Fastned Bond Lifts Its 2026 Total to a Record 92 Million Euros
Dutch fast-charging operator Fastned has raised 27 million euros from private investors in Belgium and the Netherlands in its third bond placement of 2026. The issue took the year's total to a record 92 million euros, compared with 79 million euros in 2025, electrive reported on 3 November.
Key takeaways
- Third bond of 2026, raising 27 million euros in 2026 from private investors.
- The bonds run for five years and pay 6 per cent interest a year.
- Fastned operates 452 charging stations in nine European countries, with 70 more under construction.
- The target is 1,000 stations by 2030.
How Fastned funds its network
Fastned has long relied on retail bonds alongside equity and bank loans. Outstanding retail bonds now total 364 million euros in 2026, and more than 13,000 private investors have put over 400 million euros into the company since the programme began. Each bond runs for five years and pays 6 per cent a year.
The bank side has grown as well. In January 2026 Fastned signed a green credit line of up to 200 million euros with ABN Amro, ING and Rabobank.
Each new station costs more
The money from the latest bond goes into new stations, and each one is becoming more expensive to build. A new Fastned site now costs about 991,000 euros upfront in 2026, up from 892,000 euros a year earlier. Network expansion costs reached 34.3 million euros in 2025, 48 per cent more than in 2024.
Fastned has opened 46 stations so far in 2026 and has 70 more under construction. Its 452 existing sites are spread across nine European countries, and the plan is to reach 1,000 by 2030.
Revenue up, profit not yet
Charging revenue rose 63 per cent to 51.3 million euros in the third quarter of 2026, with an operating EBITDA margin of about 45 per cent. Even so, the company posted a loss of 13 million euros in the first half of 2026, and it will publish its second-half result after the year ends.
The key figure is utilisation. Management hopes to raise the share of time its chargers are in use from 13.5 per cent to around 30 per cent, the level at which electrive expects the economics to work.
What it means for you
More Fastned stations should appear along European motorways over the next few years, because the operator has secured the money for its next wave of sites. The utilisation target also explains why fast-charging prices are unlikely to drop quickly: operators still need each charger to be used far more often to cover rising construction costs. On long trips, a denser network means more choice of fast-charging stops and less need to plan around a single operator.
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Sources
- electrive: Fastned raises a further 27 million euros from private investors (3 Nov 2026) (accessed 4 Nov 2026)
- electrive.net: Fastned sammelt weitere 27 Millionen Euro von Privatanlegern ein (3 Nov 2026) (accessed 4 Nov 2026)
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