Sources: Cities Today, Belga News Agency

Belgium saw record levels of shared mobility use in 2025, with over 33 million journeys made on shared bikes, e-scooters and in cars, according to the Shared Mobility in Belgium 2025 report, published by Way to Go, a network organisation promoting shared mobility. This is despite the numbers of available vehicles having reduced, indicating optimised efficiency.

The report is based on data from all active operators in the country, and reveals that shared bikes and e-scooter trips made up the lion’s share of recorded journeys at over 32 million. The most notable statistic is that the number of shared e-scooter units fell by 35%, but that total trips increased by 21%, prompting Way to Go to comment that shared mobility “is becoming more mature: fewer vehicles on the road, but more people using them”.

A key reason for the drop in e-scooter vehicle numbers is Brussels reducing the number of operating companies from nine to two, and implementing fleet caps, which resulted in a 44% drop in e-scooter numbers in the region. Average numbers of trips per scooter per day rose from 1.9 to 3.6; Way to Go observes that Brussels “combines high density with intensive use,” demonstrating that “well thought-out regulations lead to more efficient use.” The Brussels region represents 59% of the country’s shared e-scooter journeys, and 31% of all shared bike journeys.

Across the country, shared bike use saw significant expansion, with over 28,000 shared bikes and more than 1.038 million active users recorded in 2025. The nationwide fleet is now, for the first time, mostly electric, and in Brussels the proportion of electric shared bikes is 78%.

The Flanders region accounts for 68% of Belgium’s shared bike trips at 10.8 million journeys. The “back-to-many” system, which consists of fixed stations from which bikes can be collected from one docking point and returned at a different one, is the dominant model in the region, and records an average of 3.5 trips per bike, per day. Way to Go comments that this demonstrated that shared mobility “is becoming structurally embedded in the mobility system,” while a targeted roll-out of regional systems shows “that shared mobility also works outside major cities.”

The Wallonia region is, in absolute terms, behind Brussels and Flanders in numbers of users, but is seeing strong growth. The number of shared bikes in the region increased by 85% and scooters by 37% compared with 2024. Active shared bike users increased substantially to over 15,000, from just 2,500 in 2024.