Deloitte Report: Lunar Economy Could Generate up to $566 Billion in Economic Value Through 2050
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Deloitte Report: Lunar Economy Could Generate up to $566 Billion in Economic Value Through 2050
New analysis explores the infrastructure, markets and strategic forces shaping humanity’s return to the Moon —and what a sustained lunar presence could create for companies around the globe NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Deloitte today released a new report, “Building the Lunar Economy: How a sustained presence on the Moon could transform life, industry, and infrastructure on Earth and beyond,” exploring how the emerging lunar economy co…
Deloitte puts the lunar economy at up to $566 billion by 2050—and SpaceX is speeding the timeline
The report, shared with Fortune ahead of its Wednesday release, says ripple effects could push the total above $1.1 trillion if water-ice rocket fuel and orbital data centers pan out.
Can a Sustained Presence on the Moon Create a Self-Sustaining Lunar Economy?
On August 26, 2026, Deloitte released Building the Lunar Economy, estimating that activity on and around the Moon could produce US$343 billion in cumulative potential economic value through 2050 under a conservative growth scenario and US$566 billion under an accelerated one. Deloitte frames the lunar economy as a connected system in which transportation, power, communications, mobility, construction, and life support enable later markets such a…
It is a futuristic vision, and it is already emerging. By 2050, the lunar economy could weigh as much as the GDP of a European power. It should be structured around several pillars, like space fuel, data centres and quantum computing.
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