Digestate-based Fertilizer Market To Reach $570.4 Million By 2033

Digestate-based Fertilizer Market Growth & Trends

The global digestate-based fertilizer market is projected to reach USD 570.4 million by 2033, expanding at a CAGR of 5.6%, according to Grand View Research, Inc. growth in the digestate-based fertilizer market is driven by the increasing need for sustainable nutrient sources and effective organic waste management across agriculture, horticulture, pasture, and other crop production systems. Rising generation of livestock manure, food waste, crop residues, and municipal organic waste is expanding the feedstock base for anaerobic digestion and increasing the availability of nutrient-rich digestate. Growing concerns regarding soil degradation and declining soil organic matter are also encouraging farmers to adopt fertilizers that can supply nutrients while contributing organic matter to agricultural soils. The market is further supported by the expansion of anaerobic digestion and biogas production facilities, where digestate is generated as a major by-product and can be converted into a valuable agricultural input. Government initiatives promoting nutrient recycling, circular agriculture, renewable energy, and organic waste diversion are encouraging the development of digestate utilization pathways. Investments in separation, drying, concentration, nutrient recovery, pelletization, and granulation technologies are improving product quality, handling, storage, and transportability, enabling producers to commercialize higher-value digestate-based fertilizer products.

Increasing fertilizer price volatility and the need to improve farm input efficiency are creating opportunities for digestate-based alternatives to supplement conventional fertilizers. Producers are developing formulations with more consistent nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations to meet specific crop and soil requirements. Advances in nutrient recovery and contaminant removal are also helping address quality concerns and broaden agricultural applications. As food-waste treatment, manure management, and decentralized biogas projects expand, improved integration between waste collection, anaerobic digestion, digestate processing, and fertilizer distribution is expected to strengthen market development.

The solid segment dominated the form segment, accounting for a 68.5% revenue share in 2025.Its strong market position is supported by the convenience of storing, transporting, and applying solid digestate products. Drying, composting, pelletization, and granulation can also improve handling characteristics, making solid formulations suitable for farms with established conventional fertilizer application and storage infrastructure.

Processed digestate-based fertilizers is expected to grow fastest at a CAGR of 5.7% during the forecast period.Growth is being driven by increasing demand for standardized fertilizer products with improved nutrient consistency, shelf life, and application efficiency. Processing technologies can reduce excess moisture and transform raw digestate into concentrated, pelletized, or granulated products with greater commercial usability.           

Europe dominated the global digestate-based fertilizer market, accounting for a 40.5% revenue share in 2025. The region benefits from its well-established anaerobic digestion industry, extensive biogas infrastructure, and strong focus on nutrient recycling. Increasing efforts to integrate organic waste treatment with agricultural resource recovery are supporting digestate utilization, while established regulatory frameworks and sustainability initiatives are encouraging its commercialization as a fertilizer input.

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Digestate-based Fertilizer Market Report Highlights

• The digestate-based fertilizer market is driven by the growing need to improve nutrient recycling and reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers in agricultural production. The expansion of anaerobic digestion facilities for livestock manure, food waste, crop residues, and municipal organic waste is increasing the availability of digestate as a nutrient-rich agricultural input. Rising adoption of circular farming practices and sustainable soil management is encouraging farmers to incorporate digestate-based fertilizers into crop production systems.

• The organic municipal waste segment is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period.Growth is being supported by increasing volumes of household food waste, garden waste, and other biodegradable municipal materials requiring sustainable treatment. The expansion of source-segregated waste collection is improving the availability of suitable organic feedstock for anaerobic digestion facilities.      

• Cereals & grains segment dominated the end use segment with a revenue share of 31.6% in 2025. Its leading position is associated with the extensive global cultivation of wheat, maize, rice, barley, and other staple crops, which creates substantial demand for nutrient inputs. Digestate-based fertilizers can provide nitrogen and other nutrients required to maintain productivity across large-scale field cultivation.

• Latin America is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.2% during the forecast period. The region’s large agricultural sector provides considerable potential for digestate utilization, particularly in countries with significant livestock, sugarcane, food-processing, and crop production activities. Abundant agricultural residues and animal manure provide feedstock for expanding anaerobic digestion operations.                      

• In May 2026, the European Commission considered measures to ease fertilizer supply pressures by promoting organic and low-carbon fertilizer alternatives, including digestate. The proposed measures included creating lead markets for European-made organic fertilizers and considering regulatory changes that could enable greater use of nutrient-rich digestate from biogas production. The initiative highlights the growing role of digestate in strengthening fertilizer supply resilience and reducing dependence on conventional nutrient inputs.

Digestate-based Fertilizer Market Segmentation

Grand View Research has segmented the market on the basis of form, product, feedstock, crop type and region:

Digestate-based Fertilizer Form Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2021 - 2033)

• Solid

• Liquid

Digestate-based Fertilizer Product Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2021 - 2033)

• Direct Digestate-based Fertilizers

  • Whole Digestate

  • Liquid Digestate

  • Solid Digestate

• Processed Digestate-based Fertilizers

  • Dried Digestate

  • Pelletized / Granulated Digestate

  • Composted Digestate

• Nutrient-Recovered Digestate-based Fertilizers

  • Nitrogen-Recovered Fertilizers

    • Ammonium Sulfate

    • Other Nitrogen-Recovered Products

  • Phosphorus-Recovered Fertilizers

    • Struvite

    • Other Phosphorus-Recovered Products

  • N/P/NK-Recovered Fertilizers

• Other Products

Digestate-based Fertilizer Feedstock Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2021 - 2033)

• Agricultural

  • Manure

  • Crop Residues / Crops

• Industrial / Food Waste

• Organic Municipal Waste

• Sewage Sludge

• Other Feedstocks

Digestate-based Fertilizer Crop Type Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2021 - 2033)

• Cereals & Grains

• Oilseeds & Pulses

• Fruits & Vegetables

• Pasture & Forage

Digestate-based Fertilizer Region Outlook (Volume, Kilotons; Revenue, USD Million, 2021 - 2033)

• North America

  • U.S.

  • Canada

  • Mexico

• Europe

  • Germany

  • UK

  • France

  • Italy

  • Spain

• Asia Pacific

  • China

  • India

  • Japan

  • South Korea

• Latin America

  • Brazil

  • Argentina

• Middle East & Africa

  • Saudi Arabia

  • South Africa

List of Key Players in the Digestate-Based Fertilizer Market

• Yara

• HoSt Bio-Energy

• ReFood

• Future Biogas

• Condorchem Enviro Solutions

• NDDB Mrida

• Hydrotech Engineering

• Doranova Oy

• Dhakshhin Agropolis Ltd.

• Bharat Bio Gas