Battle · 3 companies
Parking companies
Pole position for one. A clamp for another.
ParkingEye leads on pre-tax profit, profit margin and net assets; Q-Park on turnover; Euro Car Parks on growth. Q-Park is the biggest by turnover at £118m, against £69m at Euro Car Parks. ParkingEye keeps the most of every £100 it takes, £34.84 as pre-tax profit.
The year ends are close enough to compare like for like.
Accounts compared: ParkingEye to Dec 2025 · Euro Car Parks to Dec 2025 · Q-Park to Dec 2025
The Numbers
| # | Company | Turnover | Change | Pre-tax profit | Margin | Employees | Pay per head | Turnover per head | Net assets | Bank and cash | Accounts to | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Q-ParkQ-Park Limited | £118m | +3.9% | -£13m | -10.8% | 407 | £35,000 | £289,000 | -£30m | £3m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
| 2 | Euro Car ParksEuro Car Parks Limited | £69m | +10.9% | £11m | 16.5% | 317 | £106,000 | £217,000 | £52m | £6m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
| 3 | ParkingEyeParkingEye Limited | £65m | +6.8% | £23m | 34.8% | 353 | £34,000 | £185,000 | £106m | £6m | Dec 2025 | Single company |
Ranked by turnover. Click any column to sort. The leader on each measure is highlighted. Movements are against each company's own prior year. Pre-tax profit is filed except where marked (est.).
Category winners
Biggest by turnover
Q-Park
£118m
Most pre-tax profit
ParkingEye
£23m
Highest profit margin
ParkingEye
34.8%
Fastest-growing turnover
Euro Car Parks
+10.9%
Biggest employer
Q-Park
407 staff
Highest pay per head
Euro Car Parks
£106,000
Most turnover per head
Q-Park
£289,000
Largest net assets
ParkingEye
£106m
Most cash
ParkingEye
£6m
The Takeaway
- ParkingEye converts the most of its turnover. Of every £100, £34.84 reaches pre-tax profit, against a loss of £10.83 at Q-Park.
- Q-Park is the largest on the top line, £118m of turnover, 1.7x Euro Car Parks's £69m.
- Euro Car Parks is growing fastest, turnover +10.9% on its own prior year.
- Q-Park is the biggest employer with 407 people; Euro Car Parks pays the most per head, an average staff cost of about £106,000.
- ParkingEye has the largest balance sheet, net assets of £106m.
Who keeps the most of every £100 of sales?
ParkingEye keeps the most: £34.84 of every £100 of turnover becomes pre-tax profit. Q-Park does worst, losing £10.83.
Financing bites hardest at Q-Park: £5.23 of every £100 goes on interest.
Every profit figure here is the one the company filed.
The chart splits each company's turnover into £100: what goes on people, on interest and on everything else, and what is left as profit.
Out of every £100 of turnover
Each column is £100 of that company's own turnover, so companies of any size compare on one scale; the figures are pounds out of each £100, not millions. Companies run from the best margin to the worst. Payroll is staff costs, financing is interest paid, other running costs are everything else, and profit is pre-tax profit, filed or estimated as marked in the table. A loss is not an extra cost: it is the part of the costs that runs past the £100 line, marked with a red bracket. Hover over any segment for its figure.
Who is the biggest, and does the comparison hold?
By turnover the order is Q-Park (£118m), Euro Car Parks (£69m), ParkingEye (£65m).
By headcount, Q-Park leads with 407 employees.
The accounting periods all end in the same month. All are on the same filing basis.
Turnover on the latest filing
Who is growing fastest?
Euro Car Parks grew fastest, turnover +10.9% on its own prior year, ahead of ParkingEye (+6.8%), Q-Park (+3.9%).
Turnover change on each company's own prior year
Who employs the most, who pays the most, and who brings in the most per head?
Q-Park employs the most, 407 people, against 353 at ParkingEye.
Euro Car Parks has the highest average staff cost, about £106,000 a head; ParkingEye the lowest, about £34,000.
Q-Park brings in the most turnover per employee, about £289,000, against £185,000 at ParkingEye. It says as much about the business model as the workforce: a marketplace or a wholesaler needs far fewer people per pound than a restaurant or a gym.
Who owns each one?
Ownership as recorded on the Companies House register of people with significant control, in the bands the register uses.
Held by Peggy Bidco Limited
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 3 outstanding charges on the register.
Who owns ParkingEye →
Euro Car Parks Limited · 01270612Held by Ecp (Holdings) Plc
A company recorded as a person with significant control. 2 outstanding charges on the register.
Who owns Euro Car Parks →
Q-Park Limited · 01721817Held by Universal Parking Ltd
A company recorded as a person with significant control.
Who owns Q-Park →
What does the full ledger show?
| Measure | ParkingEye | Euro Car Parks | Q-Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered name | PARKINGEYE LIMITED | EURO CAR PARKS LIMITED | Q-PARK LIMITED |
| Company number | 05134454 | 01270612 | 01721817 |
| Incorporated | 2004 | 1976 | 1983 |
| Accounts filed | 14 September 2026 | 7 October 2026 | 22 September 2026 |
| Turnover, prior year | £61m | £62m | £113m |
| Pre-tax profit, prior year | £17m | £13m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £12m | £34m | £14m |
| Payroll share of turnover | 18.5% | 49.0% | 12.1% |
| Employees, prior year | 334 | 318 | 392 |
| Dividends paid | n/d | £1.0m | n/d |
| Charges outstanding | 3 | 2 | 0 |
A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d; a zero in a filing is treated as not disclosed. Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, above that to the nearest million.
Parking companies: common questions
Who is the biggest of ParkingEye, Euro Car Parks or Q-Park?
Q-Park, with turnover of £118m in the year to December 2025.
Which makes the most profit?
ParkingEye: £23m pre-tax in the year to December 2025.
Which employs the most people?
Q-Park, with 407 employees in its latest accounts.
ParkingEye or Euro Car Parks: which is bigger?
Euro Car Parks, with turnover of £69m against £65m at ParkingEye on their latest filings. On margin, ParkingEye keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
ParkingEye or Q-Park: which is bigger?
Q-Park, with turnover of £118m against £65m at ParkingEye on their latest filings. On margin, ParkingEye keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
Euro Car Parks or Q-Park: which is bigger?
Q-Park, with turnover of £118m against £69m at Euro Car Parks on their latest filings. On margin, Euro Car Parks keeps more of each £100 as pre-tax profit.
Where do these figures come from?
Each company's latest accounts filed at Companies House. Each links to its full Spark Intel profile, which names the filing it comes from.
Related
British car makers
Built in Britain. Who turns cars into profit?
JLR · Nissan UK · Toyota UK · MINI Plant Oxford · Bentley · Rolls-Royce Motor Cars · Aston Martin · McLaren Automotive
8 companies compared →
LEISUREUK holiday parks
Making waves or washed out: the great British staycation showdown
Center Parcs · Butlin's · Haven
3 companies compared →
TRAVELUK airlines
From long-haul flag carriers to island hoppers. Who flies at a profit?
British Airways · Virgin Atlantic · easyJet · Jet2 · TUI · Wizz Air UK · Ryanair UK · Loganair
8 companies compared →
TRAVELUK airports
Cleared for take-off, or grounded?
Heathrow · Gatwick · Manchester Airports Group · Edinburgh Airport · Birmingham Airport · Bristol Airport · Luton Airport
7 companies compared →