

The global Smoked Eel market size is predicted to grow from US$ 750 million in 2025 to US$ 1114 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 6.8% from 2025 to 2031.
Smoked eel is a delicacy in many cuisines around the world. It involves smoking fresh eel to enhance its flavor and preserve it for longer periods. Eel is first cleaned, filleted, and then smoked using various methods and wood chips, such as oak or applewood, to impart a smoky aroma and flavor. The smoking process can vary from cold smoking, where the eel is smoked at low temperatures over an extended period, to hot smoking, which cooks the eel while smoking it. The smoking process gives the eel a distinctive taste and texture that is rich, savory, and slightly sweet. Smoked eel is commonly enjoyed on its own as a delicacy, sliced thinly and served as an appetizer or incorporated into various dishes like salads, pasta, sushi, or sandwiches. Its rich, oily texture and unique flavor profile make it a sought-after ingredient in gourmet cuisine.
The smoked eel market is witnessing steady growth, driven by rising consumer demand for premium seafood, increasing popularity of gourmet cuisine, and expanding global trade in specialty food products. Smoked eel, valued for its rich flavor, high nutritional content, and delicate texture, is considered a delicacy in many regions, particularly in Europe (Germany, Netherlands, Denmark), Asia (Japan, China), and North America. The foodservice industry, including high-end restaurants, sushi bars, and delicatessens, plays a crucial role in sustaining demand, as smoked eel is often featured in Japanese unagi dishes, European traditional smoked fish platters, and fusion cuisines. One of the major factors influencing the market is the decline in wild eel populations due to overfishing, habitat loss, and environmental changes. As a result, eel farming (aquaculture) has become a critical source of supply, particularly in China, Japan, and Taiwan, which dominate global eel production. However, sustainability concerns and regulatory restrictions on wild eel fishing, particularly for European eel (Anguilla anguilla), are affecting supply chains and pricing. Countries are increasingly focusing on sustainable aquaculture practices and certified eel farming to meet growing consumer demand while addressing ecological concerns.
The “Smoked Eel Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Smoked Eel sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Smoked Eel sales for 2025 through 2031. With Smoked Eel sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Smoked Eel industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Smoked Eel landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Smoked Eel portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Smoked Eel market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Smoked Eel and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Smoked Eel.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Smoked Eel market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Hot-smoke
Cold-smoke
Segmentation by Application:
Catering
Retail
Other
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
American Unagi
FormansUSA
Caviar de Neuvic
The Weald Smokery
Kaviari
The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse
Devon Eel Company Ltd
Vishandel Klooster
Belvelly Smoke House
HONEST CATCH
Seagull NV
Bos Seafood
Smith's Smokery
Dirk Abrahams GmbH
Sarda Affumicati
Carpier Ahumados
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Smoked Eel market?
What factors are driving Smoked Eel market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Smoked Eel market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Smoked Eel break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Smoked Eel Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Smoked Eel by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Smoked Eel by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Smoked Eel Segment by Type
2.2.1 Hot-smoke
2.2.2 Cold-smoke
2.3 Smoked Eel Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Smoked Eel Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Smoked Eel Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Smoked Eel Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Smoked Eel Segment by Application
2.4.1 Catering
2.4.2 Retail
2.4.3 Other
2.5 Smoked Eel Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Smoked Eel Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Smoked Eel Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Smoked Eel Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Smoked Eel Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Smoked Eel Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Smoked Eel Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Smoked Eel Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Smoked Eel Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Smoked Eel Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Smoked Eel Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Smoked Eel Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Smoked Eel Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Smoked Eel Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Smoked Eel by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Smoked Eel Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Smoked Eel Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Smoked Eel Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Smoked Eel Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Smoked Eel Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Smoked Eel Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Smoked Eel Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Smoked Eel Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Smoked Eel Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Smoked Eel Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Smoked Eel Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Smoked Eel Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Smoked Eel Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Smoked Eel Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Smoked Eel Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Smoked Eel Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Smoked Eel Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Smoked Eel Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Smoked Eel Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Smoked Eel by Country
7.1.1 Europe Smoked Eel Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Smoked Eel Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Smoked Eel Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Smoked Eel Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Smoked Eel Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Smoked Eel
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Smoked Eel
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Smoked Eel
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Smoked Eel Distributors
11.3 Smoked Eel Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Smoked Eel by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Smoked Eel Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Smoked Eel Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Smoked Eel Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Smoked Eel Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Smoked Eel Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 American Unagi
13.1.1 American Unagi Company Information
13.1.2 American Unagi Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 American Unagi Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 American Unagi Main Business Overview
13.1.5 American Unagi Latest Developments
13.2 FormansUSA
13.2.1 FormansUSA Company Information
13.2.2 FormansUSA Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 FormansUSA Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 FormansUSA Main Business Overview
13.2.5 FormansUSA Latest Developments
13.3 Caviar de Neuvic
13.3.1 Caviar de Neuvic Company Information
13.3.2 Caviar de Neuvic Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Caviar de Neuvic Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Caviar de Neuvic Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Caviar de Neuvic Latest Developments
13.4 The Weald Smokery
13.4.1 The Weald Smokery Company Information
13.4.2 The Weald Smokery Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 The Weald Smokery Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 The Weald Smokery Main Business Overview
13.4.5 The Weald Smokery Latest Developments
13.5 Kaviari
13.5.1 Kaviari Company Information
13.5.2 Kaviari Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Kaviari Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Kaviari Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Kaviari Latest Developments
13.6 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse
13.6.1 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse Company Information
13.6.2 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse Main Business Overview
13.6.5 The Port of Lancaster Smokehouse Latest Developments
13.7 Devon Eel Company Ltd
13.7.1 Devon Eel Company Ltd Company Information
13.7.2 Devon Eel Company Ltd Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Devon Eel Company Ltd Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Devon Eel Company Ltd Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Devon Eel Company Ltd Latest Developments
13.8 Vishandel Klooster
13.8.1 Vishandel Klooster Company Information
13.8.2 Vishandel Klooster Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Vishandel Klooster Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Vishandel Klooster Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Vishandel Klooster Latest Developments
13.9 Belvelly Smoke House
13.9.1 Belvelly Smoke House Company Information
13.9.2 Belvelly Smoke House Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Belvelly Smoke House Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Belvelly Smoke House Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Belvelly Smoke House Latest Developments
13.10 HONEST CATCH
13.10.1 HONEST CATCH Company Information
13.10.2 HONEST CATCH Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 HONEST CATCH Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 HONEST CATCH Main Business Overview
13.10.5 HONEST CATCH Latest Developments
13.11 Seagull NV
13.11.1 Seagull NV Company Information
13.11.2 Seagull NV Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Seagull NV Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Seagull NV Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Seagull NV Latest Developments
13.12 Bos Seafood
13.12.1 Bos Seafood Company Information
13.12.2 Bos Seafood Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Bos Seafood Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Bos Seafood Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Bos Seafood Latest Developments
13.13 Smith's Smokery
13.13.1 Smith's Smokery Company Information
13.13.2 Smith's Smokery Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Smith's Smokery Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Smith's Smokery Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Smith's Smokery Latest Developments
13.14 Dirk Abrahams GmbH
13.14.1 Dirk Abrahams GmbH Company Information
13.14.2 Dirk Abrahams GmbH Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Dirk Abrahams GmbH Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Dirk Abrahams GmbH Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Dirk Abrahams GmbH Latest Developments
13.15 Sarda Affumicati
13.15.1 Sarda Affumicati Company Information
13.15.2 Sarda Affumicati Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 Sarda Affumicati Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 Sarda Affumicati Main Business Overview
13.15.5 Sarda Affumicati Latest Developments
13.16 Carpier Ahumados
13.16.1 Carpier Ahumados Company Information
13.16.2 Carpier Ahumados Smoked Eel Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.16.3 Carpier Ahumados Smoked Eel Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.16.4 Carpier Ahumados Main Business Overview
13.16.5 Carpier Ahumados Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.