If you’ve been thinking about entering the EV space, 2025 is the year when “EV charging station franchise” has moved from buzzword to serious business opportunity.
With the Indian government rolling out the PM E-DRIVE scheme to support over 72,000 public charging stations across cities and highways, the push for fast, reliable charging infrastructure is now backed by real policy and budget. For investors, real-estate owners, fuel station operators, hotels, malls, and fleet owners, a charging station is no longer just a nice-to-have amenity—it’s a long-term, recurring-revenue asset.
An EV charging station franchise is basically a partnership model. Instead of figuring out chargers, software, apps, billing, uptime, and government standards on your own, you plug into an established brand’s ecosystem. The franchisor provides the technology stack, charger hardware, branding, and backend support, while you bring in the location, basic infrastructure, and capital. In return, both sides share revenue from charging sessions. For most first-time investors, this is much safer than trying to build a charging network independently.
Today, India has crossed 20,000 public charging stations across 800+ cities, and this number is expected to grow sharply over the next few years. The market is led by a mix of large utilities, oil and gas companies, and specialised EV infra startups. On the franchise side, names like Tata Power EZ Charge, Incharz, Fortum Charge & Drive (now GLIDA), Statiq, Volttic, Jio-bp Pulse, and BluSmart frequently appear in 2025 franchise listings and guides.
ChargET focuses on delivering fast, reliable, OCPP-based EV charging solutions for both homes and public locations, backed by a central software platform and 24/7 support. For entrepreneurs who want the economics of a franchise but also the flexibility to shape their own local brand, ChargET can act as the technology partner behind the scenes. You get smart AC and DC chargers, a robust backend to monitor usage and revenue, and an operations layer that keeps uptime high — while you remain free to brand your site the way you want, bundle other services (food court, parking, car care), and design your own customer experience.
From a 2025–2030 outlook, the upside is clear. EV makers are rapidly expanding their own charging partnerships to support new models, and the government is heavily incentivising fast-charging infrastructure on highways and in urban clusters. In this environment, the best EV charging station “franchise” opportunity is about choosing the right mix of brand pull, tech backbone, long-term policy alignment, and a partner who will still be innovating five years from now.
EV charging is shifting from experiment to infrastructure. The players you choose to partner with in 2025 will decide whether your station becomes just another plug on the map—or a profitable, scalable asset in India’s clean-mobility future. And brands like ChargET are here to make sure that whichever franchise route you take, the technology under the hood is built to grow with you.
