This report presents a visual overview of developments in the European chemical industry in 2025, highlighting new construction and expansion projects. It details the involved companies, target substances, and countries where these developments took place.
New plants and plant expansions in 2025 across Europe.
Plant and project location data provided by chemXplore Alpha.
Each project is labeled with one or more categories or sectors based on their target chemical processes. As can be seen from the chart, biobased & circular and energy related investments clearly outnumber other categorie in 2025.
A estimated total of 116 projects were completed.
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Number of projects that target the production of these chemical substances. In addtion to targeting the production of substances, there are also 8 projects aiming to capture & store carbon dioxide (CCS).
Most targeted substances include Hydrogen , Carbon dioxide , Methanol , Pyrolysis oil , Sustainable Aviation Fuel , Plastic waste , Polyethylene , Polypropylene , TACOIL , and Water .
Top 7 companies involved as owner and/or investor in a project:
BASF , TotalEnergies , Borealis , Repsol , Merck , WACKER , Versalis , Ercros , Plastic Energy , and Evonik .
Countries ordered by estimated number of projects completed throughout 2025. The top 7 consists of Germany , Spain , France , Belgium , Italy , United Kingdom , and The Netherlands .
Many projects are located on a chemical park or cluster. This is the top 5 with the highest number of projects completed in 2025:
Port Of Antwerp, Chemmed Cluster Tarragona, Schwechat , ZILS - Sines Industrial and Logistics Zone, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Industriepark Höchst, and Saltend Chemicals Park.
The average investment value per project.
