Nearly 150,000 private electric car charging posts installed last year

People in the Netherlands installed 147,000 new private charging stations in 2024, according to market researcher Multiscope. Total spending on charging stations last year amounted to 198 million euros.

Only 15 percent said they did not incur one-time costs for a charging station, for example, because they use a rental arrangement, according to Multiscope’s survey of more than 4,400 Dutch residents. The remaining 85 percent paid for the charging station themselves, spending an average of 1,579 euros on installation.

The study shows that the vast majority of the total spending on charging stations (198 million euros) comes from stations installed for a fee. Installing a station yourself is significantly cheaper: 401 euros compared with 1,910 euros when installation is outsourced.

The number of public charging points for electric cars grew by a quarter last year. Road users now have access to nearly 184,000 public charging stations.

The distribution of charging stations is uneven across the country. Zuid-Holland has the most public chargers, while Friesland and Drenthe lag behind. Even Flevoland, the newest province, has more charging points than the northern provinces, according to Zelf Energie Produceren.

The Netherlands aims to have around 1.7 million charging points by 2030. This is an ambitious target, considering that by the end of 2024, there were an estimated 1 million charging points, including roughly 183,000 public stations.