Last updated 2026-05-21 · all figures verifiable on the dated May 2026 snapshot
A media-resources hub for UK trade press, sustainability desks and fleet journalists. The directory is an independent one-person project that aggregates the public GOV.UK / OZEV authorised-installer register into a browsable, regionally-broken-down view, refreshed weekly. Every statistic on this page is computed at build time from that register and is free to cite under the Open Government Licence v3.0 with attribution.
Each figure is taken from the dated May 2026 snapshot. The italic line under each stat is a copy-pasteable citation phrased the way you would actually use it in a piece.
1,132 OZEV-authorised commercial EV charger installers across the UK (May 2026).
Suggested citation line: "1,132 OZEV-authorised commercial EV charger installers operate across the UK (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026 snapshot, OGL v3.0)."
94.8% of OZEV commercial installers also do residential work; only 5.2% (59 firms) are commercial-only.
Suggested citation line: "Just 5.2% of OZEV-authorised commercial EV charger installers — 59 firms out of 1,132 — work commercially only; the other 94.8% also serve residential customers (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
North East England has 37 commercial installers — fewer than any other UK region and 5.5x fewer than the South East (203).
Suggested citation line: "The North East has 37 OZEV-authorised commercial EV charger installers, the lowest of any UK region and roughly one-fifth of the South East total (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
Northern Ireland (44) and the East Midlands (46) are the next-worst-served regions.
Suggested citation line: "Outside the North East, Northern Ireland (44 installers) and the East Midlands (46) have the thinnest commercial EV installer coverage in the UK (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
The BT (Belfast) postcode area leads the UK by raw installer count with 44 firms, ahead of SA Swansea (26) and LL Wrexham (25).
Suggested citation line: "By postcode area, BT (Belfast) has the most OZEV commercial installers in the UK with 44, ahead of SA Swansea (26) and LL Wrexham (25) (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
The South East accounts for 17.9% of all UK OZEV commercial installers (203 firms) — more than the bottom four regions combined.
Suggested citation line: "The South East alone hosts 17.9% of the UK’s OZEV commercial EV installers — more than the North East, Northern Ireland, East Midlands and East of England combined (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
Every UK region has at least one OZEV-authorised commercial installer, but raw counts vary by a factor of 5.5x between South East and North East.
Suggested citation line: "All 12 UK regions have at least one OZEV-authorised commercial EV charger installer, but raw counts range from 37 in the North East to 203 in the South East (Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026)."
Five framings that the data supports, written as a journalist would lead them. Use, rewrite, or reject as you see fit — the underlying numbers do not change.
Only 59 of the UK's 1,132 OZEV-authorised commercial installers — 5.2% — are commercial-only. The other 94.8% are residential-first firms that also take commercial work. For a fleet operator or facilities manager, the "commercial installer" market is much smaller than the headline 1,132 suggests.
The North East has 37 OZEV-authorised commercial installers — the lowest of any UK region and roughly a fifth of the South East's 203. Northern Ireland (44) and the East Midlands (46) follow. With Workplace Charging Scheme and Depot Charging Scheme deadlines in March 2027, thin local supply matters for procurement timelines.
By raw postcode-area count, BT (Belfast) tops the UK with 44 OZEV-authorised commercial installers — ahead of any London or English regional postcode. Welsh postcodes (SA Swansea, LL Wrexham, CF Merthyr Tydfil) take three of the next four positions. The London postcodes E (23) and W (18) appear lower than the South East regional dominance would suggest.
From 1 April 2026 the Workplace Charging Scheme pays up to £500 per socket (was £350), capped at 75% of project cost and 40 sockets per applicant, funded until 31 March 2027. The Depot Charging Scheme funds 70% of charger and civils cost up to £1 million per organisation on the same end-date. Regions with the fewest installers face the same Q1-2027 queue.
The South East holds 17.9% of all UK OZEV commercial installers — more than the North East, Northern Ireland, East Midlands and East of England combined. Any policy that uses uniform per-region targets without weighting for installer supply will hit the bottom four regions hardest.
The site is run by Greg, a UK-based sole trader — no PR firm, no agency. Happy to be quoted on the methodology, the data caveats, or the regional distribution. For corrections, comment requests or interview enquiries, email commercialevinstallers@gmail.com.
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The full underlying dataset is published as open data alongside the snapshot. Both files are derived from the public GOV.UK / OZEV register and licensed under OGL v3.0.
How the dataset is built, normalised, refreshed and de-duplicated, plus the known limitations of the OZEV register, is documented on the methodology page. The same caveats noted on the snapshot apply: regional figures are by registered-office postcode, not service area, and OZEV authorisation does not certify current trading status.
All derived statistics on this page and on the snapshot are reusable under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Suggested attribution when citing: Commercial EV Charger Installers UK, May 2026 snapshot, https://commercial-ev-installers.pages.dev/data/uk-ev-installer-landscape-may-2026/.