Surface brand Caesarstone UK says it saw an increase of roughly 300% in porcelain volumes during 2025, describing the growth as “one of the most significant shifts in surface specification in recent years”.
The surface brand says that although quartz surfaces have dominated the market for a considerable period, it believes that idea “is now changing”, and porcelain surfaces are moving further into the mainstream.
As a result, Ceasarstone said that porcelain surfaces are now a “significant” part of its offering, and the company believes the material will continue its popularity boost throughout 2026 and beyond.
Discussing why porcelain has increased in popularity so much in recent years, the surface brand explained that it works well when used as a material in popular kitchen design elements, such as large-format islands, waterfall ends and seamless transitions from worktop to splashback. Additionally, Caesarstone says porcelain surfaces can deliver both “both visual impact and dependable performance”.
Caesarstone adds that it believes fabrication has historically been a barrier to porcelain’s wider adoption in the UK market, as fabricators can be cautious over the material as it behaves differently to quartz and crystalline silica-free surfaces, and requires specific expertise. To help support the product category’s growth, the surface company says it has been offering national training programmes with its key fabrication partners, as well as offering profitable specification and application guidance to kitchen studios.
“Porcelain has been talked about for years, but 2025 looks like the point at which interest turned into action,” commented Jonathan Stanley, VP of marketing at Caesarstone UK. “We’re no longer seeing porcelain as a niche or experimental choice. With the Caesarstone brand context, it’s now being specified confidently on kitchen projects and increasingly across the wider home.”
“Engineered stone and porcelain appear to be very simple products, whereas in reality there are complex design and manufacturing processes behind them. One of the biggest misconceptions in the market is that porcelain is a single, uniform category,” Stanley continues. “In reality, raw material selection and blending, manufacturing methods and, consequently, surface performance vary significantly. All of this, good or bad, ultimately plays out in the design and selling process of the kitchen, as well as the end consumer experience.”
Despite the monumental rise in porcelain popularity throughout 2025, Caesarstone has also clarified that it does not position the material as a replacement for quartz or its ICON crystalline silica-free surfaces
“Porcelain’s rise reflects a broader shift in how kitchens and interiors are designed, which increasingly goes across the whole interior space and into the garden” Stanley explains. “It’s about intentional surfaces, confident detailing and materials that work across multiple spaces. Porcelain is not a trend — it’s a natural evolution in premium surface design.”