwigshafen site. The production facility will start up in the second half of 2025, producing high-value products for farmers, such as biological fungicides and seed treatments.

Bayer AG (Germany)

Bayer AG is a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. The company includes a range of products under the Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Health, and Crop Science business divisions. Bayer AG has a collection of more than 125,000 microbial strains. These enable the company to take advantage of genetic diversity as a means of developing novel and helpful products. The company continues to exploit its research on microbial and RNAi technology, utilizing RNA interference as a means of increasing efficiency in its products. Furthering this research is the acquisition of Monsanto US, which furthered the research on RNAi technology to advance the products for crop protection solutions. In 2023, Bayer entered a partnership with Kimitec to develop and expand its portfolio of biological solutions based on natural sources.

In April 2024, Bayer announced that it had reached an agreement with AlphaBio Control of the UK on a new biological insecticide. The move is strategic to strengthen Bayer's product portfolio, since the new insecticide will be unique in its type to be made available for arable crops, such as oilseed rape and cereals, thereby helping Bayer build its offerings in sustainable crop protection.

Market Ranking

The European biopesticides market's competitive landscape comprises both agrochemical corporations and dedicated biocontrol enterprises. This characterizes a fragmented yet swiftly merging industry where worldwide corporations use scale advantages while niche pioneers focus on technological innovation and formulation skills. Global corporations (BASF, Bayer, Syngenta, Corteva) are growing their biological product ranges via R&D and acquisitions. On the other hand, specialist firms (Koppert, Andermatt Biocontrol, Biobest, Certis, Valent/Sumitomo) concentrate on customized biocontrol products, service-oriented distribution, and greenhouse/horticulture sectors. This dual structure drives fast product innovation, broader geographic reach, and intensified commercial partnerships, with price, registration know-how, and proven field efficacy as the key competitive levers. The market is characterized by increasing alliances between chemical and biological players and by growing investment in formulation and seed-applied biologicals.

In December 2024, Koppert and Amoéba, a Greentech company specializing in microbiological solutions, announced a partnership to introduce an innovative biofungicide, AXPERA. Based on Amoéba's patented amoeba lysate technology, AXPERA is designed to combat fungal diseases effectively. In May 2024, Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp announced that Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA - Ministério da Agricultura e Pecuária) had approved three new bio-insecticidal and bio-nematocidal solutions derived from inactivated cells of the company’s proprietary Burkholderia platform. In April 2024, Bayer signed an agreement with UK-based AlphaBio Control on a new biological insecticide. This strategic move should strengthen Bayer's product portfolio. This new insecticide will be the first of its kind made available for arable crops, such as oilseed, rapeseed, and cereals, enabling Bayer to enhance its offerings in the field of sustainable crop protection.

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Europe Biopesticides Market by Type (Bioinsecticides, Biofungicides, Bionematicides), Crop Type (Cereals & Grains, Oilseeds & Pulses), Formulation (Liquid and Dry), Source (Microbials, Biochemicals), and Mode of Application - Forecast to 2030

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