There is no standard yearly revenue for a single Level 2 station, and no honest source publishes one. Revenue is an identity, not a benchmark: sessions per day, times the energy in an average session, times the price you actually net per kWh, times the days in a year. Every input belongs to your site, your tariff and your drivers — so the same station can earn several times more in one car park than in another.
Key Takeaways
- Yearly revenue = sessions/day × kWh/session × net price per kWh × days. There is no standard figure to copy.
- Gross revenue is not kept revenue: energy, platform and payment shares come out of every kWh first.
- Utilisation is the input that swings the result — and it is measured from your own records, never borrowed.
- U.S. DOE-cited scale for one public Level 2 connector: about $3,500 equipment plus about $2,500 installation.
The Revenue Identity
| Input | Where it comes from | What moves it |
|---|---|---|
| Sessions per day | Your platform’s session records, per connector | Location, signage, pricing, how long cars dwell |
| kWh per session | The same records — energy per session, averaged | Stay length and the charger’s rate inside the DOT Level 2 band of 7–19 kW |
| Net price per kWh | Your price minus the energy cost and any platform or payment share per kWh | Your tariff structure — the models are compared in our pricing models guide |
| Days | 365, or the days your site actually trades | Opening pattern and downtime |
Multiply the four and you have the year. If any input is near zero — a station nobody finds, sessions cut short by turnover rules — the revenue is near zero, whatever the hardware cost.
A Worked Example — Every Number Invented
The figures in this section are invented for illustration; replace them with your own before using the result. Suppose a single public Level 2 connector runs 4 sessions a day, averaging 20 kWh a session, at a driver price of $0.40 per kWh. Gross charging revenue is 4 × 20 × $0.40 = $32 a day — about $11,700 over 365 days.
Now the step that turns gross into kept revenue. Energy is not free: for scale only, the U.S. EIA puts average commercial electricity at 14.53 cents per kWh — a U.S. reference, not your supply tariff. At that reference, each sold kWh costs about $0.145 in energy, leaving roughly $0.255 per kWh before platform and payment shares. On the invented volumes above (29,200 kWh a year), that is roughly $7,400 kept before those fees and fixed costs. Change any input — 2 sessions a day instead of 4 halves everything — and the year changes with it. That sensitivity is the real answer.
The Cost Side the Revenue Must Carry
Revenue is measured against what the station cost to put in and keep running. For U.S. scale, DOE-cited figures put public Level 2 at about $3,500 in equipment plus about $2,500 in installation per connector; the full breakdown is in our guide to commercial station installation costs. Ongoing lines — platform, connectivity, maintenance — arrive monthly whether or not anyone plugs in. Whether the whole business clears them is the wider question in our piece on whether an EV charging station business is profitable; this article is the single-station revenue line inside it.
Hardware in This Picture
Two EVDANCE units sit in this identity at different points. The EV-ACT3204PE 22 kW three-phase wallbox (tethered Type 2 cable, RFID and app, IP66, CE) puts one connector at the top of the Level 2 band, so a session delivers more kWh per hour of dwell. The EV-AC03201T runs two Type 2 connectors sharing up to 43 kW (22 kW per connector), with OCPP 1.6J, RFID and IP54 — two session streams on one station, reporting the session records the identity needs over OCPP. Planning a site starts via our commercial EV charging team or contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
What utilisation should I assume for a new station?
None that you borrow. No published typical rate exists for a site like yours; budget on a cautious case from comparable sites you operate, then replace it with your own session records after a trial period covering quiet and busy weeks.
Is this revenue the same as profit?
No. The identity gives charging revenue. Profit subtracts energy, platform and payment shares, fixed site costs and the capital tied up in the installation — which is why the worked example separates gross from kept revenue.
A station near me charges for free. Does it make no revenue?
It makes no charging revenue. Hosts run free charging as an amenity — the return arrives as rent, dwell or custom, in someone else’s accounts. A legitimate model, but not a charging-revenue figure.
Related Reading
- Is an EV Charging Station Business Profitable?
- How Much Do EV Charging Stations Charge? Pricing Models Explained
- How Much Does It Cost to Install a Commercial EV Charging Station?
- Where to Install an EV Charging Station: Site Selection Guide
