Largest Parking Companies in the U.S. (2026)
Short answer
The largest U.S. parking operators are Metropolis, which bought SP+ in May 2024 and lists 4,500+ locations, and LAZ Parking, which reported 5,700 locations in September 2026. ABM, Reimagined Parking (Impark), Towne, Premium Parking and ACE Parking follow. ParkMobile, SpotHero and PayByPhone are payment apps, not operators.
The largest U.S. parking operators
Each company counts locations its own way, and the figures carry different dates, so the order is a guide rather than an official ranking. HQ is the city on the company's contact page or press-release dateline. Where a company publishes no location count, the table says so instead of estimating.
| Company | HQ | Locations (sourced) | Known for | Source |
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| Metropolis (owns SP+) | Los Angeles, CA | 4,000+ at the SP+ closing (May 2024); 4,500+ listed on its site today | Computer-vision, checkout-free parking. Took SP+ private in May 2024 at an enterprise value of about $1.5 billion, with $1.8 billion of financing. About 20,000 employees and more than $4 billion in payments a year. |
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| LAZ Parking | Hartford, CT | 5,700 locations in 639 cities; 2.1 million spaces | Founded in 1981 by three childhood friends. Calls itself the largest privately owned parking, transportation and mobility company in North America; operates in 44 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces. | |
| ABM (parking) | New York, NY | 2,000+ parking locations in 230+ cities | Parking is one line of a facility-services company with over 100,000 team members. In parking since 1966, processing more than 40 million payment transactions a year. |
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| Reimagined Parking (Impark) | Not listed on its site | About 2,500 facilities in 275 North American cities | Parent of Impark, Lanier Parking, Republic Parking, AmeriPark and Park One. Impark was founded in Vancouver in 1962; the group employs 6,500 people and handles 34 million digital transactions a year. |
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| Towne (formerly Towne Park) | Plymouth Meeting, PA | Not published | Hospitality-style parking and valet for hotels, hospitals and other properties, with more than 14,000 team members. Renamed Towne in March 2026 and launched the Nexity by Towne technology platform. | |
| Premium Parking | New Orleans, LA | 1,400+ locations nationwide | Gateless, free-flow parking run on its own GLIDEPARCS platform. Founded in 2005 in New Orleans. | |
| ACE Parking | San Diego, CA | Not published | 75 years in parking. Runs office, retail, hotel valet, airport shuttle and stadium parking, using its own DEEP BLUE technology platform. |
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| Interstate Parking | Milwaukee, WI | Not published | A regional operator with its corporate office in Milwaukee and offices in Denver, Duluth and other cities; sells daily, flex and monthly parking online. |
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Parking apps people mistake for operators
These three names come up in the same searches, but they are apps. They take payments and reservations for lots and street spaces that cities and operators run; they do not staff or manage the property.
ParkMobile
Pay-by-phone and reservation app based in Atlanta; part of EasyPark Group since June 2021.
59 million users at the end of 2023
SpotHero
Chicago-based app for booking garage, lot and valet spaces in advance.
14,000+ garages, lots and valets in 400+ North American cities; 100 million+ cars parked
- spothero.com/about (checked )
PayByPhone
Mobile payment app for street meters and lots, used by cities on three continents.
More than 1,300 cities worldwide; 125 million+ users
- paybyphone.com/locations (checked )
- paybyphone.com/about (checked )
How to choose a parking operator
Match the operator to the property type
Ask for references at properties like yours: a hospital garage, a hotel valet stand and an airport lot need different staffing, systems and service standards.
Read the contract model first
Under a management contract you keep the revenue and pay a fee; under a lease the operator pays you rent and keeps the upside. Ask which one is offered and who carries the costs.
Ask what the technology costs you
License-plate recognition, apps and gateless systems can raise collections, but find out who owns the equipment and the data, and what happens to both if the contract ends.
Insist on clear reporting
You should see revenue, occupancy, citations and expenses on a schedule you agree to, with the right to audit.
Plan for EV charging now
Check whether the operator can install, run and bill EV chargers, or will need another contractor to do it.
Read the full guide to choosing a parking management company
Questions about parking companies
What is the largest parking company in the US?
Metropolis and LAZ Parking are the two largest by their own figures. Metropolis, which took SP+ private in May 2024, calls itself the largest parking operator in the U.S. and lists 4,500+ locations. LAZ Parking reported 5,700 locations in 639 cities in September 2026. Companies count locations differently, so no single ranking is official.
Who owns SP+?
Metropolis Technologies owns SP+. Metropolis closed its take-private acquisition of SP Plus Corporation on May 16, 2024, paying $54.00 a share in cash, and the deal implied an enterprise value of about $1.5 billion. Metropolis financed it with $1.8 billion, including $1.05 billion of Series C preferred stock and $550 million of term debt.
Is LAZ Parking the biggest?
By location count, LAZ reports the most: 2.1 million spaces at 5,700 locations in 639 cities across 44 states and eight Canadian provinces, as of September 15, 2026. It calls itself the largest privately owned parking company in North America. Metropolis, which owns SP+, calls itself the largest parking operator in the U.S., so the answer depends on the measure.
What does a parking management company do?
A parking management company runs a lot or garage for its owner. It sets rates, collects payments, staffs or automates entry and exit, enforces the rules, handles maintenance and customer service, and reports revenue to the owner. Some also design and build parking or install EV chargers; Wins Parking designs, builds and manages parking and installs EV charging.
How do parking companies make money?
Most operators earn under one of two contracts. With a management contract, the owner keeps the parking revenue and pays the operator a fee. With a lease, the operator pays the owner rent and keeps the revenue, taking on the risk. Operators also charge for valet, shuttles, enforcement and technology, while apps such as ParkMobile and SpotHero earn transaction fees.
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the company's own site or a dated press release. Undated pages were read on November 8, 2026.
- Metropolis press release ()
- metropolis.io/business/parking (checked )
- LAZ Parking press release ()
- abm.com/parking-customers (checked )
- abm.com/about (checked )
- impark.com/about-impark (checked )
- Towne press release ()
- Premium Parking press release (PR Newswire) ()
- aceparking.com (checked )
- interstateparking.com/about-us (checked )
- ParkMobile 2023 Year in Review ()
- EasyPark acquisition release ()
- spothero.com/about (checked )
- paybyphone.com/locations (checked )
- paybyphone.com/about (checked )
Why Wins
Why owners choose Wins over a national operator
Wins Parking is not one of the largest operators, and doesn't try to be. It is a family-owned company that designs, builds and manages parking in all 50 states. For an owner, a smaller firm with one accountable team can be the better fit.
One team from design to daily operations
The team that plans your lot builds it and then runs it, so nothing is lost between a designer, a contractor and an operator. Wins also installs commercial EV charging, from power planning to chargers.
High-tech parking systems
License plate recognition (LPR) cameras, AI security cameras, dynamic pricing and digital payments. Wins runs a plate-reading gate and AI cameras around the clock at its own lot by Eagle County Airport, and both management tiers include the same technology.
Teams that deploy nationwide
Wins works in all 50 states and serves a 150-mile area around 50 major U.S. airports, so a multi-site owner can use one partner across markets.
Owner-first contracts
Choose the model that suits the property: Full Service at a 40% revenue share, where Wins handles staffing, enforcement, maintenance and customer service, Tech + Processing at 25% for owners with their own staff, or a fixed fee. Owners receive monthly distributions and an analytics dashboard.
Running a small lot yourself? Park Graph, operated by Wins Parking, LLC, lets owners collect parking payments by QR sign, with no app for drivers and no meter or kiosk on site.
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