The United Kingdom has the fourth highest number of public charge points and ranks third in terms of number of installed ultra-fast chargers, according to a report by energy management system firm gridX.
The findings, published in its 2026 Charging Report, comes from data on public EV charging and home charging across 27 member states of the European Union as well as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland, and the United Kingdom.
It also discovered the Netherlands has the highest number of public charge points and the highest charge point density per capita in Europe. Germany was second, France was third and the UK was fourth.
Norway led in two respects in 2025: first, in the rate of newly registered BEVs per capita – 178.4 per 1,000 residents – and in the share of BEVs among all registered passenger cars – 24%. In terms of public charging capacity per 100 residents, Iceland led with 57.8 kW, just ahead of Norway with 52.7 kW.
At 82%, the Czech Republic recorded the highest year-on-year growth in new BEV registrations in 2025, ahead of Estonia’s 75.9% and Belgium’s 74.3%. Several Eastern European countries also confirmed the rising popularity of DC charge points with high growth in Latvia of 142.8%, Estonia at 122.9%, and Poland’s 103.7%.
Some 11.3m all-electric passenger cars (BEVs) were registered in Europe last year, representing 11.3% of all registered passenger cars, with 21.4 BEVs per 1,000 inhabitants – an increase of 3.6%.
The number of available BEV models increased to 463, with an average range of 390.3 km and an average starting price that fell by approximately €2,800.
The number of public charge points in the 32 focus countries covered by the report stood at 1.2 million in 2025, representing a near five-fold increase over five years – and a 19.1% increase compared to the previous year. The number of charge points per 1,000 inhabitants nearly doubled compared to 2024, reaching 3.9.
Guillaume Goijen, Director of Charging Technology of the Dutch fast-charging network operator Allego, said:
“Allego is making sure that energy is balanced, locally and across energy markets. To ensure scalable and reliable infrastructure, we work together with gridX for local physical load balancing using the latest communication protocols and integration with grid operators to ensure the optimal performance of the overall electricity grids.
“We balance for the perfect customer experience.”
Anne Bicking, CEO of gridX, said:
“Without orchestration, growth in electric vehicle charging creates new constraints. We are thus moving from infrastructure expansion to intelligent connectivity and flexibility. What sets energy and e-mobility players apart now is not scale alone but how intelligently that scale is managed and monetized.
“The next phase of EV adoption will be defined by how effectively distributed assets are turned into coordinated, flexible systems.”
Image courtesy of gridX GmbH
