APCOA Deutschland GmbH

What APCOA Deutschland GmbH does

APCOA Deutschland GmbH is the German operating subsidiary of APCOA Group, Europe's largest parking services provider, operating more than 300 parking facilities across 80+ German cities. The company offers a digitally enabled parking platform spanning one-time city parking, long-term 24/7 subscriptions (Dauerparken), time-windowed subscription products (Park-Flats Feierabend/Wochenende), flexible Pre-Paid hourly packages (40-130 hours), Park+Ride transit-integrated parking, dedicated airport parking at Berlin Brandenburg (BER) and Stuttgart (STR), EV charging infrastructure (E-Laden), classic car parking (Oldtimer), and Urban Hubs for smart-city mobility solutions. The company's core technology is ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) integrated into the APCOA FLOW mobile application, enabling ticketless, cashless, barrier-free entry and exit with automatic digital payment at exit.\n\nThe business model combines transactional revenue (per-session airport and city parking fees) with recurring subscription revenue (monthly Dauerparken contracts, Park-Flats, Pre-Paid) and usage-based revenue (EV charging). Distribution is digital-first, direct-to-consumer via the FLOW App on iOS and Android, the apcoa.de website, and online booking portals for Park+Ride and airport services. Marketing channels span organic and paid social (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X), SEO-optimized city and service pages, app store listings, and Trustpilot reputation management. Go-to-market is product-led: customers self-register, store payment credentials, and access any facility via license plate recognition.\n\nAPCOA Deutschland serves distinct B2C segments including individual city visitors, daily commuters, airport travelers, urban residents seeking evening/weekend parking, cruise passengers, EV owners, and long-term parkers needing guaranteed 24/7 access. The company is headquartered at Stuttgart Airport air cargo center (Luftfrachtzentrum 605/6, Ebene 6, 70629 Stuttgart). Katrin Teichert serves as Managing Director (Geschäftsführerin). The entity is a privately held German GmbH operating as a subsidiary within the broader APCOA Group holding structure.

Name

APCOA Deutschland GmbH

Legal name

APCOA Deutschland GmbH

Website

https://apcoa.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

APCOA Deutschland GmbH operates 300+ parking facilities across 80+ German cities as the German arm of Europe's leading parking operator, offering ticketless ANPR-enabled parking, subscription products, airport parking, Park+Ride, and EV charging via the FLOW App.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Parking Services

NAICS

Parking Lots and Garages (81293)

SIC

Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Off-Street Parking Facilities Operations (Garages, Lots, Park-and-Ride) (TLAJAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Smart Parking Technology Platforms (Occupancy Sensors, Guidance, Reservations, Analytics) (TLAJAIAC), Parking Facility Operations (Garages, Lots, On-/Off-Street) (BPABAKAA), Park-and-Ride Facilities & Transit Parking (THAIALAI)

Keywords

• Parking services
• Parking management
• Mobility solutions
• Urban parking
• EV charging infrastructure

Headquarters

HQ city

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. One-time Parking Fees: Transaction-based revenue from single parking sessions. Customers pay per hour or per day at standard rates for occasional parking in city centers, airports, and other locations.
2. Dauerparken 24/7 (Long-term Parking Subscriptions): Monthly or weekly subscription revenue for guaranteed parking spaces available 24/7. Includes Dauerparken CLASSIC (3-month minimum) and Einsteiger-Abo (6-month minimum, discounted first 6 months).
3. Park-Flat Subscriptions: Subscription revenue for time-specific parking (Feierabend from 17:00, Weekend from Friday to Monday). Monthly subscription with cancellation option, targeting commuters and residents.
4. Pre-Paid Hourly Packages: Pre-paid parking time packages (40, 70, 100, 130 hours) with flexible monthly billing. Customers can upgrade packages monthly. Revenue recognized as minutes are consumed within the billing month.
5. Park+Ride Subscriptions: Subscription revenue for combined parking and public transit use. Available as day, week, or monthly packages for commuters with valid train tickets or employee IDs.
6. EV Charging Services: Revenue from electric vehicle charging stations at APCOA parking locations.
7. Airport Parking Services: Specialized parking services at airports (BER, STR) including Early-Bird tariffs, Weekend-Specials, and seasonal promotions with discounts up to 70%.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

APCOA Deutschland GmbH operates more than 300 parking facilities across 80+ German cities, providing short-term (one-time parking, City Prebooking), long-term (Dauerparken 24/7), time-window (Park-Flats for evenings/weekends), and usage-based (Pre-Paid hourly packages) parking services, plus Park+Ride and EV charging. Access is delivered through the APCOA FLOW App and ANPR (Kennzeichenerkennung) technology enabling ticketless, cashless, barrier-free entry and exit.

Product overview

APCOA Deutschland GmbH operates as Europe's leading parking services provider with over 300 parking facilities across Germany. The company's product portfolio centers on the APCOA FLOW ecosystem, which combines a mobile application with ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) technology enabling ticketless, cashless parking. Core offerings include Einmal Parken (one-time parking) for short-term users in 80+ cities and at airports, Dauerparken 24/7 (24/7 subscription parking) for monthly/weekly commitments, and Park-Flats (evening/weekend subscriptions) for flexible time-based parking. Additional services encompass Pre-Paid hourly packages, Park+Ride at public transit hubs, City Prebooking for advance reservations, E-Laden (EV charging infrastructure), and Urban Hubs for smart city mobility solutions. The product architecture integrates all services through the FLOW App as the unified customer interface, supported by digital payment processing and ANPR barrier control technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APCOA FLOW App
• Einmal Parken (One-Time Parking)
• Dauerparken 24/7 (Long-Term Parking Subscription)
• Park-Flats (Feierabend & Wochenende)
• Pre-Paid Hourly Packages
• Park+Ride
• City Prebooking
• E-Laden (EV Charging)
• Urban Hubs
• Airport Parking at BER and STR
• Oldtimer Parken (Classic Car Parking)

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 70% savings with Sommer-Special at Stuttgart Airport
• +3 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CONTIPARK: CONTIPARK is a German off-street parking operator managing a large portfolio of inner-city car parks and Park+Ride facilities, directly competing with APCOA Deutschland on price, location overlap and season-ticket products.
• Q-Park: Q-Park is one of Europe's largest off-street parking operators, with multi-country urban and airport locations. It is the most direct comparable to APCOA Deutschland in scale, asset type, ANPR/digital platform strategy and customer segments.
• National Car Parks (NCP): NCP is the leading UK parking operator running hundreds of off-street car parks with a mix of short-stay, season-ticket, and prebook products analogous to APCOA's Dauerparken and Einmal-Parken tiers.
• SABA Aparcamientos: SABA is one of southern Europe's largest parking operators, headquartered in Spain and active in Italy, Portugal, Germany and France, offering comparable season-ticket, airport and digital-booking products to APCOA.
• Indigo (formerly Vinci Park): Indigo operates more than 5,000 parking facilities across Europe, North America and Asia and competes head-to-head with APCOA in the same city-centre, airport, and on-street parking categories, with similar subscription and digital-payment products.

Emerging players

• ParkBee: ParkBee is an Amsterdam-headquartered software platform that digitises and monetises underused off-street parking, competing with APCOA's FLOW/City Prebooking proposition in German and Dutch urban markets.
• JustPark: JustPark operates a booking marketplace for both operator-managed car parks and private driveways in the UK, overlapping with APCOA's prebook and season-ticket offerings but with a marketplace-led rather than asset-led model.
• EasyPark: EasyPark is a European digital parking aggregation and payments platform serving millions of users across dozens of cities. It competes with APCOA FLOW at the app layer, providing an alternative discovery/payment surface that can sit on top of APCOA-operated garages.

Broad incumbents

• APCOA Group (parent): The APCOA Group is the parent holding company operating in 13 European countries and is the closest broader-context benchmark for the German subsidiary's role within a pan-European parking platform strategy.

Others

• Sixt SE (mobility adjacencies): Sixt is a German-headquartered mobility provider active in rental, carsharing, ridehailing and subscription. It is not a direct parking competitor but is a relevant European mobility benchmark for the broader urban-mobility thesis surrounding APCOA's Park+Ride and EV businesses.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/apcoa_de
• YouTubeyoutube.com/playlist?list=PLLzXRdO-9Q5i6Dh_yQoLsLaP9ODjpZJ5L
• Facebookfacebook.com/apcoa.parking.de
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apcoa-deutschland
• Instagraminstagram.com/apcoa_de
• TikToktiktok.com/@apcoa_de

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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