5 Benefits of ANPR Cameras in Your Parking Facility
ANPR cameras make parking easier for everyone. The camera reads the number plate at the entrance and exit, and the system handles billing automatically. A tenant or visitor simply parks, with nothing else to think about. In facilities with contract parking, ANPR cameras also open up entirely new business opportunities. Here are five benefits.
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Happier customers with no worries about parking fines
With ANPR cameras, your contract customers can stay longer than their permit allows without any risk of a parking fine. The system automatically applies the visitor rate to the extra time.
Take Administrator Anders as an example. He has a parking permit that is valid on weekdays from 08:00 to 17:00. One evening, he has to work late. Instead of rushing down to move his car, he can calmly leave it where it is, and the extra hours are added to his usual monthly invoice. That makes Anders very happy with his choice of car park.
Greater loyalty among visitors
ANPR cameras make it easy to offer a customer club that keeps visitors coming back.
Let’s take a look at Practical Pia. She doesn’t like searching for parking or keeping track of different apps. When she visits your garage, she appreciates that the camera registers her visit automatically, and when she is offered membership of the customer club, she accepts straight away. As a member, she gets a better hourly rate, occasional discounts and access to the club’s parking spaces (or whichever benefits you choose to offer). For you, this means that Pia prefers your facility and parks with you more often.
Read how hybrid agreements and customer clubs are set up in practice.
Easier to convert visitors into contract customers
Because the ANPR cameras register every vehicle, you can see straight away which visitors come often and offer them a contract.
Say Pia starts parking with you so often that a permit would work out cheaper for her. You can then send her an offer that suits her needs. It’s a win-win: Pia gets a better price and you secure a steady income.
Less need for parking attendants
With camera-based parking, you no longer need as many patrolling parking attendants. The cameras keep track of every vehicle that enters and leaves, and billing happens automatically. At our ANPR facilities, the cameras read number plates correctly 97% of the time.
Read about the difference between digital and manual parking enforcement.
More precise data to develop your parking business
The ANPR cameras collect data on how your visitors and contract customers use the facility. After just the first month, you have a baseline that improves over time, and you can track utilisation hour by hour.
You can use the data to adapt your packages and pricing to the needs you see. And with full visibility of how the facility is used, it is easy to work out how far you can overbook it to make the most of every space.
Read how ANPR increases parking profitability.
Want to see how it works in practice? In the webinar Revenue Optimization with ANPR: The Tools, the Data, and the Impact, we show how ANPR46 is used as a business tool.
Frequently asked questions about ANPR cameras
Do ANPR cameras work with contract parking?
Yes. Contract customers with an active permit are approved automatically when they drive in. If they stay longer than their permit allows, the visitor rate is applied to the extra time.
Are ANPR cameras suitable for all types of parking facilities?
ANPR parking works in almost every facility, in both garages and outdoor surface car parks. All that’s needed is a clear entrance and exit where the cameras can be placed.
How quickly do you get useful data from the ANPR cameras?
After just the first month, you have a baseline of how the facility is used, and it becomes more detailed the longer the cameras are in operation.
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With ANPR46, you gain full control over both contract customers and visitors — while reducing administration, improving the customer experience and maximizing occupancy in your parking facilities.
