Mobility solutions for facility management companies: managing parking and EV charging across an entire property portfolio

Facility management companies increasingly manage parking, access control and electric vehicle charging on behalf of their clients, typically with a different system at every site.

A mobility operations platform such as Parkl lets the operator manage parking, access, EV charging and billing for an entire building from a single interface. It reduces manual work for reception and security staff, turns unused parking spaces into revenue and gives every client transparent reporting.

What does mobility mean for a facility management company?

For a facility management company, mobility covers every service that determines how people and vehicles arrive at, park in and leave a managed property. This includes:

• Parking management: allocating spaces between tenants, employees and visitors, and enforcing the rules.
• Access control: opening barriers and gates, usually with licence plate recognition.
• Guest and visitor parking: pre-registering visitors so they don't have to stop at reception.
• EV charging: operating chargers, controlling access and splitting energy costs between tenants.
• Billing and reporting: invoicing parking and charging to tenants, employees or external users, and reporting usage data to the property owner.

These used to be handled through separate contracts and separate systems. Today tenants expect a unified, app-based experience, and owners expect the operator to deliver it.

Why has mobility become part of facility management?

EU regulation now requires chargers in existing buildings too. Under the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), from 1 January 2027 existing non-residential buildings with more than 20 parking spaces must provide at least one charging point for every ten spaces, or pre-cabling for at least half of the spaces. Ratios are stricter for new and majorly renovated office buildings, and installed chargers must also support smart charging. In Hungary, at least one charging point is already mandatory for existing non-residential buildings with at least 20 parking spaces. Someone has to operate this infrastructure, and in most portfolios that is the facility management company. (Source: EPBD, Directive (EU) 2024/1275; national transposition details may vary.)

Hybrid work has made parking demand uneven. According to CBRE's 2025 European Office Occupier Sentiment Survey, average weekly office utilisation is 46%, but it reaches 71% on peak days. The building is half empty on average, yet space is short mid-week, which makes fixed, assigned parking inefficient.

EV adoption is accelerating. In Hungary alone, 31,475 green licence plates were issued in 2025, compared with roughly 60,000 in total over the previous nine years (Villanyautósok, based on official data).

Owners expect revenue and data. Empty spaces in the evenings and at weekends are idle assets, and owners expect site-level usage and revenue reports.

What problems do operators face with parking and EV charging?

Typical challenges for a facility management company managing multiple properties:

How does a mobility operations platform solve this?

A mobility operations platform is software that brings parking, access control, EV charging, payment and reporting into a single system, across multiple sites and user groups. For an operator, the key point is that the platform sits on top of existing equipment rather than replacing each property's hardware.

With Parkl, a facility management company can in practice:

• Manage every site from one interface, with separate rules per building and per tenant.
• Automate entry with licence plate recognition, so employees and pre-registered visitors can drive in without cards or tickets.
• Run shared, bookable parking, so spaces are used by whoever needs them that day.
• Operate EV charging with access rules and automatic cost allocation per tenant, employee or company car.
• Open unused capacity to the public outside working hours, generating extra revenue for the owner.
• Automate billing to tenants, employees and external users.
• Report utilisation, charging and revenue per site and per client.

Parkl users can also access a roaming network of more than 300,000 charging points. This matters for clients whose employees also charge electric company cars away from the office.

What are the benefits for each stakeholder?

For the operator: less manual work at reception and the gatehouse, one tool instead of many, and a new, measurable service that can be built into contracts.

For the property owner: higher parking utilisation, extra revenue from empty spaces, EV-ready infrastructure for ESG reporting and transparent data.

For tenants and their employees: easy arrival, bookable spaces, access to charging and fewer morning frustrations.

How should an operator introduce a mobility platform?

Implementation typically follows these steps:

1. Assess the portfolio. List the parking systems, barriers, chargers and contracts at each site.
2. Launch a pilot site. Start with a property where the problem is clear, for example many visitors or many empty assigned spaces.
3. Define the rules. Decide who can park where, when and at what price, and how EV charging costs are split.
4. Integrate existing equipment. Barriers, cameras and chargers should be connected, not replaced.
5. Measure and scale. Compare utilisation, staff time and revenue before and after implementation, then roll out to the other sites.

About Parkl

Parkl is a mobility platform present in 8 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, providing parking management, access control, EV charging and billing for office buildings, companies, fleets and property operators.

Sources

• Easee – EU EPBD IV: accelerating EV charging infrastructure
• Infostart – Új kötelezettséget kapnak a társasházak
• Villanyautósok – 101 534 villanyautóval zártuk 2025-öt
• CBRE – European Office Occupier Sentiment Survey 2025