Fleet Utilisation Rate
Percentage of available fleet actively deployed and generating revenue in a period
What is Fleet Utilisation Rate?
Fleet utilisation rate is the percentage of available vehicles that are in active use. It shows how well a fleet is used.
Unused vehicles still cost money in ownership, insurance and depreciation, so utilisation helps right-size the fleet.
How this KPI is measured
- Function
- Operations & Supply Chain
- Sub-function
- Fleet Management
- Industry
- Logistics & Transport
- Type
- Lagging
- Impact
- Efficiency
- Unit
- %
- Measurement frequency
- Daily / Weekly
- Formula
- (Active fleet units / Total available fleet units) × 100
How to calculate it
Divide active fleet units by total available fleet units, and multiply by 100.
For example, if 85 of 100 vehicles were in active use, utilisation is 85%.
Define active, such as in use for a set number of hours in the period, and measure by vehicle type.
Where it is used
Right-sizing the fleet
Avoid excess vehicles.
Improving scheduling
Use vehicles better.
Controlling cost
Reduce idle asset cost.
How to improve it
Tips and common mistakes
- Keep some spare capacity for peaks and breakdowns.
- Compare by vehicle type.
- Use with load factor.
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