Zapmap (Zapmap Limited, company number 05960749, Bristol, United Kingdom) operates the UK's most comprehensive public electric-vehicle charging map and cross-network payment platform, covering 120,000+ charge points across 100+ charge point operators for 1.3 million registered drivers, and holds the Department for Transport contract to act as its electric vehicle chargepoint open data provider. It sits in the e-mobility data layer of the energy value chain, between the charge point operators legally obliged to publish open charge point data under the UK Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 and the drivers, automotive OEMs, fleets, e-mobility providers and government bodies that consume it. Its API posture is honestly commercial and closed: the Zapmap Spark suite (Search, Plan and Pay APIs) is described only on marketing product pages, with no developer portal, no public API reference, no machine-readable specification, no published authentication scheme and no self-serve signup — every route to access runs through a sales contact form and a data licence. The open data mandate in this market binds charge point operators, not Zapmap; the mandated open data that Zapmap aggregates is redistributed to DfT under contract and sold to the rest of the industry through the paid Insights product rather than published as an anonymous open feed. No consumer energy usage or billing API is offered — this is open-data-fed, closed-surface market data, with no consumer data right in play.
Zapmap publishes 3 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Energy, United Kingdom, EV Charging, Electric Vehicles, and Charge Point Data.
Zapmap’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, support, engineering blog, and 14 more developer resources.
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Commercial charge point search API returning Zapmap's aggregated charging location data for over 50,000 public charging locations across the UK and Ireland — location, availabil...
Commercial EV route-planning API that returns a highly configurable route plan generated by Zapmap's routing engine, selecting charging stops against driver preferences such as ...
Commercial cross-network EV charging payment API that lets a partner application start and stop charging sessions and receive live in-session updates on cost, time and kWh acros...
aid: zapmap
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zapmap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-api-posture: no-product-api
x-api-posture-basis: observed
x-api-posture-note: 'Its API posture is honestly commercial and closed: the Zapmap Spark suite (Search, Plan and Pay APIs)
is described only on marketing product pages, with no developer portal, no public API reference, n'
name: Zapmap
kind: company
description: 'Zapmap (Zapmap Limited, company number 05960749, Bristol, United Kingdom) operates the UK''s most comprehensive
public electric-vehicle charging map and cross-network payment platform, covering 120,000+ charge points across 100+ charge
point operators for 1.3 million registered drivers, and holds the Department for Transport contract to act as its electric
vehicle chargepoint open data provider. It sits in the e-mobility data layer of the energy value chain, between the charge
point operators legally obliged to publish open charge point data under the UK Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 and
the drivers, automotive OEMs, fleets, e-mobility providers and government bodies that consume it. Its API posture is honestly
commercial and closed: the Zapmap Spark suite (Search, Plan and Pay APIs) is described only on marketing product pages,
with no developer portal, no public API reference, no machine-readable specification, no published authentication scheme
and no self-serve signup — every route to access runs through a sales contact form and a data licence. The open data mandate
in this market binds charge point operators, not Zapmap; the mandated open data that Zapmap aggregates is redistributed
to DfT under contract and sold to the rest of the industry through the paid Insights product rather than published as an
anonymous open feed. No consumer energy usage or billing API is offered — this is open-data-fed, closed-surface market data,
with no consumer data right in play.'
deliveryModel:
model: saas
open_source: false
commercial: true
callable_host: false
label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
confidence: medium
source:
- pricing
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: paid
onboarding: contact-sales
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Paid · Contact sales
confidence: high
source:
- https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark
- https://www.zapmap.com/data-licensing
generated: '2026-07-27'
method: observed
image: https://www.zapmap.com/themes/custom/zap_map/assets/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png
tags:
- Energy
- United Kingdom
- EV Charging
- Electric Vehicles
- Charge Point Data
- Mobility
- Open Data
- Utilities
- Payments
- Route Planning
created: '2026-07-27'
modified: '2026-07-27'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: zapmap:zapmap-spark-search-api
name: Zapmap Spark Search API
description: Commercial charge point search API returning Zapmap's aggregated charging location data for over 50,000 public
charging locations across the UK and Ireland — location, availability status (in use / out of service), kWh pricing, CPO
network, power output, plus enriched site facility and access information. Zapmap states coverage of 95% of UK public
charge points with live real-time data on roughly 75% of them. No base URL, endpoint list, authentication scheme, rate
limits or machine-readable specification is published; the only documented route to access is the business contact form.
humanURL: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/search-api
tags:
- EV Charging
- Charge Point Data
- Search
- Real-Time Availability
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/search-api
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.zapmap.com/contact
- aid: zapmap:zapmap-spark-plan-api
name: Zapmap Spark Plan API
description: Commercial EV route-planning API that returns a highly configurable route plan generated by Zapmap's routing
engine, selecting charging stops against driver preferences such as price, on-site facilities or minimal deviation from
route, for display in a partner's own customer-facing interface. No base URL, endpoints, request or response schema, authentication
scheme or specification is published; access is via the business contact form only.
humanURL: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/plan-api
tags:
- EV Charging
- Route Planning
- Mobility
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/plan-api
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.zapmap.com/contact
- aid: zapmap:zapmap-spark-pay-api
name: Zapmap Spark Pay API
description: Commercial cross-network EV charging payment API that lets a partner application start and stop charging sessions
and receive live in-session updates on cost, time and kWh across Zap-Pay enabled chargers — Zapmap cites 10,000+ charge
points across leading UK CPO networks reachable through a single integration. No base URL, endpoints, authentication scheme
or roaming protocol (no OCPI or OCPP reference appears anywhere in Zapmap's public material) is published; access is via
the business contact form only.
humanURL: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/pay-api
tags:
- EV Charging
- Payments
- Charging Sessions
- Roaming
properties:
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark/pay-api
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark
- type: SignUp
url: https://www.zapmap.com/contact
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/zapmap-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
url: authentication/zapmap-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
url: conventions/zapmap-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
url: errors/zapmap-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
url: lifecycle/zapmap-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
url: conformance/zapmap-conformance.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
url: llms/zapmap-llms.txt
- type: Website
url: https://www.zapmap.com/
- type: Documentation
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products/zapmap-spark
- type: Products
url: https://www.zapmap.com/for-business/products
- type: DataLicensing
url: https://www.zapmap.com/data-licensing
- type: TermsOfService
url: https://www.zapmap.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
url: https://www.zapmap.com/privacy-policy
- type: SupportCenter
url: https://help.zapmap.com
- type: Support
url: https://help.zapmap.com/support/home
- type: ContactForm
url: https://www.zapmap.com/contact
- type: Blog
url: https://www.zapmap.com/news
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zap-map
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