The expansion of EV charging infrastructure in the United States has just reached another milestone with 170,000 Level 2 public AC charging ports now available.
That’s almost 15,000 more than at the beginning of the year. On average, over 1,500 additional AC stalls are available each month (the net increase).
We can cautiously forecast that at the end of 2025, the number of publicly available AC charging ports will exceed 73,000. A level of 75,000 might be achieved in Q1 2026.
Public AC Charging: 170,000 Ports and 66,000* Locations
According to the Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), there were 170,033 public AC Level 2 ports (aka stalls) as of October 14, 2025, including all connector standards. This number includes charging ports that are temporarily unavailable (3,120 ports, or 1.8%).
*An EV charging port provides power to charge only one vehicle at a time, even though it may have multiple connectors. The number of individual connectors might be similar to or higher than the number of ports.
The temporarily unavailable points are “out of service or offline due to maintenance and plan to open again in the future”.
The numbers may differ slightly depending on the exact date of access, so please treat them as a close estimate.
The number of stations (locations) is estimated at 66,070, including 1,325 (2.0%) that are temporarily unavailable. However, this raw number may be inflated and somewhat misleading. That’s because many charging points are counted as separate stations, even when they are located next to each other.
The number of locations increased by over 2,000 during the past 10 months. The data indicates that, on average, some 200 new locations go online every month.
AC Charging Points by States
According to the AFDC, the five top states with the highest number of AC Level 2 ports are:
- California (45,350)
- New York (15,861)
- Florida (9,244)
- Massachusetts (8,540)
- Texas (7,708)
Together, they represent 51% of all ports (over 86,700 ports) in the country. Alaska remains at the other end of the table with just 109 ports, behind North Dakota (123), Wyoming (161), and South Dakota (165).
Top AC Level 2 Networks by Ports
Largest AC Charging Networks in the US: October 14, 2025 (Source: State Of Charge)
More than 66% of all public AC Level 2 charging ports belong to five charging networks. The remaining 34% are other networks or non-networked points.
The ChargePoint network remains the largest player in the segment with almost 73,000 ports (3,600 more than in January) and a 42.9% share. An important note to remember is that ChargePoint does not own the charging points (aside from a small number) because they are actually owned by thousands of individual charger owners or companies.
The next four largest networks by the number of ports are Blink, the Tesla Destination network (with NACS plugs), Shell Recharge, and EV Connect.
The top AC Level 2 networks are as follows:
- ChargePoint: 72,989 ports (a 42.9% share)
- Blink: 19,659 ports (an 11.6% share)
- Tesla Destination: 12,458 ports (a 7.3% share)
- Shell Recharge: 3,749 ports (a 2.2% share)
- EV Connect: 3,614 ports (a 2.1% share)
Top 5 networks: 112,469 ports or a 66.1% share
other: 57,564 ports (a 33.9% share)
Interestingly, Blink has over 1,500 fewer AC ports now compared to January. Shell Recharge is down by over 2,300 ports, and EV Connect is at about the same level (down 58 ports). The number of Tesla Destination ports increased by over 1,300.
If the numbers are correct, it would suggest that at least some networks are shrinking their AC charging investments.
In North America, Tesla Destination points are equipped with NACS plugs, while practically all other Level 2 public AC charging points are equipped with SAE J1772 plugs (almost 159,000 or 93%). This will gradually change as part of the transition from the CCS1/J1772 to the NACS as the ultimate EV connector standard for light-duty vehicles.
A Tesla Destination charging site. (Source: Tesla)
Canada
According to the AFDC, the number of Level 2 public AC charging ports in Canada amounted to 29,661 as of October 14, 2025. Roughly 1.2% ports (367) were considered temporarily unavailable.
The number of stations in Canada during this period increased to 11,882. However, the number of stations might be noticeably inflated. Roughly 1.5% of the stations are temporarily unavailable.
The combined number of public AC Level 2 charging ports in the US and Canada is nearly 200,000.
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