Electricity Provider Comparison Pays Off: Wave of Switching in Austria

The previous highest number was from the year 2019, when 100,563 customers switched providers in the first three months of the year, as E-Control calculated in a release on Monday. "Comparing prices and switching suppliers pays off like never before," said E-Control board member Wolfgang Urbantschitsch.

Combining electricity and gas, 131,877 households and businesses switched their supplier in the first quarter of 2025. This is significantly more than in the same period of the previous year, when only 93,924 customers decided to switch. The switching rate for electricity and gas was thus 1.7 percent.

Most Electricity Switchers in Lower Austria

The most switches of electricity providers compared to the number of customers occurred in Lower Austria with 2.5 percent (21,799 customers). The second most switches were recorded in Styria with 2.3 percent (21,659 customers), followed by Upper Austria with 2 percent (21,075 customers). The lowest number of electricity supplier switches was in Vorarlberg with 0.2 percent or 531 customers.

In the gas sector, Upper Austria had the most provider switches in the first quarter with 2.5 percent or 3,010 customers, followed by Styria with 2.4 percent or 1,429 customers and Lower Austria with 2 percent or 5,234 customers. In Vorarlberg, there was also the least movement in gas supplier switches. Only 0.4 percent or 143 customers sought a new provider there.

(APA/Red)

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