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## Voluntary Carbon Market in 2025: Bigger Deals, Buyer Concentration, and a Shift to Removals

AlliedOffsets’ latest report provides a data-driven overview of how the voluntary carbon market evolved in 2025, highlighting where growth has returned, where risks remain, and how buyer behaviour is changing.

Here are some of the key findings from our analysis:

- Retirements and offtakes increased year-on-year, with total market value surpassing $10 billion for the first time since AlliedOffsets began tracking the voluntary carbon market in 2020.
- Market growth was driven by a limited pool of repeat buyers, with participation failing to expand at the same pace as volumes and demand becoming increasingly concentrated.
- Integrity and policy signals strengthened in 2025, with CCP-labelled retirements increasing by more than 95% compared to 2024 and regulatory schemes increasingly accepting or considering the use of offsets.

[Download the report](https://share-eu1.hsforms.com/1IG5ec5vtRRiu42UCFlqEfQfgku2)

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### Watch the Recording: 2025 Voluntary Carbon Market Recap

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Missed the live session? Watch the full recording of our data-driven recap of the 2025 voluntary carbon market.

Our analysts unpack key market trends, integrity developments, and the signals shaping 2026.

[Watch the recording](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xhgMaX1iQ4)

# How Stakeholders Can Use This Report

Buyers

- Understand how demand in the voluntary carbon market is increasingly concentrated among fewer buyers, countries, and project types.
- Track the shift in buyer preference toward carbon removals, including both nature-based and technical removals.

Investors & Developers

- Track trends in issuance and offtake activity as market volumes increased in 2025.
- Understand how growth has been driven by fewer, larger transactions across buyers, technologies, and geographies.

Advisors & Policymakers

- Monitor developments in integrity frameworks, including increased uptake of CCP-labelled credits.
- Track regulatory and compliance schemes that accept or are considering the use of offsets, alongside progress toward Article 6 implementation.

Interested in how AlliedOffsets’ data can help you understand emerging trends in the voluntary carbon market?

[Book a call with our team today](https://meetings-eu1.hubspot.com/eduardo-lopez1/eoy-2025-report-jan-2026-)

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