Trends · data through September 2026

EVs & Charging in the United Kingdom

Iceflower tracks 290 stores from 70 EVs & charging chains in the United Kingdom. Applegreen Electric grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Believ and bp Pulse.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
70
Tracked stores
290
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked EVs & charging chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Applegreen Electric and Believ sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 A Applegreen Electric ▲1 +6.9%
2 B Believ - +3.0%
3 B bp Pulse - -26.9%
4 Y Yorkshire Dales National Park logo Yorkshire Dales National Park - -41.0%
5 M Mer logo Mer ▼1 -66.6%
  • bp Pulse
  • MFG
  • Shell Recharge
  • Lidl Charging Station
  • InstaVolt Charging Station
  • Smart Charge Charging Station
  • Applegreen Electric
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

290 tracked store locations in the United Kingdom. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • bp Pulse (139)
  • MFG (13)
  • Shell Recharge (5)
  • Lidl Charging Station (1)
  • InstaVolt Charging Station (1)
  • Smart Charge Charging Station (23)
  • Applegreen Electric (3)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 B bp Pulse 139
  • 2 S Smart Charge Charging Station 23
  • 3 M MFG 13
  • 4 M Mer logo Mer 12
  • 5 F Fastned 8
  • 6 A Applegreen Electric Charging Station 7
  • 7 G Gridserve logo Gridserve 7
  • 8 S Shell Recharge logo Shell Recharge 5
  • 9 Y Yorkshire Dales National Park logo Yorkshire Dales National Park 5
  • 10 B Believ 4
  • 11 E ESB EV Solutions 3
  • 12 A Applegreen Electric 3
  • 13 C char.gy logo char.gy 2
  • 14 M MFG EV Power 2
  • 15 G Gatwick South Terminal logo Gatwick South Terminal 2
  • 16 F Fastned Red Bridge Park & Ride 1
  • 17 C Charge My Street 1
  • 18 F Fairfax Road Car Park 1
  • 19 E Exchange Quay 1
  • 20 E EZ Charge 1
  • 21 C Calderdale Council logo Calderdale Council 1
  • 22 I Ionity Sheffield 1
  • 23 P Private 1
  • 24 N NEC North 2 Car Park 1
  • 25 P polar 1
  • 26 W Weev 1
  • 27 W White Oak Leisure Centre 1
  • 28 T The Old Warehouse 1
  • 29 S Stonehouse Hub 1
  • 30 D Dot Com 1
  • 31 G Gridserve Electric Forecourt 1
  • 32 S St Petersgate 1
  • 33 B Britania Car park 1
  • 34 I Irlam 1
  • 35 T The Burys 1
  • 36 N Northumberlandia 1
  • 37 S Sussex Innovation Centre 1
  • 38 M MFG Kettering Lower Street 1
  • 39 C Cardiff Capital Region 1
  • 40 E Electra 1
  • 41 B Bristol Road Northfield Electric Charge Point 1
  • 42 U ubitricity 1
  • 43 L Lidl Charging Station 1
  • 44 I InstaVolt Charging Station 1
  • 45 G Gatwick North Terminal 1
  • 46 M Motor Fuel Group (mfg) 1
  • 47 E EV On The Move 1
  • 48 N NEC Express Parking 1 1
  • 49 W WIC Melksham Campus 1
  • 50 R Rhug Estate 1

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