The LoRa Alliance, the global association behind the open LoRaWAN standard for low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), has announced the release of its 2025 End of Year Report. The report highlights a defining year in which LoRaWAN moved into its next growth phase, scaling from widespread adoption to becoming a foundational connectivity layer for Massive IoT across utilities, cities, buildings, industry, agriculture and critical infrastructure worldwide.
Key trends identified in the report include:
- LoRaWAN reached 125 Million deployed devices globally, achieving a 25% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), underscoring accelerating adoption and long-term market momentum.
- Large-scale deployments continue to expand, with multi-million-device networks operated by Alliance members including ZENNER, Actility, Netmore, The Things Industries, and Veolia, alongside rapid growth in high-volume, single-use deployments such as agriculture tracking and safety systems.
- Utilities remain the largest deployment vertical, led by smart water, while LoRaWAN now leads as the top wireless technology for smart building and facility management, reflecting its position as proven infrastructure rather than experimental technology.
- Non-terrestrial network (NTN) LoRaWAN connectivity continues to advance, supported by regulatory progress in Europe and growing collaboration between terrestrial and satellite networks.
- The LoRa Alliance ecosystem expanded to 360 members, reflecting increased industry alignment around LoRaWAN as the leading LPWAN standard for scalable, long-life IoT deployments, with 57 new members joining in 2025 alone, underscoring strong collaboration.
- The LoRa Alliance surpassed 625 certified devices, with continued enhancements to certification, interoperability testing, and self-certification programs to support large device portfolios and faster time-to-market.
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