Facts and Figures

FIGURES OF MARCH 2020 SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF EU ECOLABEL PRODUCTS KEEPS GROWING IN THE MAJORITY OF PRODUCT GROUPS

As of March 2020, 1.456 licences were awarded for 70.692 products (goods and services) available on the market.

16 out of 24 EU Ecolabel product groups have witnessed an increase in the number of products in respect to September 2019, despite an overall 10% decrease of the total number of products, mainly due to the expiration of old licenses for “lubricants”, “graphic paper”, “tissue paper”, “newsprint paper” that companies are still in the process of renewing.

Product groups for which highest growth in product numbers is registered from the last reporting period are: Indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (+2292 products), hard surface cleaning products (+1501 products), Textiles (+746 products), Wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings (+732 products) and Furniture (+413 products).

The highest relative increase in number of products has been registered for the following product groups: Furniture (+645%), Wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings (+116%), Indoor cleaning services (+111%) and Hard surface cleaning products (+77%), counting now 477, 1365, 19, and 3457 products respectively.

Leading awarding countries for number of awarded products are: Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden.

Zoom on March 2020 statistical reporting period

PRODUCTS per product group

Out of the 70.692 total products in March 2020, the majority of products are from Indoor and Outdoor Paints and Varnishes (61%), Textiles (10%), and Tissue paper and tissue products (5%).

PRODUCTS per country

In March 2020, the majority of products were awarded in Spain (38%), France (11%), and Germany (8,5%).

LICENSES per product group

Out of the total licences (=EU Ecolabel contracts including one or several awarded products) in March 2020, the majority of licences are from Tourist accommodation services (25%), Hard surface cleaning products (14%) and Indoor and outdoor paints and varnishes (10%).

The new product group “Indoor cleaning services” has jumped from 9 to 19 licenses from the last reporting period, thus showing a real interest of the market in this product group

LICENSES per country

In March 2020, the most licences were awarded in France (21%), Germany (13%), and Spain (12,6%).

Find out more about the evolution of each EU Ecolabel licences and products per product groups!