Sharing Analysis: These cities offer the widest variety of providers

E-scooters, bike-sharing, car-sharing and scooter-sharing are now a common sight on the streets of Germany’s major cities. We have examined how the range of services varies from city to city across Germany’s 20 largest cities: the analysis looks at how many sharing providers in the four categories are available to local residents. Every year at IFA, visitors can test new micro-mobility technologies on the Mobility Track. Car-sharing is the form of transport with the most providers With a total of 19 providers, car-sharing is the most widely represented form of transport in the study. This is followed by e-bike-sharing with eight companies and e-scooter-sharing with six. The range of services on offer for scooters is significantly smaller: there are just three providers here, which together operate in only five of the 20 cities surveyed.

These companies dominate the various forms of mobility

In the car-sharing sector, a total of 19 different providers operate in Germany’s 20 largest cities. Flinkster is the most widespread, offering services in all 20 cities. It is followed by Miles and cambio, each operating in nine cities, and Free2Move and stadtmobil, each operating in seven cities. In the bike-sharing sector, a total of eight different providers operate in the cities surveyed. Nextbike has the widest reach: the Leipzig-based company runs bike-sharing schemes in 12 of the cities surveyed, often under local names such as MyRADL in Munich or Bre.Bike in Bremen. These are followed by Lime with eight cities and Call a Bike with six. Voi and Metropolradruhr each operate in four cities. In the e-scooter-sharing market, six providers share the market. Voi and Dott are by far the most widely available, operating in 18 and 17 cities, respectively, followed by Bolt and Lime, each operating in 16 cities. Ryde is present in nine cities, while RideMovi operates in seven cities. Shared scooters are the smallest segment in the study: a total of three providers are active in this area. Emmy is the most widespread, with services in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. These are joined by Clara, a scooter and cargo bike provider in Bonn, and stella-sharing, an e-moped provider in Stuttgart.

 

Munich leaves the rest in its wake

With 14 different sharing providers, Munich offers the widest choice among the 20 cities analyzed. Hamburg and Cologne follow in second and third place, with 13 and 12 providers, respectively. Berlin, Bonn, and Cologne share fourth place, with 12 different providers each. Dortmund and Stuttgart follow in fifth place, with 11 sharing companies each. At the bottom of the ranking is Leipzig, with five sharing services. In Mannheim, Bremen, and Bielefeld, six sharing services are available in each city. Nuremberg, Wuppertal, and Dresden each have seven services, putting them jointly in third-to-last place in the ranking.

Munich leads the way in several sharing categories

The Bavarian capital dominates in three categories: Munich offers six different carsharing services and five different e-bike-sharing services. The Emmy scooter, which is available in only three of the cities surveyed, is also available in Munich. Berlin also ranks among the leading cities: The capital has six carsharing providers and five e-bike-sharing providers, putting it on par with Munich in carsharing and just behind the city in e-bike sharing. Hamburg also ranks among the leading cities for carsharing: The city has six providers, sharing first place with Berlin and Munich. Bonn and Frankfurt am Main follow with five companies each. In many other cities, the range of options is considerably smaller. Flinkster is the only carsharing provider represented in all of the cities surveyed. Munich and Berlin are also among the leading cities for e-bike sharing, with five providers each. At the bottom end of the ranking, the picture is quite different: In a total of twelve cities, only one e-bike-sharing service is available. These include Leipzig, Mannheim, Bielefeld, Nuremberg, Wuppertal, Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Bonn, and Bremen. In Duisburg, this is Donkey Republic, while the sole offering in each of the other cities is a local service operated by nextbike. For e-scooters, Essen and Cologne are at the top: With six providers each, the two cities offer the widest range among the cities surveyed. They are followed by six cities with five providers each: Munich, Hamburg, Hanover, Bonn, Duisburg, Bochum, and Essen. Berlin, which ranks among the leading cities overall in terms of sharing services, has four providers in this category and therefore sits in the middle of the ranking alongside cities including Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Bonn. The range of e-moped-sharing services is considerably more limited. Emmy is currently available only in Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. While Stuttgart and Bonn do not have an Emmy service, they do offer other providers, including Stella and Clara. The choice for e-scooter sharing is considerably more limited. Emmy is currently only available in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich. Whilst there is no Emmy service in Stuttgart and Bonn, other providers such as Stella and Clara are available.