PayByPhone Technologies

Name

PayByPhone Technologies

Legal name

PayByPhone Technologies Inc.

Website

https://paybyphone.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Parking Payments

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (812930)

SIC

Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking & Toll Payment/Reservation Platforms (BPAMAIAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Payments & Enforcement for Parking (Mobile Pay, LPR/ANPR, Citation Mgmt) (TLAJAIAE), Transit & Ticketing Wallets (FSAMAEAG), On-Street Parking Operations & Curbside Management (Meters, Permits, Loading Zones) (TLAJAIAA)

Keywords

• Mobile parking payments
• Cashless parking solutions
• Parking payment platform
• Parking operator software
• ANPR parking technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction-based Parking Payments: PayByPhone charges a convenience fee or takes a percentage of each parking transaction processed through its platform. The company serves as the merchant of record for certain transactions.
2. Mobile App Payments: Drivers pay for parking via the app; PayByPhone processes payments and retains a transaction fee while remitting the parking rate to the parking operator.
3. Fleet/Business Services: PayByPhone Business provides centralized parking management for corporate fleets with expense tracking and reporting, generating revenue through transaction fees or subscription pricing for larger fleets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

PayByPhone provides a mobile parking payment platform that lets individual drivers pay for on-street and off-street parking via smartphone, SMS, IVR, or web using credit/debit cards, Apple Pay, or Google Pay. The platform also serves parking operators and municipalities with ANPR-based AutoPay, Pay on Exit ticketless gated parking, Merchant of Record services, and rate configuration tools. PayByPhone Business extends the platform to corporate fleets with centralized billing and expense reporting for businesses with more than 5 vehicles.

Product overview

PayByPhone is a mobile parking payments company offering a unified platform consisting of its core PayByPhone App for drivers, PayByPhone Business for fleet management, and a Parking Operators Platform for parking management. Key features include AutoPay (ANPR-based automatic payment) and Pay on Exit for gated facilities. The company also operates environmental initiatives Meters for Trees and Green December. Services are available via native iOS/Android apps, mobile web (m.paybyphone.com), and phone (IVR system). The platform processes payments across 1,200+ cities in North America and Europe, serving over 1,300 clients and 125+ million registered users.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PayByPhone App Primary mobile application enabling drivers to pay for parking remotely via smartphone at over 1,300 cities; supports location code entry, session extension, receipt management, SMS reminders, and Apple Pay/Google Pay. Available in 11 languages globally.
• PayByPhone Business Fleet parking management solution enabling businesses with more than 5 vehicles to manage employee parking expenses centrally with custom quote-based pricing, multi-year contracts, and centralized billing and expense reporting.
• Parking Operators Platform Comprehensive parking management software platform for parking operators offering Right & Rates configuration, Merchant of Record services, gated off-street parking (AutoPay/ANPR and Pay on Exit), Parking Coupons, and the Meters for Trees environmental initiative.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 200 million payment transactions processed in 2023
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Otavio Ferreira (New CTO)coreOthers · 1 October 2025Appointment of Otavio Ferreira as new Chief Technology Officer effective October 1, 2025, bringing leadership experience to support next phase of growth.
• SKIDATAcoreTechnology or Integration · 11 September 2025Strategic global partnership where PayByPhone joined SKIDATA Connect platform - SKIDATA's all-in-one platform for managing customer experiences in Parking & Mobility and Sports & Entertainment. PayByPhone users gain seamless entry at hundreds of off-street gated garages via AutoPay and Pay on Exit functions. First launched in Miami, Florida with expansion to US, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, and UK.
• evopark (Scheidt & Bachmann)coreTechnology or Integration · 12 August 2025Strategic global partnership covering 47 parking operators managing over 1,400 off-street gated car parks across Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK and US. PayByPhone joins Scheidt & Bachmann's mobility CONNECT ecosystem, enabling AutoPay integration for seamless entry/exit at participating car parks. First launched in Germany with other countries following.
• DesignacoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2025Strategic global partnership agreement for frictionless off-street gated garage parking. Designa is a global leader in fully automated parking systems for over 70 years. Partnership enables PayByPhone integration into Designa's automated parking systems for enhanced user experience.
• veritreeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Data-driven restorative platform connecting nature-based solutions with mission-driven companies. veritree provides blockchain verification and on-the-ground monitoring for PayByPhone's tree planting initiatives (Meters for Trees, Green December). Trees planted in reforestation projects in Kenya, Madagascar, and Southwest France.
• ChubbminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Insurance partner offering in-app insurance products (parking-related insurance, car contents insurance) in select regions. Chubb operates as a separate data controller for customer information shared for insurance purposes.
• RoktminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Partner providing custom offers from other brands on PayByPhone websites and in the app. Rokt operates as an independent data controller, enabling personalized brand offers with user consent.
• TransLinkcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 September 2022Exclusive partnership for mobile parking payment at TransLink Park and Ride lots across Metro Vancouver. Covers 5,500 parking spaces across all 9 TransLink Park and Ride lots serving buses, SkyTrain, and West Coast Express. Encourages transit commuting by enabling remote parking payment at Park and Ride facilities.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Passport: US-based mobility and parking management platform serving municipalities with mobile payments, permit management and citation solutions. Direct competitor for North American city contracts and a likely bidder on many of the same RFPs PayByPhone pursues.
• ParkMobile: One of the largest North American mobile parking payment apps, serving hundreds of cities and millions of users with comparable app-based meter payment, session extension and operator integrations. Closest US analogue to PayByPhone's consumer parking proposition and operator platform.
• EasyPark Group: European-headquartered mobile parking payments platform operating across 20+ countries with a similar mix of consumer app, operator SaaS and ANPR capabilities. Direct head-to-head competitor in the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland and the Nordics, and a benchmark for cross-continental scale in mobile parking.
• Cale Group: Scandinavian parking technology company providing pay-and-display terminals, mobile payment apps and back-office software across Europe, North America and the Middle East. Comparable mix of hardware-anchored municipal contracts and a consumer-facing mobile app.
• Flowbird (formerly Parkeon): European parking hardware and software provider offering multi-space pay-and-display machines, mobile apps and ANPR enforcement. Overlaps directly with PayByPhone on municipal parking software, mobile payments and the wider smart-city transport stack.
• SpotHero: North American parking marketplace connecting drivers to off-street garage inventory via a mobile app. Overlaps with PayByPhone's off-street and event parking use cases, particularly around digital reservation and pre-booking at gated facilities.

Broad incumbents

• SKIDATA: Global provider of access and payment solutions for parking, mountain resorts and stadiums; PayByPhone's new OEM partner via the SKIDATA Connect platform. While not a direct app competitor, SKIDATA is the dominant off-street parking hardware/software layer that PayByPhone now plugs into across hundreds of gated facilities.
• T2 Systems: Established North American provider of parking management software for universities, hospitals, municipalities and commercial operators. A broader incumbent whose solutions overlap with PayByPhone's Parking Operators Platform, especially in permit, enforcement and gated parking workflows.

Emerging players

• Park+: India's largest smart parking platform offering mobile payments, FASTag-based ANPR entry/exit and adjacent car services. Comparable ANPR + mobile pay architecture and a useful emerging-market proxy for PayByPhone's gated parking strategy.

Others

• ParkNow (BMW Group): BMW's in-car parking payments service, originally a direct competitor to PayByPhone before its discontinuation in several markets. Relevant given PayByPhone CEO Jonny Combe came from BMW Group and ParkNow represents the kind of OEM-embedded parking experience that future mobility wallets may converge toward.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PayByPhone.N.America
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/paybyphone-technologies-inc-
• Instagraminstagram.com/paybyphone
• Xx.com/pay_by_phone

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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