
The 2025 annual turnover of the European gun industry reached an all-time high of €183 billion, while the Commission’s mobilisation of €800 billion for security and defence through ReArm Europe boosted weapon and ammunition manufacturing capacity from roughly 300,000 rounds in 2022 to 2 million rounds in 2025.
Europe accounts for about 25% of global arms exports. Latest data report over 33,700 arms export licences in 2023, with a value of more than €298 billion for military equipment and technology.