EV charging station profit and payback in Armenia

Charging station payback calculator

Replace the example numbers with your own: the calculator only does the arithmetic, it does not know your tariff, traffic or costs.

Number of charge pointspieces

Average power delivered per pointkW

Charging hours per point per dayhours of actual charging, 0 to 24

Selling priceAMD per kWh

Your cost of electricityAMD per kWh, from your bill

Fixed costs per monthAMD: rent, connectivity, platform, service

InvestmentAMD: chargers, installation, connection

Energy sold per month

- kWh

Revenue per month

- AMD

Profit per month

- AMD

Payback

- months

Illustrative arithmetic, not a forecast. The example values are placeholders. Taxes, payment-gateway fees, maintenance, rent of the site and the platform subscription are not included unless you add them to fixed monthly costs.

The model

1. Energy sold per month = number of charge points x average power delivered (kW) x charging hours per point per day x 30.
2. Revenue = energy sold x selling price per kWh.
3. Profit per month = revenue - energy sold x your cost of electricity per kWh - fixed monthly costs (site rent, connectivity, platform, service).
4. Payback in months = investment / profit per month. If profit is zero or negative there is no payback.

Utilisation decides the result

The table below uses the calculator’s placeholder values: 4 AC points at 7 kW, a selling price of 100 AMD and electricity cost of 60 AMD per kWh, fixed costs of 40,000 AMD per month and an investment of 4,000,000 AMD. Only the charging hours change. These numbers illustrate how sensitive the result is; they are not Armenian data and not a forecast.

Charging hours per point per day	Share of the day	Energy sold per month	Profit per month	Payback
1	4%	840 kWh	-6,400 AMD	none
2	8%	1,680 kWh	27,200 AMD	about 147 months
3	12.5%	2,520 kWh	60,800 AMD	about 66 months
6	25%	5,040 kWh	161,600 AMD	about 25 months

Taxes, payment fees, maintenance and the cost of money are not included. Real chargers rarely deliver full rated power for the whole session.

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What is known about utilisation

We found no published utilisation figures for Armenia. A 2023 analysis by an Indian industry site, written with a vendor, found that most public stations there ran below 25% utilisation and that the margin per unit needed to break even rose sharply as utilisation fell. That market differs from Armenia, so use it only as a reminder that a low-use station is costly, never as an Armenian forecast.

Inputs to collect before you invest

Input	Where to get it
Charger price and installation	Written quotes from several suppliers; see charger cost
Cost of electricity	Your commercial tariff and any demand charge from the distribution company. Household rates (44.98 AMD by day, 34.98 at night in 2026) do not apply to a business
Selling price	Compare with the market: EV Armenia charges 100 AMD per kWh on AC; see prices
Traffic	Count cars at the site, ask the host, and run a pilot with one charger
Fixed costs	Site rent or revenue share, connectivity, platform fee, maintenance
Taxes and receipts	Your accountant; see licence, tax and e-CRM

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How to lower the risk

• Start with one or two chargers at a place where cars already stay for hours: a hotel, a restaurant, a shopping centre.
• Measure real hours of charging for three months, then decide on more.
• Prefer AC for long stops and keep DC for sites with real grid capacity and traffic.
• Use software that shows utilisation per station, so you can learn from your own data. Our platform has live sessions and finance reports.