What Parcus does

Parcus (legal name PARCUS +) is a Strasbourg-based Société d'Economie Mixte (SEM) — a semi-public French corporate vehicle — that has operated parking infrastructure since 1973. The company runs 18 parking facilities (17 underground, 1 enclosed) comprising approximately 10,000 spaces across the Eurometropole de Strasbourg and Obernai, and holds delegated mandates to manage on-street parking across Strasbourg (20,488 spaces), Schiltigheim (5,676), and Bischheim (296). Revenue is generated through hourly parking fees, monthly/quarterly/annual subscriptions (€42–120/month depending on facility and coverage tier), on-street parking management contracts, and transaction fees from the Prendsmaplace peer-to-peer private parking marketplace.

The technology stack centers on operational parking management: real-time availability tracking, QR-code-based automated access (PMPBOX), license plate recognition for subscribers, digital reservation and subscription self-service via web and mobile apps, and Stripe-handled payments on Prendsmaplace. Parcus has expanded into a multi-modal mobility hub model, integrating EV charging (9 points at Sainte-Odile), Citiz carsharing, Vélhop bike share stations, electric scooter rental, and a combined parking+bike subscription launched in 2025. Joint ventures with SERS (parking acquisition and development, 2018) and Crédit Mutuel (Coubertin car park, 740 spaces) extend its real-estate development capacity beyond pure operations.

Parcus serves a highly distributed customer base: 3+ million hourly customers and 7,500+ subscription contracts annually across occasional visitors, regular commuters, city-center residents, event attendees, and corporate/hospitality accounts. The company holds ISO 9001 certification and received a European industry award in September 2025. Distribution is mixed: physical direct access at facilities, self-serve online subscription management, the Prendsmaplace marketplace, and field-managed municipal on-street contracts — all within a single-country (France) geographic footprint concentrated in the Strasbourg Eurometropole.

Name

Parcus

Legal name

PARCUS +

Website

https://parcus.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Parcus is a Strasbourg-based semi-public (SEM) parking operator managing 18 facilities (~10,000 spaces) and on-street parking across Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, and Bischheim, serving 3M+ hourly customers and 7,500+ subscribers through subscriptions, hourly fees, and the Prendsmaplace peer-to-peer marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Urban Parking Management and Mobility Services

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (81293), Parking Lots and Garages (812930)

SIC

Services-Automotive Repair, Services & Parking (7500)

akta.pro primary industry

Parking Facility Operations (Garages, Lots, On-/Off-Street) (BPABAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Off-Street Parking Facilities Operations (Garages, Lots, Park-and-Ride) (TLAJAIAB), On-Street Parking Operations & Curbside Management (Meters, Permits, Loading Zones) (TLAJAIAA), Parking Access & Revenue Control Systems (PARCS) (Gates, Pay Stations, Ticketing) (TLAJAIAD), Parking Facilities Property Management (BPAJAGAN)

Keywords

• Urban parking management
• Public parking facilities
• On-street parking services
• Multi-modal mobility hubs
• Parking subscription services

Headquarters

HQ city

Strasbourg

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hourly parking fees: Revenue from occasional users paying for short-term parking by the hour or fractional time periods
2. Parking subscriptions: Monthly, quarterly, and annual subscription plans providing subscribers with unlimited access to designated parking facilities
3. Platform fees (Prendsmaplace): Transaction fees from the peer-to-peer private parking rental marketplace where private parking owners list spaces
4. On-street parking management: Management of public on-street parking spaces in Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, and Bischheim

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Parcus manages and operates 18 parking facilities (17 underground and 1 enclosed) with approximately 10,000 spaces across the Strasbourg Eurometropole and Obernai, and manages 26,460 on-street parking spaces across Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, and Bischheim. The company provides hourly parking, monthly/quarterly/annual subscription plans, and runs the Prendsmaplace peer-to-peer private parking marketplace. Parcus has transformed its parking facilities into multi-modal mobility hubs adding EV charging stations, carsharing (Citiz), Vélhop bike-sharing stations, and electric scooter rental.

Product overview

Parcus is a parking management company operating 18 parking facilities (17 underground and 1 enclosed) with approximately 10,000 spaces across the Strasbourg Eurometropolis and Obernai. The company offers a comprehensive mobility hub model, combining core parking services with electric vehicle charging, carsharing (Citiz), bike parking (VéloParc/Vélhop), and electric scooter rental. Additional services include combined parking+bike subscriptions, equipment loans, TotalEnergies payment cards, and exit terminal credit card payment. The subsidiary platform Prendsmaplace enables private parking sharing and reservations via QR code access (PMPBOX). Subscription products range from hourly tickets and prepaid packages to monthly/annual car and motorbike passes, including hospital-specific products, hotel tickets, and opera/congress event tickets. On-street parking management covers Strasbourg (20,488 spaces), Schiltigheim (5,676 spaces), and Bischheim (296 spaces).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Car Parks Management and operation of 18 parking facilities (17 underground and 1 enclosed) offering approximately 10,000 parking spaces across Strasbourg Eurometropolis and Obernai for hourly and subscription-based parking.
• Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Electric vehicle charging points available within parking facilities, including 9 charging points at Sainte-Odile parking, for EV owners parking at Parcus facilities.
• Electric Scooter Hire Electric scooter rental stations at parking locations for multimodal mobility, enabling last-mile transportation for visitors and commuters.
• Carsharing (Citiz) Designated car-sharing spaces within Parcus parking facilities for the Citiz cooperative car-sharing network, providing carsharing access integrated with parking infrastructure.
• VéloParc / Bike Park and Vélhop Stations Bicycle parking facilities and cyclo-services including Vélhop bike-sharing stations at Parcus locations, supporting cyclists and combined mobility use.
• Prendsmaplace (Private Parking Reservation Platform) Collaborative parking marketplace connecting private parking owners with drivers seeking short-term or long-term parking reservations, accessible via website and mobile app. Parcus earns transaction fees from each booking.
• Résipark (On-Street Parking Subscription) Subscription service for residents of Strasbourg on-street pay parking zones, providing preferential resident rates and guaranteed overnight parking access.
• Combined Subscription: Parking + Bike (Vélhop) Bundle subscription combining Parcus parking access with Vélhop public bike system membership for multi-modal commuters.
• On-Street Parking Management Managed public on-street parking services for municipalities, covering 26,460 spaces across Strasbourg, Schiltigheim, and Bischheim, including enforcement, payment, and resident subscriptions.

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% customer satisfaction with welcome
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SERScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018PARCUS and SERS entered into a partnership in 2018. A joint subsidiary has been set up to acquire, build, and manage car parks. The aim is to create synergies between specialized local tools to act as an interface between parking and development.
• Strasbourg MobilitéscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS is a shareholder and director of Strasbourg Mobilités, a 70%-owned CTS subsidiary developing soft mobility as a complement to urban public transport. The partnership aims to promote and link cycling and parking issues.
• Crédit MutuelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS and Crédit Mutuel established a joint SAS to build the Coubertin car park (740 spaces) in Strasbourg's new Wacken business district.
• CitizminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCitiz is a cooperative car-sharing network founded in 2002. PARCUS and Citiz signed a partnership agreement to facilitate the introduction of car-sharing in Strasbourg's car parks, including dedicated parking spaces.
• AdeusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS is a member of Adeus and signed an agreement to set up a parking observatory in the Strasbourg conurbation. Adeus analyzes data supplied by PARCUS on car parks and on-street parking.
• Les Vitrines de StrasbourgminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPARCUS is a member of the management committee of the shopkeepers' association Les Vitrines de Strasbourg, contributing to local commercial life and city development.
• SCETminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS is part of the SCET network (CDC group), a project engineering company that supports local authorities and their satellites in all phases of projects from concept to implementation.
• FNMS (Fédération Nationale des Métiers du Stationnement)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS is a member of FNMS, a forum for discussion and debate open to parking sector players, with the aim of advancing knowledge, sharing experience, and making proposals to public authorities.
• Fédération des EPLminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPARCUS is a member of the Fédération des Entreprises Publiques Locales, representing SEMs and local public companies in France.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Zenpark: Zenpark is a French peer-to-peer and shared parking marketplace that books underutilized private and public parking spaces. It is a direct functional peer to Parcus's Prendsmaplace offering, with similar target customers and marketplace business model.
• Onepark: Onepark is a French digital parking reservation platform that aggregates bookable parking across multiple operators and cities. It competes most directly with Parcus's Prendsmaplace platform in the online reservation and pre-booking segment.

Emerging players

• TravelCar: TravelCar is a French platform that monetizes airport and city parking through traveler marketing and partner integrations. It overlaps thematically with Parcus's parking packages, hotel tickets, and reservation platform, though its primary model is airport-adjacent.

Broad incumbents

• Q-Park: Q-Park is a major European parking operator with significant French presence (especially Paris). It offers comparable off-street parking, digital reservations, and subscription products, making it a broad incumbent competitor for Parcus's institutional parking contracts and tech-enabled services.
• Effia (SNCF Group): Effia is a leading French parking operator with strong station and urban parking presence, owned by SNCF. It competes with Parcus on station-adjacent parking, EV charging, and subscription/multi-site digital products, making it a relevant broad-incumbent peer.
• Indigo (formerly Vinci Park): Indigo is the largest parking operator in France and a global leader in parking and urban mobility services. It directly parallels Parcus in operating off-street garages, on-street parking, and integrated mobility services (EV charging, carsharing), but at much larger scale across many cities and countries.

Regional players

• Saemes: Saemes is the Paris municipal parking operator, structured similarly to Parcus as a SEM. It is a strong structural analog (SEM, public service mandate, multi-modal integration) even though it does not directly compete geographically with Parcus in Strasbourg.
• Interparking: Interparking is a European (Belgian-headquartered) parking operator with presence in France. It offers comparable off-street parking, digital payment, and subscription services, and competes for institutional parking concessions in French cities adjacent to Strasbourg.

Others

• Strasbourg Mobilités: Strasbourg Mobilités is the local public mobility authority in which Parcus holds shares. It is an ecosystem participant — complementary rather than competitive — but materially shapes Parcus's regulatory environment and integration with public transit and soft mobility.
• SERS: SERS is the Strasbourg-area public real estate developer that operates a joint subsidiary with Parcus for parking acquisition and construction. It is not a direct competitor but a strategic partner that extends Parcus's project pipeline and development capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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