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Electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics: January 2026

Quarterly statistics on the number of public electric vehicle chargers in the United Kingdom, including summaries by geography and charging power band.

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From:
Department for Transport
Published:
26 February 2026
Last updated:
26 February 2026
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  1. Data on the estimated number of EV chargers for 2023 and 2024 shown in chart 1 and chart 2, along with the directly related commentary for chart 2, were revised within a few hours of their initial publication at 09:30 on 26 February. This followed a Department for Transport production error in which an outdated set of industry estimates was used in error. The data have now been corrected. The scale of the revision to the number of EV chargers added to the network each year in 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively, was minus 5 percent, plus 6 percent and minus 1 percent. All other data in this publication and the published tables are unaffected.

  2. First published.

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Data tables for this publication can be found on the EVCI data tables page.

As of February 2026, this publication now includes statistics on the number of public EV chargers (EVSE) in the United Kingdom. More information about this addition can be found in the publication and the frequently asked questions document.

Data is sourced from the electric vehicle charging point platform Zapmap.

As of May 2026, the electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics and the electric vehicle charging device grant scheme statistics publication pages will be merged into a single publication page titled: electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics. All content from both publications will be retained and the page will be updated with new statistics on a quarterly basis.

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