Fast Charging Is Growing Up

So far in 2025, DC fast charging (DCFC) stations in the U.S. are getting noticeably larger. New data from Paren’s Public Charger Database shows that from January through May, the average number of ports per newly opened station has climbed to 4.7.

Of the 68 CPOs and networks Paren tracks, 51 opened at least one new station during the first five months of 2025. Among those, 28 averaged four or more ports per station—and 12 exceeded six ports on average.

Revel, Mercedes-Benz HPC, Walmart, and Ionna are all averaging nine or more ports per station. Tesla continues to set the bar with an average of nearly 14 ports per new Supercharger location.

At the other end of the spectrum, just nine networks averaged fewer than three ports per new station in 2025. ChargePoint, EVConnect, and Blink—fall into this group, accounting for 38% of new stations so far. ChargePoint’s customer deployments have grown from an average of 1.5 ports per site pre-2025 to 2.3 ports YTD.

Five networks averaging nine or more ports accounted for 36% of all new ports installed this year—and Tesla alone represented a staggering 87% of that group’s ports.

All signs point toward a fast-charging landscape dominated by larger, higher-capacity stations. 82% of all new stations in 2025 so far have three or more ports. The U.S. fast charging market is scaling up—not just in numbers of stations, but in capacity at each location.