Awards

Q-Park's commitment to quality and innovation continues to shine. In 2025, Q-Park Netherlands, Q-Park Belgium and Q-Park UK were nominated for and/or received various awards.

EPA Awards

The European Parking Awards, established by the European Parking Association (EPA) in 1997, recognise excellence in parking design, management, innovation, and customer service across Europe.

Held biennially, the awards aim to highlight outstanding contributions that enhance the quality and efficiency of parking facilities and services, promoting sustainable urban mobility and improved urban environments.

The 2025 EPA Awards were granted during the 21st European Parking Conference & Exhibition which took place in Brussels, Belgium on 17-18 September 2025.

Q-Park won EPA awards in two categories

Category 1 – Best New Parking Structure for Q-Park Belgium, Q-Park Zuiderdokken in Antwerp.

The ‘Best New Parking Structure’ award for the Q-Park Mobility Hub at the Gedempte Zuiderdokken in Antwerp recognises its clear mission: to create an environment reminiscent of Central Park, with added parking capacity.

What was once a concrete parking wasteland has been transformed into a multifunctional urban park with city gardens, sports, and play facilities.

Underground, the Mobility Hub offers an integrated solution for urban mobility, with a focus on accessibility and liveability.

Q-Park Mobility Hub Zuiderdokken, Antwerp, Belgium

Category 6 – Best Approach to Smart Mobility for Q-Park Netherlands, Q-Park Centrum in The Hague.
In the Netherlands, Q-Park won in the category ‘Best Approach to Smart Mobility (a new category)’. In The Hague, Q-Park transformed an existing parking facility into an impressive Mobility Hub.

In addition to (fast) charging points for electric vehicles, the site now offers a kiosk, dry cleaning and laundry services, parcel pick-up points, and shared mobility options. The open façade on Amsterdamse Veerkade provides a visual upgrade and enhances the building's integration into the streetscape.

Q-Park Mobility Hub Centrum, The Hague, The Netherlands

Nominated

Category 6 – Best Approach to Smart Mobility for Q-Park UK for the Port last-mile delivery solutions located in three central London Mobility Hubs.

Q-Park's prominent place in the EPA awards reaffirm our leading role in developing smart, sustainable, and future-proof parking solutions.

ESPA Awards

The European Parking Standard Award (ESPA) was established by the EPA to improve the quality of service provided. It defines a set of minimum standards for good basic quality in structure and services.

The checklists are updated regularly to include new services and functionality such as EV charging, digital payments, mobility hubs and sustainability aspects. The ESPA Gold award recognises exceptional standards for the structure, materials used and outstanding service.

We are delighted that two of our premium projects received ESPA Gold Awards in 2025: Q-Park Frontenpark and Q-Park Gare Colisée.

Green cities award 2025

The Green Cities Award award recognises outstanding European urban greening projects that improve climate resilience, biodiversity and quality of life in cities.

Antwerp’s Zuidpark won the prestigious Green Cities Europe Award 2025 (GCEA). Q-Park was instrumental in the Zuidpark development with our Zuiderdokken Mobility Hubs, and we are proud to have contributed to Antwerp's success.

The multifunctional area covers some 8 hectares of public space, created by moving parking underground, providing space for 2,000 cars and 300 bicycles. The above-ground space now serves as a park, a square, and a garden. The project focused on climate adaptation, restoring the area's historic character, and providing a ‘green lung’ for the surrounding urban area.

More than 500 new trees were planted to help reduce heat stress in the summer months, and an underground water buffering system stores up to 1,500m³ of rainwater for irrigation and municipal cleaning.

According to Good News, the perceived cooling effect is currently estimated to be about 1.2ºC on hot days compared to when the site was a car park. When the new trees mature, the cooling effect is estimated to be about 4.6ºC lower.

These cooling effects contribute to heat stress reduction, improved outdoor comfort and enhanced resilience against urban heat: a key reason the project was recognised at the Green Cities Europe Award 2025.

British Parking Awards

The British Parking Awards (BPA), established in 2002 by Parking Review magazine, were quickly recognised as the premier benchmark for excellence within the UK parking industry. Their awards celebrate outstanding achievement in parking management, car park design, and parking innovation, setting the standard for quality and creativity across the sector in the UK. 

At the awards ceremony Q-Park won the EV Charging Award, a recognition for EV charging excellence. The jury praised Q-Park UK for its innovative approach to developing and delivering EV charging infrastructure, systems and services in built parking facilities.

With more than 500 EV charging points conveniently located in city centres, Q-Park UK ensures that customers can always park and charge with confidence. Setting the standard for the parking industry while embracing the latest trends and technological advancements.

The infrastructure offers EV customers a seamless journey and a charged car for their onward journey.

Annual Student Award and Thought Leader Event

The Q-Park Student Award is organised by the Erasmus University Rotterdam and Q-Park, and is open to students from European colleges and universities. The 11th edition was held in The Hague at the Nieuwe Kerk. The theme was Perspectives on urban mobility: then, now and tomorrow.

Keynote speakers focus on the future of mobility

Emile Jutten, Manager Mobility in The Hague talked about how The Hague is adapting the city to create space for people and mobility. With the sea on one side and neighbouring municipalities, The Hague has nowhere to expand.

It's the most densely populated Dutch city and also has the most cars per square metre, and growing mobility needs. Bicycles too, need proper lanes to ensure safe travel. By 2040, the city wants to achieve a mindset shift that will reduce the number of short car journeys (less than 5 km) by 20% and replace these trips with walking and cycling.

Carlo van de Weijer, General Manager of the Eindhoven AI Systems Institute at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), gave a thought-provoking presentation.

He challenged attendees to question traditional policies designed to encourage people to use public transport rather than individual mobility.

In his vision of the future of parking, he expects:

• More rather than fewer cars will need to park.

• A shift from on- to off-street parking as cities declutter streets.

• Parking will become more costly, but the alternatives may be even more expensive as people are mobile by design.

Q-Park Student Award 2025

Giuliano Mingardo, senior researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam and specialised in parking policy and mobility management, introduced the students and praised the high scientific standard of their research.

The winners presented their work:

• Cas Oudijk, TU Delft: Relocation strategies for shared electric vehicles to transport energy and provide vehicle-to-grid services.

• Julien Petat, Erasmus University Rotterdam: Assessing the perceived value of mobility solutions, a quantitative study in Germany.

• Merijn van Elk, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: The impact of reducing on-street parking on house prices, evidence from Amsterdam.

Winners of the Q-Park Student Award 2025

A summary of these three theses, and the winning entries from previous years are available online.