Following over 2.5X revenue growth in FY22 and FY23, Gurugram-based Park+ reported a 36.5% year-on-year revenue increase for the fiscal year ending March 2024. Despite its rapid expansion, the five-year-old company maintained tight control on expenses as its losses increased only 4% in the last fiscal year.
Park+ revenue from operations grew to Rs 131 crore in FY24 from Rs 96 crore in FY23, its consolidated financial statements sourced from the Registrar of Companies show.
Founded by Amit Lakhotia, Park+ provides car cleaning, parking solutions for homes, malls, and offices, fine (challan) payments, insurance management, and car service. It also expanded into ancillary offerings like FASTag issuance and EV charging networks.
The sale of services which includes commissions of FASTags, rental of access control, advertisement, valet service, and parking formed 80% of the total operating income which increased by 44% to Rs 104 crore in FY24. The rest of the collections came from the sale of products such as access control, FASTtag, radio frequency tag, and others.
Employee benefits was the largest cost center for Park+, accounting for 41% of the overall expenditure. This cost increased 29.5% to Rs 101 crore in FY24 from Rs 78 crore in FY23. After excluding the ESOP cost, the loss will be reduced to Rs 74 crore.
The cost of materials consumed including the procurement of FASTags, radio frequency and related materials grew 65.7% to Rs 58 crore in FY24. Advertising, legal, technology, conveyance and other overheads took the overall expenditure to Rs 245 crore in FY24 from Rs 202 crore in FY23.
A sharp rise in ESOP costs and material expenses resulted in a 4% increase in losses, bringing them to Rs 103 crore in FY24. Its ROCE and EBITDA margins stood at -72% and 68% respectively. On a unit level, it spent Rs 1.87 to earn a rupee in FY24.Park+’s total current assets were recorded at Rs 160 crore in FY24 including the cash and bank balances of Rs 102 crore.
Park+ has secured $54 million in funding across various rounds and was valued at around $355 million during its Series C round in December 2022. According to the data intelligence platform TheKredible, Peak XV is the largest external stakeholder, followed by Matrix and Epiq Capital. Its founder and CEO Lakhotia owns 45% stake in the company.
Park+ competes with Get My Parking, Park Smart, and Parky, among others. In June, the company ventured into the on-demand driver services segment with Drive+, positioning it as a potential competitor to DriveU, Drivers4Me, Driverzz, PickMyCar, Namma Driver, and Cars24.