Zapmap

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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19.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 12/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessPaid
3 APIs
EnergyUnited KingdomEV ChargingElectric VehiclesCharge Point DataMobilityOpen DataUtilitiesPaymentsRoute Planning

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scored 2026-08-20 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 19.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 21
Developer Ergonomics 4.9 / 17
Access Clarity 3.6 / 17
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 11
Contract Governance 0.5 / 10
Discoverability 6.1 / 9
Regulatory Posture 5.1 / 15
Agent readiness — 12/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 3

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Zapmap Spark Search API

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...

Zapmap Spark Plan API

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 ...

Zapmap Spark Pay API

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...

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Zapmap Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Zapmap Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle
 Conformance
Conformance

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

SupportCenter
SupportCenter
 Support
Support
 ContactForm
ContactForm

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Products
Products
 DataLicensing
DataLicensing

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: zapmap
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/zapmap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
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.'
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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com