Germany passes 209,000 public EV charge points
Germany’s public EV charging network continues to grow, although availability still differs considerably between cities and rural areas.
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Germany’s public EV charging network continues to expand, but access still varies sharply by region. New Federal Network Agency data shows where charge-point density is highest, how fast the network is growing and where significant rural gaps remain.
Germany’s public EV charging infrastructure has grown markedly over the past year. Federal Network Agency data, analysed by energy company 1Komma5Grad for its charging-station atlas, shows that just over 209,000 public charge points were registered as of 1 September 2026, 24 per cent more than in July 2025.
The total includes more than 150,000 standard charging points and almost 59,000 public fast-charging points. The figures reveal major regional differences between dense urban centres and rural districts.
Where is public charging density highest?
Among the 107 German cities covered separately in the analysis, Stuttgart remains well ahead. The south-western city, home to Mercedes-Benz and Porsche, has 2,107 public charge points per 100 square kilometres, up 12 per cent from a year earlier. Regensburg in southern Germany follows with 1,452, up 19 per cent, while Munich has 1,179, also up 19 per cent.
At the other end, Brandenburg an der Havel, west of Berlin, has 59 charge points per 100 square kilometres despite growth of 42 per cent. Dessau-Roßlau in eastern Germany records 55, up 15 per cent, while Suhl in central Germany has 53, up 6 per cent.
The strongest percentage growth is not confined to Germany’s largest metropolitan areas. Schwabach, near Nuremberg, more than doubled its number of charge points, rising 112 per cent to 172. Mülheim an der Ruhr, in western Germany’s Ruhr region, recorded an 89 per cent increase since July 2025, reaching 429 charge points per 100 square kilometres.
Uneven pace of expansion
There has also been a change at the top among Germany’s 294 districts. Mettmann, in the wider Düsseldorf region, increased its density by 40 per cent to 344 charge points per 100 square kilometres. It moved ahead of Böblingen, near Stuttgart, with 328, up 19 per cent. Main-Taunus-Kreis, in the Frankfurt metropolitan region, ranks third with 281, up 15 per cent.
Jannik Schall, product chief at 1Komma5Grad, described the overall growth as a positive signal but pointed to the uneven pace of expansion. Metropolitan areas are increasingly well supplied, while smaller cities and charging infrastructure in rural regions continue to lag behind.
