Parkopedia

Parkopedia is a UK-based provider of web and mobile-based parking discovery, booking, and payment solutions. The firm claimed to have the widest network of parking information, which, as of March 2022, included more than 70 million off-street and on-street parking spaces across 15,000 cities in 89 countries including the US, Canada, Australia, Italy, and China. As of March 2017, the firm’s app was used by more than 3 million users. 

In December 2021, the firm launched a “park and charge” product that allows drivers to discover electric vehicle (EV) charge points without requiring GPS signals and is fully integrated with in-vehicle EV charging activation and payment solutions across major EV service providers. 

The firm also provides indoor parking mapping technology to enable map-based navigation within parking facilities as well as other services. Leveraging its proprietary technology, the firm completed an autonomous valet parking (AVP) project in November 2020 in partnership with the Center for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) and Innovate UK. The firm envisions this to be a key use case for its technology. 

Key customers and partnerships

The firm specializes in integrating its parking data and payment platforms into in-vehicle infotainment systems and mobile apps by partnering with vehicle manufacturers including Volvo, Land Rover, Toyota, BMW, Ford, SKODA, and Mercedes-Benz. The firm's data is also integrated into mapping services such as Apple Maps. The firm has extended its services into new industries including transport operators, last-mile delivery service providers, and parking operators. In March 2022, Parkopedia’s data was integrated into Sunny Cars’ (car rental specialists) parking app Sunny2Go.In August 2023, the firm partnered with JustPark, a UK-based parking discovery and payment website and mobile app provider, to provide motorists across the UK an easier way to find, book, and pay for parking.

The firm extended its capabilities to include payment solutions by partnering with Passport, a parking management service provider. This enabled Parkopedia to include parking payments via its integrated in-car payment platform and infotainment screens, available in the US across 5,000 locations in 800 towns. 

In May 2024, Parkopedia also partnered with Regeny, an EV charging solutions provider, to provide data for locating EV charging stations via Middle East drivers' car systems (May 2024), and with BMW Group to provide enhanced information for EVcharging for BMW’s customers (June 2024).