EU Gas Prices Fall 6.7% for Business Users
Average gas prices for non-household EU consumers declined year over year in the first half of 2026, with 24 of 25 countries reporting lower costs.
Updated on Nov. 4, 2026 in Oil and Gas
Average gas prices for EU non-household consumers fell 6.7% compared with the first half of 2025, reaching €0.06 per kWh in the first half of 2026. The decline reflects lower prices across nearly all member states with available data.
Why it matters
Non-household gas users, including industrial and commercial buyers in the EU, saw costs ease year over year, which can affect operating expenses and energy budgets across the bloc. The price movement also shows how energy costs shifted across member states during the period.
Tax levels within gas prices rose to 17.5% in the first half of 2026 from 16.4% a year earlier, per Eurostat data covering consumers with annual use of 10,000 to 100,000 GJ. The price range ran from €0.04 per kWh in Bulgaria and Belgium to €0.11 in Sweden, the only country where prices increased (3.1%).
The players
Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, responsible for publishing harmonized data on prices, trade and economic indicators across member states.
The details
Eurostat data shows the largest year-over-year decreases were in Belgium and France at 13.1%, while Lithuania and Hungary also recorded sizable declines. Finland and the Netherlands ranked among the higher-priced markets after Sweden.
Timeline
First half of 2025: baseline period for year-over-year comparison.
Second half of 2025: comparison period for half-year change.
First half of 2026: period in which gas prices fell 6.7% year over year.
November 4, 2026: Eurostat is scheduled to publish the annual fall in non-household gas prices.
Market Landscape
The first-half 2026 figures continue the pattern tracked in Eurostat's semiannual non-household gas price series, where a 1.8% rise over the prior half-year sat alongside a 6.7% annual decline. The data places EU industrial and commercial gas buyers in a market where year-over-year relief is broad but uneven, with Sweden as the notable exception.
Businesses buying gas in the EU paid less on average in the first half of 2026 than a year earlier, though the 1.8% rise from the second half of 2025 shows costs are not moving in one direction. Firms with operations in Sweden, the only country with an increase, faced a different cost trend than peers elsewhere in the bloc.
The takeaway
Energy cost trends differ sharply by country, so non-household buyers should track national prices and tax shares rather than relying only on EU-wide averages. Lower year-over-year averages can mask increases in individual markets.
What happens next
Eurostat is scheduled to publish the annual fall in non-household gas prices on November 4, 2026.
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