It's January 2026, time to see how charging infrastructure's developed over the course of 2025.
Overview
First up, the overall change in the number of live connectors from January 1 to December 31. We source our data on non-domestic charging infrastructure from Open Charge Map, & we've an interactive Infrastructure Data dashboard available based on it.
| Connector | January 1 | December 31 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| CCS | 1,039 | 1,487 | 448 | 43% |
| Chademo | 424 | 454 | 30 | 7% |
| Type 2 | 4,651 | 5,897 | 1,246 | 27% |
Next, let's look to what charging infrastructure is still on the way. We are currently tracking 285 locations on Infrastructure Updates, & their statuses are as follows:
| Status | Number of Locations |
| Now Building | 35 [amounting to 160+ connectors] |
| Planning Approved | 76 |
| Planning On Hold | 11 |
| Planning Appealed | 1 |
| Planning Decision Pending | 19 |
| ZEVI TII Grant Schemes [not already included above] | 136 |
| Misc | 7 |
Additionally, up to 179 locations will see installations under the Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme.
County level examination
Presented below are the total counts for each of the various live connectors per county.
| CCS |
| Chademo |
| Type 2 |
CCS in Detail
We'll focus on CCS as it's the dominant fast / high power connector. First up, what charging speeds are associated with those 1,487 CCS connectors?
| CCS connectors by Charging Speed (kW) |
The majority are associated with advertised charging speeds of (up to) 100kW or greater. Though it's worth noting that:
Next up, let's check the change in live CCS connectors per county, sorted from the highest to lowest change in numbers.
| County | January 1 | December 31 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| Dublin | 283 | 408 | 125 | 44% |
| Limerick | 55 | 121 | 66 | 120% |
| Cork | 71 | 103 | 32 | 45% |
| Galway | 42 | 62 | 20 | 48% |
| Meath | 32 | 51 | 19 | 59% |
| Clare | 26 | 44 | 18 | 69% |
| Kerry | 26 | 44 | 18 | 69% |
| Wexford | 20 | 36 | 16 | 80% |
| Mayo | 34 | 49 | 15 | 44% |
| Donegal | 15 | 28 | 13 | 87% |
| Waterford | 33 | 45 | 12 | 36% |
| Kilkenny | 25 | 36 | 11 | 44% |
| Kildare | 57 | 68 | 11 | 19% |
| Wicklow | 36 | 45 | 9 | 25% |
| Roscommon | 15 | 23 | 8 | 53% |
| Offaly | 12 | 20 | 8 | 67% |
| Cavan | 12 | 20 | 8 | 67% |
| Sligo | 5 | 13 | 8 | 160% |
| Longford | 17 | 25 | 8 | 47% |
| Tipperary | 61 | 66 | 5 | 8% |
| Carlow | 20 | 24 | 4 | 20% |
| Louth | 34 | 38 | 4 | 12% |
| Westmeath | 61 | 64 | 3 | 5% |
| Leitrim | 6 | 9 | 3 | 50% |
| Laois | 32 | 34 | 2 | 6% |
| Monaghan | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22% |
Increases nationwide, though the level of increase varied. As mentioned earlier, a significant number of locations under both ZEVI TII Grant Schemes & Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme are yet to go live, so we expect significant increases to occur this year as they start to go live.
Finally, let's take a look at the change the perspective of charge point operators (or services), again sorted from the highest to lowest change in numbers.
| Operator | January 1 | December 1 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| EZO | 209 | 316 | 107 | 51% |
| ePower | 50 | 127 | 77 | 154% |
| ESB ecars | 298 | 361 | 63 | 21% |
| Circle K | 36 | 80 | 44 | 122% |
| Applegreen Electric | 70 | 98 | 28 | 40% |
| Monta | 11 | 32 | 21 | 191% |
| InstaVolt | 2 | 17 | 15 | 750% |
| Brite | 14 | 14 | ||
| Weev | 19 | 25 | 6 | 32% |
| ChargePoint | 2 | 2 | ||
| Certa | 2 | 2 | ||
| eStation | 1 | 1 | ||
| GOcharge | 1 | 1 | ||
| Virta | 2 | 2 | ||
| Maxol | 6 | 6 | ||
| Source | 8 | 8 | ||
| Ionity | 48 | 48 | ||
| Tesla | 60 | 60 | ||
| Fuuse | 6 | 2 | -4 | -67% |
| Plugsurfing | 10 | -10 | -100% | |
| Business Owner | 203 | 285 | 82 | 40% |
Accounting for nearly three-quarters of the new CCS were: EZO, ePower, ESB ecars, Circle K, & Applegreen Electric. A further notable source of growth was amongst businesses themselves, with units generally being for their own use, or visitor / guest.
Market Exits
2025 also saw the exit of Char.gy, Pod Point, Shell Recharge, & EVBox in Ireland (& everywhere else in the case of those last two). These accounted for 218 of the 4,651, i.e. < 5%, Type 2 available at the start of the year, though by the end of the year the majority had transferred over to another operator.
Summary
2025 brought significant increases in the availability of fast / high power CCS (+43%), & standard Type 2 connectors (+27%).
Things are looking good for 2026 too, with 35 locations (representing 160+ CCS connectors) in various stages of build already - many just awaiting power. Meanwhile, the 300+ Schemes locations will bring some multiple of that (i.e. probably looking at a further 600+ CCS connectors).