While micromobility in Belgium usually slows down from the end of September – due to the weather and shorter days – the Bolt shared e-scooter platform in Antwerp is seeing continued growth, with a record month in October. Since the launch of the fleet of about 1,000 e-scooters in Antwerp in March of this year, usage has been growing month after month, confirming that the service has become part of daily travel.
Recent figures show that adoption has increased continuously since its launch, transforming soft mobility into a true daily habit for residents. Between March and May, activity increased by an average of almost 50%.
Intensively used
Antwerp is the only Belgian city in Bolt’s portfolio where usage keeps growing month-on-month after September, with October as the best month of 2025 and November still above September despite bad weather. The only decline of the year occurred in July, when many residents left the city for vacation, followed immediately by a stronger recovery in August.
The Bolt shared e-scooters are mainly used by residents for their daily travel. The main departure and arrival zones are the pre-metro points of Antwerp Central Station and Opera – demonstrating the strong complementarity with public transport. An average ride takes 11 minutes, and every available vehicle in Antwerp now averages more than four trips per day, which is generally considered a very healthy utilisation level.
Antwerp is sharply restricting parking in the Leien zone and steering drivers into fixed drop-off zones, but, apparently, tight rules and data-driven planning don’t kill micromobility. On the contrary, they make it stronger and more useful.
‘Daily mobility tool’
E-scooters in Antwerp are no longer a summer gimmick; they’ve become part of everyday mobility, and not just for fun rides or tourism.
Alexis Hiernaux, General Manager Micromobility at Bolt Benelux: “Antwerp’s figures show that shared scooters aren’t just a summer phenomenon – they remain a daily mobility tool well into autumn.”
Bolt in Belgium
Bolt is an Estonian multinational mobility company that offers ride-hailing, micromobility rental, food and grocery delivery, and carsharing services. The company is headquartered in Tallinn and operates in over 300 cities in 28 countries in Europe.
This makes it the largest micromobility operator in Europe. The Bolt app is used by 200 million customers in 50 countries and more than 600 cities in Europe and Africa. Bolt launched its ride-hailing service in Belgium in February 2022 and now operates in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Namur, and other cities.
