The Federal Trade Commission has issued its 2025 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration. The Clean Air Act, as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, directs the Commission to perform an annual review of market concentration in the ethanol production industry “to determine whether there is sufficient competition among industry participants to avoid price-setting and other anticompetitive behavior.”

As in prior years, the 2025 report concludes that “the level of concentration and number of market participants in the U.S. ethanol production industry continue to suggest that the exercise of market power to set prices, or coordinate on price or output levels, is unlikely on a nationwide basis.”

The Commission vote to approve the report was 2-0. 

The lead staff attorney on this matter for the FTC is Christopher Grengs in the Office of Policy Planning.

FTC Releases 2025 Ethanol Market Concentration Report

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has released its 2025 Report on Ethanol Market Concentration, as mandated by the Clean Air Act and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This report is part of an annual review aimed at assessing competition within the ethanol production industry.

According to the findings of the 2025 report, the level of market concentration and the number of participants in the U.S. ethanol production sector continue to suggest that the potential for market power to influence prices or coordinate on output levels is minimal on a nationwide scale.

The report was approved by a unanimous vote of 2-0 among the Commission members. Christopher Grengs, a lead staff attorney in the Office of Policy Planning, oversaw this matter for the FTC.



FTC Releases 2025 Ethanol Market Concentration Report

The Federal Trade Commission has published its annual report on the ethanol market, indicating a low likelihood of price-setting behavior among producers.