Key facts
- Heat pumps in Europe avoided €9.7 billion in import costs in 2025.
- Nearly three million heat pumps were sold across 21 European countries last year.
- The total stock of heat pumps in Europe reached 29.3 million.
- France led installations with 528,000 units in 2025.
- Germany saw the largest year-on-year increase in installations, up 50%.
Heat pumps across Europe have significantly reduced reliance on natural gas imports, avoiding an estimated €9.7 billion in costs last year. According to the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA), the continent's heat pumps provided heating equivalent to over 200 liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers, doubling the amount of Middle Eastern LNG that arrived in the EU in 2025 and representing about 7% of the EU's total annual imported LNG.
Nearly three million new heat pumps were sold across 21 European countries in 2025, bringing the total installed stock to 29.3 million. These new installations alone replace approximately 2.5 billion cubic meters of LNG, which is about 24% of the EU's imports from the Middle East. EHPA emphasizes that each installed heat pump enhances European energy security by reducing dependence on expensive and unreliable LNG suppliers.
France led the continent in heat pump sales in 2025, with 528,000 units sold, bringing its total to seven million. Italy followed with 423,000 units sold. Germany recorded the most substantial year-on-year growth, with installations soaring by 50%, despite a controversial rollback of a law mandating the replacement of fossil-fuel boilers. Relative to population, Norway leads with 650 installations per 1,000 households, followed closely by Finland.