Top 10 Private Parking Operators by Daily Ticket Volume

Who Issues the Most Parking Tickets in the UK

DVLA KADOE data reveals which private parking operators issue the most parking charges daily. These numbers represent keeper enquiries made to the DVLA, meaning tickets where the operator requested the registered keeper’s details because the driver was not identified at the time.

The Top 10

1. ParkingEye. 7,423 per day
   BPA member. Manages supermarket, retail, and leisure car parks. Appeals through POPLA.
2. APCOA Parking UK. 7,083 per day
   BPA member. Manages hospital, airport, and transport hub parking. Appeals through POPLA.
3. Euro Car Parks. 5,751 per day
   BPA member. Manages retail and commercial car parks. Appeals through POPLA.
4. Horizon Parking. 2,595 per day
   BPA member. Manages a wide variety of sites. Appeals through POPLA. Our most-beaten operator with 300+ successful appeals.
5. Smart Parking. 2,200 per day
   IPC member. Manages retail and commercial sites. Appeals through IAS.
6. NCP. 1,077 per day
   BPA member. The largest dedicated car park company. Appeals through POPLA.
7. Civil Enforcement. 950 per day
   BPA member. Manages retail and commercial sites. Appeals through POPLA.
8. UKPC. 870 per day
   BPA member. Manages residential and commercial sites. Appeals through POPLA.
9. Group Nexus. 620 per day
   BPA member. Manages various site types. Appeals through POPLA.
10. Premier Park. 480 per day
    BPA member. Manages retail sites. Appeals through POPLA.

Combined Daily Volume

These 10 operators alone issue over 29,000 parking charges per day. That is over 10.5 million per year.

What This Means

At this scale, enforcement is heavily automated. ANPR cameras, automated notice generation, and bulk DVLA enquiries mean that many tickets are issued without individual human review. This automation leads to errors:

• Late NTK delivery due to processing backlogs
• ANPR misreads and timing errors
• Missing POFA declarations from template notice systems
• Inconsistent signage across multiple managed sites

Our Results by Operator

We have verified successful appeals against all 10 of these operators. Horizon Parking leads with 300+ cancellations, followed by ParkingEye, APCOA, and NCP.

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Data source: DVLA KADOE Enquiry Data 2024-25.