Tocco Report: State of Hempcrete 2030

From niche material to market contender

Hempcrete is entering its moment. Once a fringe eco-experiment, it is now valued at USD 25.8 billion and forecast to reach USD 34.6 billion by 2030. A hectare of hemp sequesters more carbon in four months than most forests manage in a year, and when bound in lime, that carbon is locked into walls.

The material will not replace concrete, but it reshapes how buildings breathe, insulate, and store carbon. Its adoption is driven less by utopian ideals than by policy, energy costs, and regulation. Hempcrete is no longer a curiosity, it is a metric in boardrooms, city halls, and design studios.

This report maps the signals behind that shift and asks whether hempcrete is poised to remain niche, or to become a standard feature of construction in the climate era.