Nextbike GmbH recorded a 25% increase in rides in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year. The Polish market is emerging as one of the leaders in bike-sharing, accounting for over 22% of all European rentals.
This year, Nextbike is celebrating its 20th anniversary, but there are more reasons to celebrate. The company is recording increases in rentals, users, and the number of new systems. Up until August of this year, Nextbike bikes were rented about 24 million times across Europe, demonstrating the growing popularity of micro-mobility biking. For comparison, in all of 2023, Nextbike recorded a total of about 45 million rentals. Furthermore, the number of people who used Nextbike’s bikes for the first time this year increased by 93%.
“We are pleased that after 20 years of our activity, the demand for our services is constantly growing. Every year, more and more people use our bikes throughout Europe, which proves that our business models are more effective than ever before,” says Sebastian Popp, CEO of Nextbike.
Polish Nextbike is a European leader
Particularly worth noting is the contribution of the Polish branch to the overall success of the brand. Until August 2024, Nextbike Poland recorded 5.33 million rides, accounting for more than 22% of all European rentals, and registering an increase of 8% year by year. In 2023, the company accounted for about 18% of all Nextbike rentals with 8 million rides.
“Sustainable urban mobility using bicycles is becoming a key element of modern transport infrastructure. This is reflected in EU documents such as the European Bike Transport Declaration. We are therefore extremely proud of the contribution of Nextbike Poland to the success of the brand, which for over 20 years has been changing the face of European cities and significantly contributing to this transport revolution,” comments Marcin Sałański, Head of Communications at Nextbike Poland.
At the same time, the Veturilo system has become one of the most intensively used public bike systems in the world, achieving in 2023 5.73 rentals per bike per day, with a global average of 1.42. The first place was taken by the Parisian system Velib (18,000 bikes, index – 6.1).
“We are very pleased that systems such as Veturilo can serve as a model for the whole world, and the results we achieve clearly show that Poland has enormous potential to play a key role in European bike-sharing and the development of sustainable urban transport. This also proves that the direction of development chosen by us brings real benefits for cities and their residents both in Poland and throughout Europe,” adds Sałański.
Growing Nextbike fleet
This year’s results of Nextbike Poland are significant in that Poland achieved them by managing only 10% of the European fleet. Up until August 2024, the company has placed about 12.5 thousand bikes on the streets of Polish cities, and the entire brand owns 120 thousand in hundreds of cities in more than 20 countries.
In the second half of this year, the Nextbike Poland fleet will grow to almost 18,000 bikes. One of the most important Polish projects in 2024 was the launch on August 1 in the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis (GZM) of the full Metrorower system with 7,000 bikes available in 31 cities. This project will serve up to two million potential users, marking a significant step in integrating city bikes with the public transport system.
Source: https://managerplus.pl/nextbike-podbija-europe-polska-na-rowerowym-podium-66881
