Invers Mobility Barometer reports 8% fleet size growth in European car sharing

Out now: The fifth edition of the Invers Mobility Barometer focusing on “European Car Sharing 2025” is now available, providing an in-depth analysis of free-floating, station-based, and peer-to-peer car sharing across Europe. Key findings include:

(1) Growth: The number of vehicles in free-floating and station-based car sharing has risen to more than 129,000, marking an 8% increase from 2024.

(2) Top markets: Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands host the largest aggregated free-floating and station-based fleets.

(3) Diversity: Car sharing providers offer their services in 42 European countries. The Barometer identified more than 470 station-based car sharing providers, up to 80 free-floating providers, and more than 40 peer-to-peer providers.

(4) Electrification: Key trend, but regional differences are strong.

(5) Trends: Emerging trends highlight the call for electrification support, a continued focus on profitability, upcoming policies on digitization of vehicle documents and driver’s licenses, expanding service portfolios, and the implementation of AI use cases

Siegen, November 11th, 2025 – The latest edition of the Invers Mobility Barometer takes a look at key car sharing business models: free-floating, station-based and peer-to-peer. Building on the proven structure of previous reports, this edition incorporates current, country-specific research, published data, and insights from interviews with market experts, alongside Invers’ own research. “Car sharing continues to grow. In interviews, many industry experts emphasized an increasing focus on operational excellence”, says Bharath Devanathan, Chief Business Officer at Invers. “At the same time, operators continue to invest in innovations such as AI use cases and expanded service portfolios.”

1. The number of vehicles in free-floating and station-based car sharing has risen to more than 129,000.

Europe’s free-floating car sharing fleet size is slightly larger than the historically strong pioneering station-based fleet. This means that, on average, free-floating operators manage significantly larger fleets than station-based models. Currently, it can be estimated that there are 67,000 free-floating vehicles and 62,000 station-based vehicles across the continent. This is the largest market ever for both business models.

2. Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands host the largest aggregated station-based and free-floating fleets.

In terms of total numbers, Germany leads the European market with 45,400 vehicles. The local free-floating market is dominated by a few operators, while the mature station-based market is extremely complex and heterogeneous. France has a combined station-based and free-floating car sharing fleet of more than 13,800 vehicles, making it the second largest European market, followed by Italy with 8,600 vehicles, Belgium with more than 7,400, and the Netherlands with an estimated 7,000 vehicles. Among these top five markets, Belgium and Germany have the highest car sharing density, with more than 5 car sharing vehicles per 10,000 inhabitants.

3. Car sharing operators provide services in 42 European countries.

This edition of the Barometer reveals the largest European car sharing market seen so far. The majority of operators run station-based car sharing systems, with over 470 such operators identified across 25 countries. Additionally, the analysis identified up to 80 operators in 28 countries that run free-floating systems and more than 40 operators in 29 countries that run peer-to-peer systems.

4. Electrification is a key trend. But regional differences are strong.

Fleet electrification of free-floating and station-based models in many European car sharing markets continues to rise. Volume markets with very high electrification rates are Spain (66% EVs + 19% hybrid), Italy (35% EVs + 38% hybrid) and the Netherlands (50% electrification, mainly EVs). Some smaller national free-floating and station-based fleets show even higher electrification rates than Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. The vast majority of car sharing markets continue to be significantly more electrified than private/owned car fleets. Therefore, car sharing helps to increase overall national electrification rates as well as supports the contact with and acceptance of EVs.

5. Emerging trends in electrification, diversification, profitability, and digitalization.

The demand for EV car sharing is growing, as is the need for support in the electrification process at European, national and regional levels to facilitate the transition to EV car sharing across Europe. Car sharing services aim to increase their profitability to sustain future growth, focusing on utilization rates, operational excellence, and leveraging AI. AI itself can be identified as a trend and is being applied to an increasing number of use cases, such as fleet management, fraud prevention, and identity verification. Additionally, policy initiatives aim to further digitize user and vehicle documents to increase operational efficiency in car sharing. Lastly, several large car sharing brands are expanding their service portfolios and diversifying their business models.

The Invers Mobility Barometer Vol 5 “European Car Sharing 2025” can be downloaded here.