Business parking permit

A business parking permit allows you to either park near your company's business premises or park almost anywhere in the inner city, both for a low monthly fee.

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Owners of a regional business parking permit can park in designated resident parking spaces in the resident parking zone where their company is located. With a business parking permit that extends to all of the zones, you can park freely in all of Helsinki's resident parking zones.

The business parking permit is intended for companies, public entities and entrepreneurs.
The City of Helsinki grants a maximum of five permits (five vehicles) per one company location. A single permit may only be used by the specific vehicle noted on the permit. We do not grant permits for commuter parking.

You can get a permit for a car, van, motorcycle, motorised quadricycle or another vehicle with a maximum mass of four tonnes that is owned by a company or its employees.

Price of a regional permit is €60.83 per month and price of a permit for all zones is €91.66 per month. The prices include VAT. Low-emission vehicles receive a discount on the fee.

If the vehicle is decommissioned from traffic use, the permit is no longer valid.

Apply for a business parking permit

You can apply for a business parking permit or extend the validity of your buseinss parking permit by email to kymp.pysakointitunnus@hel.fi, or by visiting the Urban Environment Division's customer service point in person.

You can buy a permit for 1-12 months at a time, If are applying by email, however, you can only apply for a permit for a maximum of six months at a time.

How the process works

When applying for a business parking permit, please provide us with the following information:
- a certificate stating the company's address, issued within the last month by the property manager or real estate company (a rental agreement is not a sufficient certificate)
- the vehicle license plate numbers and the company's business ID
- information on whether the company would like a permit for one region or all zones
- the time period for which the company would like to buy a permit

If the car is owned by or in the possession of a company employee, also provide the most recent payslip or an extract from the Finnish Incomes Register, showing the kilometre allowance paid for use of the car for work. Please always use secure email when sending personal data.

If you apply for a permit by email, we will email you the permit invoice. The permit will come into effect once we have received the payment. If you apply for a permit in person at the customer service point, you can pay with cash or a debit or credit card.

Terminate a business parking permit

Each business parking permit's validity ends automatically at the end of the payment period, if it is not renewed in time. If you wish, you can terminate the permit in the middle of the payment period by email or by returning the permit to the Urban Environment Division's customer service point. We will refund any full months you have paid for in advance.

Processing time

The permit's period of validity ends on the day when you return it to the customer service point.

Additional information

If you want to terminate your business parking permit by email, please provide the following information in your message:
- your name
- your contact information
- the business parking permit's details
- your bank account number for a possible refund.

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Extend the validity of a business parking permit

When applying for a business parking permit, please provide us with the following information:
- the vehicle license plate numbers and the company's business ID
- the time period for which the company would like to buy a permit

If the car is owned by or in the possession of a company employee, also provide a certificate of the employment relationship and the most recent payslip or an extract from the Finnish Incomes Register, showing the kilometre allowance paid for use of the car for work.

Frequently asked questions

Resident parking spaces are marked with an additional panel placed below the parking sign. The additional panels may say ‘Ei koske P-tunnuksella L’ (Does not apply to parking permits marked with an L), for example.



Vehicles with a business parking permit cannot park in parking spaces reserved for car sharing companies, which are indicated with a Z panel under the parking sign.

Parking inspectors check the validity of permits based on vehicle’s license plate numbers.

1. You can use a parking permit only within your own zone. Always check traffic signs to ensure that parking along the street or on the parking lot is allowed with a residential parking permit. The zonespecific maps of parking spaces at www.hel.fi/pysakointi are approximations.



2. Please note that not all parking spaces are residential or corporate parking spaces. For instance, near business premises there are also so-called customer parking spaces where parking with a residential parking permit is not allowed. You always have to pay a parking fee to park there.



3. Please affix your parking permit to your vehicle in a way that leaves it fully and easily legible from the outside (such as at the top or bottom right corner of the windscreen) and check its visibility when you exit your car. If you have an electronic resident parking permit, it will be verified based on your registration number.



4. If you have a parking permit for a motorbike, it will be verified electronically based on your registration number.



5. Please note that if you register your car as removed from traffic, the parking permit will also expire.



6. The city can issue one resident parking permit per person for a personal or jointly used vehicle. Companies can be issued five corporate parking permits. Each resident parking permit can have the registration numbers of up to two vehicles, and each corporate parking permit can have the registration number of only one vehicle. Such vehicles cannot be concurrently parked under resident and corporate parking terms.



7. When changes are made to a parking permit (such as a change of area or car), you must bring your valid parking permit with you when handling the changes at our customer service office. If you have an electronic resident parking permit, the change can be handled by calling our customer service if your information has been updated.



8. A parking permit’s validity and right of use will expire when the conditions for its issue cease to exist. In such cases, the permit must be returned to our customer service office. An electronic resident parking permit can be terminated by informing our customer service by e-mail at the address kymp.pysakointitunnus@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program).



9. Please ensure that you have a valid, appropriate permit. The holder of the permit is responsible for its validity.



10. If you are a yearly permit customer and you have not received an invoice for a new permit at the latest two weeks before your permit expires, please contact our customer service. For instance, shared permits are never invoiced in advance and the renewal always requires a visit to customer service.

Service points

Kaupunkiympäristön toimitalo katutasosta kuvattuna.

Urban Environment Division, Customer Services

Address: Työpajankatu 8, 00580 Helsinki