elvah Market Monitor
The Charging Market at a Glance.

All relevant data on expansion, utilization, and trends. Up-to-date, granular, and available down to the county level.

Selected highlights from July 2025
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217,500 active charging points in total: 167,613 AC (77%), 16,907 DC (8%) and 32,980 HPC (15%).

HPC development of active charging points compared to June +4% on average: Saarland leads the way with +13.7%.

Top 5 most efficient CPOs in the HPC segment: Ionity, Fastned, Hamburger Energiewerke, E.ON Drive Infrastructure, and EWE Go.

Utilization: 4.688 million charging sessions (+0.02% vs. June) with an estimated total consumption of 116 million kWh (+1.9% vs. June).

User behavior: AC charging sessions most frequently start between 6 and 7 a.m., HPC charging sessions between 10 and 11 a.m.

Status of charging infrastructure

Monthly amount of active charging points by charging power, down to county level, over the last 12 months.

Expansion of charging infrastructure

Monthly development of new charging sites by charging power and region over the last six months.

Distribution of charging infrastructure by charging power

Share of active charging points per charging power.

Distribution of charging sites at relevant POIs

Distribution of charging sites by relevant POIs at state level.

Top 15 operators & networks by efficiency

Efficiency of the top 15 operators & networks in Germany compared by charging power.

Number of charging sessions and estimated total consumption

Monthly development of charging sessions and estimated energy consumption over the last twelve months.

Top 15 operators & networks by number of charging sessions

Analysis of the top 15 operators & networks by number of charging sessions at state level and by charging power.

Charging session start times by time of day

The data show the distribution of charging session start times during the day, by charging power, aggregated over the last three months.