Humic Acid Companies

SECTION 1 — MARKET OVERVIEW

Why Humic Acid Market Is Expanding?

The global Humic Acid Market reached a volume of 0.91 million tons in 2025 and is predicted to reach 1.52 million tons by the end of 2035, with a CAGR of 5.32% during the forecast period 2025–2035. Market Research Future (MRFR) has identified three converging structural forces that are acting to drive this expansion: organic farming mandates and government subsidies that are accelerating demand for certified organic soil amendment inputs; precision agriculture and fertigation adoption that are enabling more targeted and efficient humic acid application that improves crop yield and nutrient use efficiency; and soil degradation and remediation programs across China, India, and Europe that are requiring humic acid-based soil conditioners to restore depleted agricultural soils. Humic acid is a complex mixture of natural organic acids, obtained mainly from alkaline extraction of leonardite, lignite and peat. At the same time, it is a soil structure improver, cation exchange capacity enhancer, plant growth promoter and heavy metal chelating agent. Thus, it is an indispensable input for sustainable agriculture programs pursuing productivity and environmental remediation objectives.

The Humic Acid Market is experiencing significant product evolution, transitioning away from commodity potassium humate and bulk humic acid grades toward premium biostimulant formulations that combine humic and fulvic acid with biological additives, precision fertigation-compatible liquid concentrates, and carbon credit-enabling soil conditioners supported by verified carbon sequestration measurement methodologies. The two most recent commercially innovative developments in the market, featured as recent developments on the MRFR companies page, are Progressive Planet Solutions’ launch of CARBON Ca in October 2023 and Cymbiotika’s Shilajit Live Resin supplement containing humic acid and fulvic acid: the former targeting monetization of agricultural carbon credits, and the latter expanding humic acid into health supplement applications where anti-aging and adaptogen properties command premium consumer pricing. MRFR identifies three major opportunities that define the Humic Acid Market’s business growth vectors.

First, the adoption of precision fertigation systems capable of applying humic acid concentrates via drip irrigation can increase nutrient use efficiency by 40 to 60%. Second, the conversion of carbon credits thru soil carbon sequestration where humic acid soil application results in verifiable increases in soil organic matter that can be sold as voluntary carbon market credits. Third, the growth of animal feed additives where the addition of humic and fulvic acid into livestock feed can enhance intestinal health, nutrient absorption, and reduce antibiotic dependency. Asia-Pacific is the largest region in humic acid use, due to soil remediation initiatives in China and growing organic farming in India. Europe is the fastest expanding premium market, fueled by the EU Farm to Fork Strategy’s 25% organic farming area target. In North America there are governmental incentive programs for organic farming and nascent carbon credit markets for soil amendments.

Market Research Future projects the Humic Acid Market to have a structurally sound growth trajectory thru 2035.

Why These Companies Are Leading the Market?

Market leadership in the global Humic Acid Market is determined by four structural competitive factors:

Leonardite deposit ownership enabling cost-efficient high-quality humic acid extraction: Direct ownership of leonardite deposits, and thus humic acid quality control at the geological source level, as in Humintech’s North Rhine-Westphalia and international leonardite sourcing, SHAN MAO’s Xinjiang deposit access, Jiloca Industrial’s Teruel leonardite mining, and Black Earth Humic’s Saskatchewan deposits, can allow production cost efficiency and traceable raw material provenance documentation required by organic certification programs that specify allowed humic acid sources.

Carbon credit monetization as the Humic Acid Market's highest-growth commercial frontier: Progressive Planet Solutions’ CARBON brand products that directly connect humic acid soil application to soil carbon sequestration and voluntary carbon credit monetization; and SHAN MAO’s carbon sequestration program supply expansion are examples of how the carbon credit monetization opportunity — identified by MRFR as a key Humic Acid Market growth vector — is turning humic acid from a conventional agricultural input into a carbon economy product with dual sources of income from both crop input sales and voluntary carbon market credit revenue.

Precision fertigation and biostimulant formulation premium positioning: The premium formulation capability, characterized by the integration of humic and fulvic acid with biological additives, trace minerals and precision application compatibility, is driving structurally higher margins per ton than commodity potassium humate and bulk powder grades that compete solely on raw humic acid content price-per-kilogram, as seen in the premier fulvic acid biostimulant blends from NTS / Nutri-Tech Solutions, Humintech's precision fertigation liquid portfolio and Tagrow's biostimulant integration.

Animal feed additive channel expansion diversifying beyond agricultural soil application: The animal feed additives expansion opportunity, identified by MRFR as one of the three key Humic Acid Market growth opportunities, allows producers to serve a second distinct market segment from the same humic and fulvic acid production infrastructure, diversifying revenue concentration risk while expanding addressable market scale beyond the core soil amendment agricultural input market, as exemplified by Tagrow’s integrated animal feed additive portfolio and several companies evaluating the feed additive channel expansion.

SECTION 2 — TOP 10 GLOBAL HUMIC ACID COMPANIES — MRFR RANKINGS (2026)

MRFR has identified and profiled the following leading humic acid companies globally, evaluated on the basis of product quality and source, geographic presence, application channel breadth, organic certification status, sustainability positioning, and innovation track record.

*Rankings based on MRFR analysis. Revenue figures sourced from official company filings and investor relations disclosures.

SECTION 3 — DETAILED COMPANY PROFILES

1. Humintech GmbH | Private | Grevenbroich, Germany

Company Overview: Humintech GmbH is the largest humic acid producer in Europe and a world leader in humic and fulvic acid products from leonardite for agricultural soil amendments, biostimulant formulations and precision fertigation inputs. Humintech’s HUMIFIRST and POWHUMUS product families – derived from premium North Rhine-Westphalia and international leonardite deposits – offer ECOCERT-certified organic soil conditioners and biostimulant inputs to European organic farmers, precision agriculture distributors and international agricultural chemical formulators.

2025 – 2026 Update: Humintech expanded its portfolio of precision fertigation liquid humic acid products in 2025, targeting the precision fertigation systems integration opportunity which MRFR identifies as a leading opportunity in the Humic Acid Market – in this system humic and fulvic acid concentrates are delivered directly to the crop root zones via drip irrigation systems, leading to 40 to 60% higher nutrient use efficiency than broadcast soil applications. Humintech’s ECOCERT certification means its goods are eligible for entry in European organic farming input registries and green subsidy schemes under the EU Farm to Fork Strategy.

1. SHAN MAO Humic Acid Technology | Private | Xinjiang, China

Company Overview: SHAN MAO Humic Acid Technology is China’s largest humic acid producer by volume, mining and processing leonardite and lignite based humic acid, potassium humate, sodium humate and fulvic acid from its integrated mining and processing operations in Xinjiang province, one of China’s richest leonardite deposit regions. SHAN MAO’s bulk humic acid production capacity allows for a cost-competitive supply to Chinese domestic fertilizer producers, worldwide agricultural chemical distributors, and carbon sequestration program procurement offices across the Asia-Pacific, the Americas and Europe.

2025–2026 Update: SHAN MAO increased its potassium humate export capacity in 2025 for precision fertigation and carbon sequestration programs worldwide, targeting the carbon credit monetization opportunity that MRFR identifies as one of the key growth opportunities in the Humic Acid Market – where humic acid soil applications improve soil organic matter stability and carbon sequestration, leading to carbon credits that can be monetized by soil amendment program operators via voluntary carbon markets.

1. NTS / Nutri-Tech Solutions | Private | Boonah, Australia

Company Overview: Nutri-Tech Solutions (NTS) is an Australian agricultural technology and premium humic and fulvic acid biostimulator company that manufactures high purity fulvic acid and humic acid extracts for precision agriculture, organic farming and soil regeneration programs across Australia and international markets. NTS is in the premium biostimulant tier, not the commodity fertilizer additive section, by focusing on biological soil amendment – a mixture of humic and fulvic acid, helpful microbes, trace minerals and plant growth regulators.

2025-2026 Update: NTS expanded its portfolio of premium fulvic acid biostimulants for Australian and Asian precision agriculture and organic farming programs in 2025, targeting the trend of organic farming mandates and government subsidies identified by MRFR as a key Humic Acid Market driver — where Australia’s Export Market Development Grants for certified organic agricultural products are creating demand for premium biostimulant inputs to support organic certification compliance.

1. Black Earth Humic | Private | Saskatchewan, Canada

Company Overview: Black Earth Humic is a Canadian leonardite mining and humic acid extraction company producing agricultural-grade humic acid soil conditioners from Saskatchewan's high-quality leonardite deposits for North American organic farming, precision agriculture, and emerging carbon sequestration soil amendment program markets. Black Earth's Canadian leonardite deposits — characterized by high humic acid content and minimal heavy metal contamination — enable production of clean-label organic soil amendments meeting North American organic certification requirements.

2025–2026 Update: Black Earth Humic expanded its leonardite-derived humic acid supply for North American organic farming and carbon credit soil amendment programs in 2025, directly targeting the precision fertigation systems integration opportunity and carbon credit monetization through soil carbon enhancement opportunity that MRFR identifies as key Humic Acid Market growth vectors.

1. Agbest Technology | Private | Zhengzhou, China

Company Overview: Agbest Technology is a Chinese humic acid manufacturer and agricultural input supplier producing humic acid, fulvic acid, potassium humate, and sodium humate in granular, powder, and liquid formulations for Chinese domestic precision agriculture markets and international export to Southeast Asia and African agricultural input distributors. Agbest's comprehensive humic acid product range — spanning water-soluble potassium humate granules for fertigation through standard granular humic acid for broadcast fertilizer blending — enables supply across both precision and conventional agricultural application channels.

2025–2026 Update: Agbest Technology expanded humic and fulvic acid fertilizer additive supply in 2025 for Chinese domestic precision agriculture and export markets in Southeast Asia and Africa, targeting the soil degradation and remediation programs trend that MRFR identifies as a key Humic Acid Market driver — where China's national soil remediation program targeting 30% organic matter improvement in degraded agricultural soils by 2030 creates sustained domestic demand for humic acid soil conditioners.

1. Jiloca Industrial S.A. | Private | Calamocha, Spain

Company Overview: Jiloca Industrial S.A. is Spain's leading leonardite mining and humic acid extraction company, operating one of Europe's largest leonardite deposits in the Teruel province of Aragon — a geological formation containing high-quality oxidized lignite with exceptional humic acid content of 60 to 75%. Jiloca's direct leonardite mining integration enables cost-efficient European humic acid production with traceable Spanish geological provenance, meeting European organic farming input registration requirements for domestically sourced soil amendments.

2025–2026 Update: Jiloca Industrial expanded its organic soil conditioner portfolio in 2025 for European organic farming and precision fertigation markets, targeting the EU Farm to Fork Strategy's 25% organic farming area target by 2030 that is creating growing demand for certified organic soil amendment inputs across EU member states.

1. Everwood Farm | Private | Kansas, USA

Company Overview: Everwood Farm is a US agricultural specialty products company producing liquid humic acid concentrates for professional and consumer agriculture, lawn and garden, and precision farming applications across North America. Everwood Farm's direct-to-grower distribution model — supplying liquid humic acid through agricultural retail channels, online platforms, and direct farm accounts — enables market reach across the full spectrum from hobby gardeners to large-scale commercial crop producers.

2025–2026 Update: Everwood Farm expanded its liquid humic acid portfolio in 2025 for US precision agriculture, lawn and garden, and organic farming consumer markets, targeting the precision fertigation systems integration trend that MRFR identifies as a key Humic Acid Market driver where liquid humic acid concentrates are gaining adoption in drip irrigation and foliar spray precision application programs.

1. Tagrow Co. Ltd | Private | Shanghai, China

Company Overview: Tagrow Co. Ltd is a Chinese agricultural biotechnology company producing humic acid biostimulant blends, precision fertigation inputs, and animal feed additive formulations incorporating humic and fulvic acid for livestock gut health and nutrient absorption enhancement. Tagrow's integration of humic acid across both agricultural crop input and animal feed additive channels positions it to capture the animal feed additives expansion opportunity that MRFR identifies as one of the key Humic Acid Market growth opportunities.

2025–2026 Update: Tagrow expanded its humic acid biostimulant and animal feed additive portfolio in 2025 for Asian precision agriculture, fertigation, and livestock nutrition markets, targeting the animal feed additives expansion opportunity that MRFR identifies as a key Humic Acid Market growth area — where humic and fulvic acid incorporation in poultry, swine, and ruminant feed improves intestinal microbiome health, nutrient absorption efficiency, and reduces antibiotic dependency.

1. NPK Industries | Private | Los Angeles, CA, USA

Company Overview: NPK Industries is a California-based specialty plant nutrition and soil biology company producing liquid humic acid, fulvic acid, and premium biological soil amendment inputs for the California organic farming sector, greenhouse hydroponics, and precision agriculture markets. NPK Industries' California market positioning — in the world's largest organic farming state by certified acreage — provides direct access to premium organic input procurement programs from California's certified organic growers, who represent some of the highest-value specialty crop producers globally.

2025–2026 Update: NPK Industries expanded its liquid humic and fulvic acid portfolio in 2025 for California organic farming, greenhouse hydroponics, and precision fertigation markets, targeting the organic farming mandates and government subsidies trend where California's state Healthy Soils Program provides per-acre cost-sharing grants for soil amendment applications including humic acid soil conditioners.

1. Progressive Planet Solutions Inc. | TSXV: PLAN | Kamloops, Canada

Company Overview: Progressive Planet Solutions Inc. is a Canadian CleanTech company pioneering humic acid-based soil conditioners under its CARBON brand, producing CARBON PK and CARBON Ca — proprietary mixtures combining humin (carbon), humic acid, and fulvic acid with targeted mineral inputs — for Canadian agricultural markets focused on soil carbon sequestration and crop nutrition optimization. Progressive Planet's CARBON brand positioning directly links humic acid soil application to carbon credit monetization through soil organic matter enhancement.

2025–2026 Update: Progressive Planet Solutions introduced its CARBON Ca product in October 2023 — a new organic soil conditioner combining calcium, humin (carbon), humic acid, and fulvic acid — targeting soil calcium deficiency remediation alongside soil carbon enhancement for Canadian growers. Progressive Planet is advancing its carbon credit monetization framework in 2025, developing third-party verified soil carbon measurement methodologies to enable CARBON brand product users to generate voluntary carbon market credits from documented soil organic matter improvement.