This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global granular slow-release fertilizer market, projecting steady growth through 2032. It examines key drivers for sustainable nutrient management across various applications, including agricultural production, landscaping, and greenhouse systems. The study offers detailed segmentation by fertilizer release duration and geographic regions, while evaluating the competitive landscape featuring major players like Nutrien Ltd. and ICL Group. Ultimately, the research identifies emerging opportunities and strategic trends shaping the industry's future trajectory.

Market Overview

The global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer market size is predicted to grow from US$ 387 million in 2025 to US$ 635 million in 2032; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.5% from 2026 to 2032.

Product Definition

Granular slow-release fertilizer is a type of fertilizer in granular form designed to release nutrients gradually over an extended period. This controlled release ensures a consistent supply of essential nutrients to plants, reducing the need for frequent applications and minimizing nutrient runoff. It is commonly used in agriculture, horticulture, and landscaping to promote plant growth efficiently and sustainably.

Regional Market Analysis

• United States: The market for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer is estimated to experience growth from 2025 through 2032.
• China: The market for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer is estimated to experience growth from 2025 through 2032.
• Europe: The market for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer is estimated to experience growth from 2025 through 2032.

Market Segmentation

By Type

• Short-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers
• Medium-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers
• Long-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers

By Application

• Agricultural Production
• Gardening and Landscaping
• Stadiums and Golf Courses
• Greenhouses and Irrigation Systems
• Environmentally Friendly Agriculture

By Region

• Americas
• United States
• Canada
• Mexico
• Brazil
• APAC
• China
• Japan
• Korea
• Southeast Asia
• India
• Australia
• Europe
• Germany
• France
• UK
• Italy
• Russia
• Middle East & Africa
• Egypt
• South Africa
• Israel
• Turkey
• GCC Countries

Competitive Landscape

Key Industry Players

The following companies have been profiled based on primary expert input and analysis of company coverage, product portfolios, and market penetration:

• Nutrien Ltd.
• ICL Group
• Haifa Group
• Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services)
• The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
• Yara International ASA
• SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile)
• AgroLiquid
• Compo Expert
• Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group

Market Concentration

Global key Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer players include Nutrien Ltd., ICL Group, Haifa Group, Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services), and The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company. In terms of revenue, the global two largest companies occupied a significant portion of the market share in 2025.

About the Report

LP Information, Inc. (LPI)'s newest research report, the “Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Industry Forecast,” reviews total world Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer sales in 2025 and provides a comprehensive analysis of projected sales for 2026 through 2032 by region and market sector. The report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer industry, broken down by region, market sector, and sub-sector.

Report Scope and Methodology

This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer landscape, highlighting key trends related to:

• Product segmentation
• Company formation
• Revenue and market share
• Latest developments
• M&A activity

The report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies, focusing on their Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints to understand their unique positions in an accelerating global market.

Furthermore, the report evaluates key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook. It breaks down the forecast by Type, Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. Utilizing a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory of the global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer market. The report presents a comprehensive overview of market shares and growth opportunities by product type, application, key manufacturers, and key regions and countries.

Key Questions Addressed

• What is the 10-year outlook for the global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer market?
• What factors are driving Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer market growth, globally and by region?
• Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
• How do Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer market opportunities vary by end market size?
• How does Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer break out by Type and by Application?

• 1 Scope of the Report

  • 1.1 Market Introduction

  • 1.2 Years Considered

  • 1.3 Research Objectives

  • 1.4 Market Research Methodology

  • 1.5 Research Process and Data Source

  • 1.6 Economic Indicators

  • 1.7 Currency Considered

  • 1.8 Market Estimation Caveats

• 2 Executive Summary

  • 2.1 World Market Overview

    • 2.1.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Sales 2021-2032

    • 2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Geographic Region, 2021, 2025 & 2032

    • 2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Country/Region, 2021, 2025 & 2032

  • 2.2 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Segment by Type

    • 2.2.1 Short-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers

    • 2.2.2 Medium-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers

    • 2.2.3 Long-Term Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizers

    • 2.2.4 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Type

      • 2.2.4.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Market Share by Type (2021-2026)
      • 2.2.4.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue and Market Share by Type (2021-2026)
      • 2.2.4.3 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sale Price by Type (2021-2026)

  • 2.3 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Segment by Application

    • 2.3.1 Agricultural Production

    • 2.3.2 Gardening and Landscaping

    • 2.3.3 Stadiums and Golf Courses

    • 2.3.4 Greenhouses and Irrigation Systems

    • 2.3.5 Environmentally Friendly Agriculture

    • 2.3.6 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Application

      • 2.3.6.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sale Market Share by Application (2021-2026)
      • 2.3.6.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue and Market Share by Application (2021-2026)
      • 2.3.6.3 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sale Price by Application (2021-2026)

• 3 Global by Company

  • 3.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Breakdown Data by Company

    • 3.1.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Sales by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.1.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Market Share by Company (2021-2026)

  • 3.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Revenue by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.2.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue by Company (2021-2026)

    • 3.2.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue Market Share by Company (2021-2026)

  • 3.3 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sale Price by Company

  • 3.4 Key Manufacturers Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type

    • 3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Location Distribution

    • 3.4.2 Players Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Products Offered

  • 3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis

    • 3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis

    • 3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2024-2026)

  • 3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants

  • 3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy

• 4 World Historic Review for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Geographic Region

  • 4.1 World Historic Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Market Size by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.1.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.1.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2021-2026)

  • 4.2 World Historic Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Market Size by Country/Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.2.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Sales by Country/Region (2021-2026)

    • 4.2.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2021-2026)

  • 4.3 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Growth

  • 4.4 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Growth

  • 4.5 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Growth

  • 4.6 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales Growth

• 5 Americas

  • 5.1 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Country

    • 5.1.1 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 5.1.2 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 5.2 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 5.3 Americas Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 5.4 United States

  • 5.5 Canada

  • 5.6 Mexico

  • 5.7 Brazil

• 6 APAC

  • 6.1 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Region

    • 6.1.1 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Region (2021-2026)

    • 6.1.2 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue by Region (2021-2026)

  • 6.2 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 6.3 APAC Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 6.4 China

  • 6.5 Japan

  • 6.6 South Korea

  • 6.7 Southeast Asia

  • 6.8 India

  • 6.9 Australia

  • 6.10 China Taiwan

• 7 Europe

  • 7.1 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Country

    • 7.1.1 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 7.1.2 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 7.2 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 7.3 Europe Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 7.4 Germany

  • 7.5 France

  • 7.6 UK

  • 7.7 Italy

  • 7.8 Russia

• 8 Middle East & Africa

  • 8.1 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Country

    • 8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Country (2021-2026)

    • 8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Revenue by Country (2021-2026)

  • 8.2 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Type (2021-2026)

  • 8.3 Middle East & Africa Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales by Application (2021-2026)

  • 8.4 Egypt

  • 8.5 South Africa

  • 8.6 Israel

  • 8.7 Turkey

  • 8.8 GCC Countries

• 9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends

  • 9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities

  • 9.2 Market Challenges & Risks

  • 9.3 Industry Trends

• 10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis

  • 10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers

  • 10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer

  • 10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer

  • 10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer

• 11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer

  • 11.1 Sales Channel

    • 11.1.1 Direct Channels

    • 11.1.2 Indirect Channels

  • 11.2 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Distributors

  • 11.3 Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Customer

• 12 World Forecast Review for Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer by Geographic Region

  • 12.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Market Size Forecast by Region

    • 12.1.1 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

    • 12.1.2 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

  • 12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2027-2032)

  • 12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2027-2032)

  • 12.6 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Forecast by Type (2027-2032)

  • 12.7 Global Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Forecast by Application (2027-2032)

• 13 Key Players Analysis

  • 13.1 Nutrien Ltd.

    • 13.1.1 Nutrien Ltd. Company Information

    • 13.1.2 Nutrien Ltd. Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.1.3 Nutrien Ltd. Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.1.4 Nutrien Ltd. Main Business Overview

    • 13.1.5 Nutrien Ltd. Latest Developments

  • 13.2 ICL Group

    • 13.2.1 ICL Group Company Information

    • 13.2.2 ICL Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.2.3 ICL Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.2.4 ICL Group Main Business Overview

    • 13.2.5 ICL Group Latest Developments

  • 13.3 Haifa Group

    • 13.3.1 Haifa Group Company Information

    • 13.3.2 Haifa Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.3.3 Haifa Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.3.4 Haifa Group Main Business Overview

    • 13.3.5 Haifa Group Latest Developments

  • 13.4 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services)

    • 13.4.1 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services) Company Information

    • 13.4.2 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services) Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.4.3 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services) Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.4.4 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services) Main Business Overview

    • 13.4.5 Koch Industries (Koch Agronomic Services) Latest Developments

  • 13.5 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

    • 13.5.1 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Company Information

    • 13.5.2 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.5.3 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.5.4 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Main Business Overview

    • 13.5.5 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Latest Developments

  • 13.6 Yara International ASA

    • 13.6.1 Yara International ASA Company Information

    • 13.6.2 Yara International ASA Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.6.3 Yara International ASA Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.6.4 Yara International ASA Main Business Overview

    • 13.6.5 Yara International ASA Latest Developments

  • 13.7 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile)

    • 13.7.1 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) Company Information

    • 13.7.2 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.7.3 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.7.4 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) Main Business Overview

    • 13.7.5 SQM (Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile) Latest Developments

  • 13.8 AgroLiquid

    • 13.8.1 AgroLiquid Company Information

    • 13.8.2 AgroLiquid Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.8.3 AgroLiquid Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.8.4 AgroLiquid Main Business Overview

    • 13.8.5 AgroLiquid Latest Developments

  • 13.9 Compo Expert

    • 13.9.1 Compo Expert Company Information

    • 13.9.2 Compo Expert Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.9.3 Compo Expert Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.9.4 Compo Expert Main Business Overview

    • 13.9.5 Compo Expert Latest Developments

  • 13.10 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group

    • 13.10.1 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Company Information

    • 13.10.2 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Product Portfolios and Specifications

    • 13.10.3 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Granular Slow-Release Fertilizer Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2021-2026)

    • 13.10.4 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Main Business Overview

    • 13.10.5 Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Latest Developments

• 14 Research Findings and Conclusion