The installer’s guide to building a CPO business
Get extra recurring revenue from charge points
you’ve already installed without the back-office hassle
The chargers are in, and there request for EV charging is only going to increase.
But most site owners still don’t want to run them themselves.
They’re looking for someone they trust to help them go one step further: not just installing charge points, but operating them too. That creates a real opportunity for installers.
Instead of getting paid once for the installation, you can build a recurring revenue stream from the charge points you’ve already installed, and keep earning from them month after month, for years.
The challenge is that becoming a CPO means taking on more than just the technical setup. You also need to think about pricing, payments, roaming, support, billing, and compliance. In other words: everything that happens after the charger goes live.
That’s why the right partner matters, especially at the start. With the right setup, you can offer a complete charging service without having to build the operational side from scratch. That starts with asking the right questions:
Do you just need software? Or do you need a partner who also helps handle the day-to-day complexity behind the scenes?
This guide is for installers who want to understand what becoming a CPO actually involves, what to look for in a platform partner, and how to start earning more per charger installed without taking on the back-office headache alone.
What’s inside
In this guide, you’ll learn:
- Why this is the right moment for installers to move into CPO operations
- What a CPO actually does once the installation is complete
- Why operations create recurring revenue, long after the install is done
- What you need to get started, from commercial setup to technical and operational support
- What questions to ask before choosing a CPO partner
- How to understand the difference between a SaaS platform and a more fully managed BPO model
