LoRa Alliance Reports 150 Million LoRaWAN Devices Deployed Globally

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ByChantal Polsonetti
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The LoRa Alliance, the nonprofit organization defining, evolving, and promoting the LoRaWAN LPWAN standard, announced that the global installed base of LoRaWAN-connected devices has reached 150 million nodes, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25 percent.

The milestone reflects growth across a wide range of use cases. LoRaWAN now connects everything from utility infrastructure and industrial sensors to agriculture and user devices, including smart padlocks, tracked pallets, bikes, panic buttons, and staff safety badges.

Large-scale deployments across the ecosystem:

  • ZENNER Connect operates more than 11.6 million sensors and over 174,000 gateways across 15 countries.

  • Netmore reports 11.2 million active devices on its network.

  • The Things Industries reports 6 million devices connected through its network.

  • Veolia currently has more than 4 million active smart meters across France.

  • RAKwireless has shipped more than 2 million LoRaWAN modules, powering deployments across agriculture, asset tracking, and industrial monitoring.

  • CENTEGIX reports more than 800,000 people wearing its CrisisAlert wearable panic button badge daily across schools and workplaces.

Behind the device count sits a broad ecosystem of member organizations, certified devices, and market-ready products. The LoRa Alliance has more than 340 member organizations, with 45 joining so far in 2026, more than 695 certified devices, and close to 1,000 products available through the LoRa Alliance Marketplace.

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