Q-Park

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Q-Park
Type Naamloze vennootschap
Industry Parking
Founded1998
Headquarters Maastricht, Netherlands
Area served
Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, United Kingdom, France,
Key people
F.K. De Moor (CEO), Marcello Lacano (CFO), Theo Thuis (COO), Karla Peijs
Products Parking
RevenueIncrease2.svg 809.1 million (2015) [1]
Increase2.svg 345.1 million (2012) [1]
Decrease2.svg -93.8 million (2012) [1]
Number of employees
Decrease2.svg 2180 (2015) [1]
Website www.q-park.com
Q Park entrance Carroll's Quay Cork City QPark Cork city.jpg
Q Park entrance Carroll's Quay Cork City

Q-Park is an operator of parking garages in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. [2] Q-Park is the number two on the European parking market. [3] In total Q-Park controls 800,000 parking spaces on more than 3,500 [4] locations. The company is based in Maastricht.

In the Netherlands Q-Park is the largest private exploitant of parking spaces and controls more than 220 public parking lots and 76 park and rides near railway stations. In June 2008 Q-park bought the French company Epolia for 700 million euro. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2015". Q-Park. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. "Corporate Website | Q-Park". www.q-park.com. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
  3. Bridgepoint sells Carpark to Q-Park [ permanent dead link ], Bridgepoint, 2006-06-30
  4. "Q-Park Ensures You'll Find Parking in Copenhagen". www.parking.net. 25 September 2023.
  5. Q-Park expands in Belgium and France, Parking Network, 2008-06-13.