RoostMode Research
The E-Bike Dealer Network in 2026: what 4,646 shops say about where electric riding actually lives
RoostMode maintains a structured directory of every electric bike and e-moto dealer we can verify across the United States and Canada. This page is the aggregate view of that dataset: where the shops are, which brands they carry, and where coverage runs thin. Every figure is computed directly from the directory and refreshes with it. Data last updated October 7, 2026.
3,912
US dealers listed
734
Canadian dealers listed
110
brands tracked on shop floors
1.1M
public Google reviews aggregated
Where the dealers are: top 15 states
California alone holds 587 listed dealers, more than the bottom 25 states combined. The sun-belt trio of Florida, Texas, and Arizona rounds out the raw-count leaders. Each state links to its live dealer directory.
All 51 states, with dealers per million residents
| State | Dealers | Per 1M residents |
|---|---|---|
| California | 587 | 14.9 |
| Florida | 282 | 12.1 |
| Texas | 252 | 8.1 |
| New York | 179 | 9.0 |
| Arizona | 155 | 20.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 141 | 10.8 |
| Colorado | 134 | 22.3 |
| Ohio | 133 | 11.2 |
| Washington | 106 | 13.4 |
| Wisconsin | 95 | 16.1 |
| North Carolina | 92 | 8.3 |
| Illinois | 90 | 7.1 |
| Minnesota | 88 | 15.2 |
| Tennessee | 87 | 12.1 |
| Utah | 83 | 23.7 |
| Virginia | 80 | 9.1 |
| Massachusetts | 78 | 11.0 |
| Missouri | 74 | 11.9 |
| Michigan | 73 | 7.2 |
| South Carolina | 72 | 13.1 |
| Georgia | 71 | 6.3 |
| Oregon | 70 | 16.3 |
| Maryland | 65 | 10.3 |
| Indiana | 57 | 8.3 |
| Nevada | 53 | 16.1 |
| Oklahoma | 51 | 12.4 |
| New Hampshire | 49 | 35.0 |
| Kentucky | 49 | 10.7 |
| Idaho | 49 | 24.5 |
| Iowa | 45 | 14.1 |
| Louisiana | 41 | 8.9 |
| Vermont | 39 | 60.0 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 4.0 |
| New Mexico | 34 | 16.2 |
| Maine | 30 | 21.4 |
| Kansas | 27 | 9.0 |
| Hawaii | 27 | 19.3 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 24.5 |
| Alaska | 24 | 34.3 |
| Alabama | 24 | 4.6 |
| Arkansas | 24 | 7.7 |
| Nebraska | 22 | 11.0 |
| South Dakota | 21 | 23.3 |
| Delaware | 21 | 19.1 |
| Washington D.C. | 19 | 27.1 |
| Montana | 18 | 16.4 |
| Mississippi | 16 | 5.5 |
| Wyoming | 10 | 16.9 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 7.5 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 0.8 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0.6 |
Dealers per million residents: small states ride hardest
Raw counts follow population. Adjust for it and the picture flips: mountain and rural recreation states lead. Vermont tops the nation at 60 listed dealers per million residents, several times the big-state average.
Most dealers per capita
- 1.Vermont60.0
- 2.New Hampshire35.0
- 3.Alaska34.3
- 4.Washington D.C.27.1
- 5.Rhode Island24.5
- 6.Idaho24.5
- 7.Utah23.7
- 8.South Dakota23.3
- 9.Colorado22.3
- 10.Maine21.4
Thinnest coverage per capita
- 1.West Virginia0.6
- 2.Connecticut0.8
- 3.New Jersey4.0
- 4.Alabama4.6
- 5.Mississippi5.5
Low figures can reflect genuinely thin dealer coverage or gaps in our directory sourcing; see the methodology note below before citing the bottom of this list.
The brands on shop floors
Legacy bike-shop brands and direct-to-consumer e-bike makers now share the same floors: Specialized leads with 435 listed dealers, but DTC-origin brands like Aventon, Velotric, and Rad Power have built physical footprints of their own. Counts are dealers listing the brand, out of 110 brands tracked.
The densest dealer cities
Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are effectively tied for the deepest dealer benches in the country. Each city links to its live directory page.
| # | City | Listed dealers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicago, IL | 57 |
| 2 | Los Angeles, CA | 56 |
| 3 | San Francisco, CA | 56 |
| 4 | New York, NY | 43 |
| 5 | San Diego, CA | 42 |
| 6 | Houston, TX | 42 |
| 7 | Portland, OR | 41 |
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV | 41 |
| 9 | Seattle, WA | 38 |
| 10 | Denver, CO | 37 |
| 11 | Tucson, AZ | 34 |
| 12 | Philadelphia, PA | 33 |
| 13 | Austin, TX | 33 |
| 14 | Phoenix, AZ | 31 |
| 15 | Miami, FL | 30 |
The e-moto footprint is a sun-belt story
695 US dealers carry e-moto machines (Sur-Ron, Talaria, Stark, and company) — a fraction of the e-bike network, and heavily concentrated where the riding season is long and open land is close.
What riders say about their shops
4.57
average Google rating across 4,522 rated shops
73%
of rated shops hold 4.5 stars or better
1,139,371
public reviews behind those ratings
Specialty e-bike retail is a high-satisfaction category: the median shop clears 4.5 stars. The practical takeaway for buyers is that a low-rated outlier in this category is a real signal, not noise.
Canada at a glance
The directory also tracks 734 Canadian dealers.Ontario (222), British Columbia (165), Quebec (135), Alberta (110) lead the provinces.
Methodology and caveats
- Counts reflect the RoostMode dealer directory: 4,646 active listings compiled from public sources (including Google Business Profile data) and dealer-submitted updates, last refreshed October 7, 2026.
- A "dealer" is a physical retail or service location that sells or services electric bikes or e-moto machines. Listings marked permanently closed are retained with a closed flag and excluded from nothing here except common sense.
- Brand counts measure how many dealers list a brand, not sales volume or official dealership agreements.
- Very low state counts (West Virginia, Connecticut) likely reflect directory sourcing gaps as much as true scarcity. If we're missing a shop, tell us and we'll add it.
- Population denominators are US Census Bureau July 2024 state estimates.
- Citing this data? Link to this page as the source; the underlying figures update as the directory does.