LoRaWAN’s shift from pilot-scale to utility-grade infrastructure signals that low-power unlicensed LPWAN is consolidating as a core layer in the Massive IoT stack. This maturity pressures adjacent LPWAN and cellular IoT offerings to differentiate on roaming, QoS and ecosystem depth rather than raw coverage claims. Standard evolution around NTN and spectrum alignment also pre-empts regulatory bottlenecks that could slow satellite–terrestrial convergence. Overall, the trajectory points toward a more federated, multi-layer IoT connectivity landscape with LoRaWAN as a default choice for long-life, cost-sensitive endpoints.
LoRa Alliance releases 2025 End of Year Report highlighting LoRaWAN’s next growth phase in Massive IoT.
The LoRa Alliance®, the global association behind the open LoRaWAN®standard for low-power wide-area networks (LPWANs), today 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.
The report also highlights continued evolution of the LoRaWAN standard to support scale, efficiency, and regulatory alignment, including new data rates to improve network capacity and battery life, expanded regional spectrum support, and growing interoperability across public, private, community, and satellite-enabled networks.
“2025 marked a clear inflection point for LoRaWAN,” said Alper Yegin, CEO of the LoRa Alliance.
“We are now seeing sustained, exponential growth driven by real-world deployments at scale. LoRaWAN has firmly established itself as essential infrastructure for Massive IoT, complementing cellular, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.”
Additional highlights from the 2025 End of Year Report include:
- The launch of the LoRaWAN Success Story Database, creating the industry’s most comprehensive public repository of real-world LoRaWAN deployments and reinforcing market confidence through proof, not promises.
- Expanded regulatory engagement, including European approval for satellite-to-low-power device communications and continued advocacy to protect critical unlicensed spectrum globally.
- Strong global engagement, with the Alliance’s digital community exceeding 90,000 followers and subscribers, amplifying member successes and accelerating ecosystem visibility worldwide.
Looking ahead, the Alliance will continue focusing on scaling deployments, expanding regulatory alignment, strengthening interoperability, and increasing ecosystem collaboration as LoRaWAN becomes an increasingly integral part of the global connectivity stack, standing alongside Wi-Fi, cellular, and Bluetooth.
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