The cost blocks
One-off: the hardware at the entrances, its installation, power and data connections and the signage. On an open site construction often costs more than the technology; in a multi-storey it is usually the other way round.
Ongoing: operation and maintenance of the equipment, handling of breaches, payment processing and support for your parkers. These items continue even when little is happening.
What is not in the calculation is the effort you carry today: who maintains permits, who goes out when someone complains, who checks whether anyone paid at all? That effort has a price, it simply appears on no invoice.
Where the revenue comes from
Three sources are usual: parking fees from ongoing operation, contractual penalties from breaches, and long-term bays let on a fixed basis. How they mix depends entirely on your site.
The biggest lever is usually not the tariff but availability. A site where unauthorised parkers occupy the bays earns nothing – not even at a high tariff.
Reliable figures for your site only come after the analysis. Flat rates would be guesswork here, and guessed figures do not help an investment decision.
Questions about cost.
- What does management cost per bay?
- We do not work with that figure. Cost cannot be given as a flat number because it depends heavily on the individual situation of your site and the scope you want. What fits your site we clarify together in the initial conversation.
- Do I have to buy the hardware?
- Not necessarily. Depending on the model the equipment stays with us and you pay for operation. What suits your site we settle in the first conversation.
- When does it start to pay off?
- That depends on occupancy, tariff and the share of unauthorised parkers. On a site with a high share, monitoring alone has an effect before any fee is charged at all.
- Are there hidden costs?
- No. After the analysis you receive an offer in which one-off and ongoing items are shown separately.
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