Turnover: 357 million EUR (2023)

Country: France

The company offers parking management solutions to municipalities

News

EasyPark's acquisition of Flowbird finalized following approval from competition authorities 16/01/2025

  • The Swedish EasyPark Group has finalized the acquisition of Flowbird, a French player in mobility solutions.
  • Flowbird generated sales of 380 million euros in 2024, with 22% of its revenues coming from the North American market.
  • EasyPark generated sales of 252 million euros and is the world leader in digital parking.
  • EasyPark has seen a 30% growth in sales over the last three years,
  • Flowbird recorded 20% growth over the same period.
  • Flowbird is present in 6,000 cities in 80 countries EasyPark deploys its applications in 20 countries and 4,000 cities.

Flowbird deploys its environmental parking pricing solution in Lyon 18/07/2024

  • The city of Lyon has introduced "dynamic and environmental parking pricing", a first in France, designed by Flowbird.
  • Flowbird, the company responsible for this solution, concentrates its R&D activities in Besançon and employs 600 of its 1,600 staff in the city.
  • Flowbird was acquired by Searchlight Capital Partners in 2021 and could be taken over by EasyPark, which employs 1,000 people and generates sales of around 250 million euros.
  • Flowbird's sales target for 2023 is 357 million euros.
  • Flowbird's valuation was 450 million euros in 2016, 789 million euros in 2021, and could reach 1.5 billion euros in the latest planned acquisition with EasyPark.

Flowbird steps up delivery of parking meters 02/02/2024

  • - Flowbird plans to deliver 3,300 parking meters to 105 French cities in 2023, compared with 1,830 in 2022 and 1,030 in 2021.
  • - Flowbird's sales rose by 16% to 357 million euros in 2023.
  • - Almost 20% of Flowbird's sales came from France in 2023.
  • - Flowbird was acquired by Searchlight Capital Partners in 2021 and is in the process of being acquired by the Swedish EasyPark group.
  • - Flowbird's subscription management software, "Extenso", was in use in 160 French cities in 2023, up from 130.
  • - 26 new cities have adopted Flowbird's application, bringing the total to 280 cities in France.
  • - Flowbird employs 1,650 people, including 630 in Besançon in 2023.
  • - The company is due to deliver a "dynamic and environmental pricing" solution to the city of Lyon in mid-2024.
  • - Flowbird is preparing to deliver 80 new automatic payment systems to the RATP in the run-up to the Paris Olympics.
  • - With 5,000 customer cities in 80 countries, the company claims to be a world leader in mobility.

Studies mentioning this company

The private parking market - France

Other companies mentioned:

  • Effia (Keolis Groupe)
  • Q-Park
  • Indigo Parking Group
  • Interparking France
  • APCOA Parking France
  • Edeis
  • Ector Parking
  • Parclick
  • SAEMES
  • Transdev Stationnement - Urbis Park (Trandev Groupe)
  • Zenpark
  • Keolis
  • Metpark
  • Interparking
  • Flowbird Parkeon
  • Linkview
  • Camping-car Park
  • EasyPark
  • Camping-Car park