Current status & prospects
The public charging infrastructure in Germany is growing steadily. However, a recent analysis by Nexiga shows that the number of charging stations alone says little about how well electric and hybrid vehicles are actually served. What matters most is whether charging stations are available where they are needed and whether they are easily accessible to households and businesses.
With its new dashboard on e-mobility infrastructure coverage, Nexiga is providing transparency into the infrastructure situation at the municipal level for the first time.
Accessibility and Quality of Care
Across Germany, there are currently about 25 electric and hybrid vehicles for every public charging station. At the same time, however, only 34 percent of households and 46 percent of businesses are within a five-minute walk of a publicly accessible charging station.
It is particularly striking that some federal states have significantly lower accessibility despite a comparatively high density of charging stations. The geographic distribution of the charging infrastructure therefore plays just as important a role as its number.
Our analysis shows significant differences between the regions.
The dashboard helps municipalities, energy providers, and charging infrastructure operators identify gaps in service, prioritize investments, and plan the expansion of charging infrastructure to meet demand.
E-Mobility Dashboard
The data is based, among other sources, on information from the Federal Motor Transport Authority, the Nexiga charging station registry, and the Nexiga building database.
Need for Expansion Even in Metropolitan Areas
The greatest need for action is not limited to rural areas. Populous states with rapidly growing fleets of electric vehicles—particularly North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse—also require a targeted expansion of the charging infrastructure so that supply can keep pace with demand.
At the same time, the differences between urban and rural areas remain significant. While in large cities, most households and businesses can reach a charging station within a few minutes’ walk, there are still significant gaps in coverage in smaller communities.
Charging Infrastructure Statistics
- There are no clear criteria for the supply of charging infrastructure, nor is there a uniform database for the inventory. Therefore, there are different results and conclusions on the degree of coverage.
- Fine-area analyses are better than averages for all of Germany. Taking the spatial structure (urban, rural) into account when analyzing supply is a step in the right direction.
- In our view, the charging pole cadastre and fine-grained data on registrations are helpful in analyzing the level of coverage.
Nexiga EV Charging Station Registry
Nexiga has been building its own database since June 2019. Today, it includes 79,134 charging locations (locations with one or more charging stations) and 266,747 charging points.
The database contains all publicly and partially publicly accessible charging stations in Germany and is an indispensable tool for anyone who wants to plan, analyze, or evaluate charging infrastructure.
Nexiga EV Charging Station Registry
A look at the latest figures shows: Germany has made strong gains in expansion. The Nexiga database (*charging station register) currently includes:
- 79,134 charging locations
- 266,747 charging stations
For energy suppliers, grid operators, local authorities or retail companies, Nexiga offers a sound planning basis with the charging station register:
- Complete database of all charging points
- Georeferenced information on location, charging capacity & operator
- Ideal for site analyses, potential assessments & grid expansion planning
Methods and Features
The charging stations of the six largest sources/databases are compared spatially and in terms of content on a monthly basis in a complex process. Both public and partially public charging stations, e.g. in supermarket parking lots, are taken into account. Up to 10 additional pieces of information are available for each location.
In addition to the address and geographic coordinates, there are additional attributes such as
- Type (Normal/Fast)
- Power, Connector Types
- Operator
- Location Type (Highway, Supermarket, Hotel)
available.
Planning Certainty Through Data
The availability of public charging infrastructure varies greatly from region to region. A targeted expansion therefore requires taking regional factors into account, such as mobility patterns, commuter flows, and private charging options.
For these analyses and forecasts of the need for charging infrastructure, fine-grained data is used, e.g. on demographics, mobility behavior, car ownership of e-cars, number of charging stations, and data on parking spaces and garages.
Why Nexiga?
Providers of directories or apps for locating charging stations usually include only a portion of the existing locations, whether those listed by the BDEW or the Federal Network Agency. Each source always contains only a portion of the relevant data, which prompted Nexiga as early as June 2019 to build its own database — the Nexiga Charging Station Registry ( which can be linked to numerous other market and geographic data sets ). This registry brings together public and semi-public charging stations and is updated monthly.
In addition to the charging station register, there is also a garage register (charging at home) and a solar register (electricity for e-cars), which contain numerous other data that can be used for data-based analyses and forecasts.
07.07.2026
Dirk Schneider is the CEO of Nexiga GmbH and an expert in location intelligence, location analysis, and data-driven decision-making. He has been with Nexiga for over 18 years and, as CEO, has shaped the company’s strategic development for more than a decade. In this role, he helps clients in the private and public sectors derive valuable insights from spatial information to inform their planning and business processes.
