Parking permit for businesses

German version

From 1 October 2023, you no longer have to affix an electronic parking chip or parking sticker to your vehicle. Parking enforcement officers scan your licence plate with their smartphones. Your data will not be stored.

You can submit an online application for a parking permit for businesses at any time.

You need the following documents for an online application:

  • Vehicle licence

Please consider the requirements and the documents required.

If you want to submit an online application using the mobile phone signature, you will be forwarded to the Business Service Portal.

You can check the validity of your parking licence online: Check validity (German)

General information

You can apply for an exemption permit from the 2-hour maximum parking time in area-wide short-term parking zones pursuant to Art. 45(2) Road Traffic Act (StVO 1960) under certain legal requirements.

Data protection

For information on data protection and your data protection rights as an individual please visit: Data Protection Notice (German)

Requirements

Deadlines

If all legal requirements are met, you will be issued an exemption permit for the licence number of the vehicle in question for a maximum of 2 years.

Contact

Advice on applications

Wirtschaftskammer Wien - Vienna Chamber of Business (German)
1020 Vienna, Straße der Wiener Wirtschaft 1
Phone: +43 1 51450 1040 (including advice on applications)
E-mail: parken@wkw.at

Legal Affairs: Transport and Traffic (MA 65) (German)
Parking management department
1030 Vienna, Rochusgasse 18, 2nd floor
Phone: +43 1 4000-3830
Mon-Wed, Fri: 8 am to 3.30 pm
Thu: 8 am to 5.30 pm
Roads and traffic information hotline: +43 1 95559 (including advice on applications)
Mon-Wed, Fri: 8 am to 3.30 pm
Thu: 8 am to 5.30 pm
Fax: +43 1 4000-99-38378
E-Mail: post.prb@ma65.wien.gv.at

Customer service centre
Office hours: Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri 8 am to 12 noon (afternoon appointments can be made by phone at +43 1 4000 3830), Thu 8 am to 5.30 pm
Good Friday, 24 December and 31 December 8 am to 12 noon, closed on public holidays.

Procedure

MA 65 is legally required to verify all information thoroughly. In a parallel process, the mode of payment for the parking fee is decided (individual parking vouchers or flat-rate fee).

Documents required

Fees

You have to pay several fees for the parking permit:

  • Federal fee:
    • EUR 14.30 for the application
  • Administrative fee:
  • Parking fee:
    You have to pay the parking fee for each month for which you apply for a parking permit. You have to pay at least 4 months. You can pay for a maximum of 2 years. Calendar months that are only used partially are counted as full months.
Parking fees:

Districts

First vehicle 1st to 23rd district

Each additional vehicle 1st to 23rd district

1 year

EUR 120

EUR 249

2 years

EUR 240

EUR 498

Please note:
The parking fee amount listed only applies to the following parking permits:

For all other parking permits, you have to pay the parking fee by using daily or weekly flat-rate cards or some other payment form.

Daily or weekly flat-rate cards can only be used in conjunction with a granted exemption permit for businesses with manual service activities or accommodation and motor vehicle businesses (for customers' vehicles).

You can get daily or weekly flat-rate cards at a price of EUR 4.10 or EUR 20.50 at the cash offices of Municipal Department 6.

Please note:
For applications submitted before 1 October 2023, an additional fee of EUR 3.90 for each attachment may be charged (Fees Act/Gebührengesetz).

Example: If a business is granted an exemption for the 2nd district after filing an online application, the parking permit for the first business vehicle is EUR 285 for a maximum duration of two years (EUR 240 parking fee, EUR 14.30 application fee and EUR 30.70 administrative fee).

Should your need for the exemption permit end before the end of the time for which it was granted, you will be refunded the parking fees paid for unused full months.

You can pay the fees by bank transfer (see "Zahlungsinformation" (payment information) in the decision).

Alternatively, you can pay the fees in cash or by bank card at the Municipal District Office for the 3rd district (Karl-Borromäus-Platz 3).

The parking permit is only activated after receipt of payment (duration 2 to 4 working days).

For any questions regarding payment, please contact the competent accounting department (Buchhaltungsabteilung 40) (German) of Municipal Department 6 - Accounting Services, Duties and Charges.

Processing time

The duration of the process depends predominantly on whether you have submitted all required documents in full and on time.

Form

Online application (German)

Electronic delivery

You will be sent the official notification electronically. If you are not registered with an electronic delivery service (German), you will receive the notification by post.

Information on electronic delivery of official documents (German)

Further information

You must notify the department of any changes (e.g. if the vehicle registration number or the address of your business premises changes, but not if you change your vehicle). Failure to notify the department of changes will invalidate the exemption permit.

The exemption permit may only be used for the purposes stated in the application. If you no longer meet the requirements for the exemption, if you do not follow the stipulations of the decision or if you use the exemption for a purpose other than the one it was granted for, your exemption permit will be rescinded and the parking permit will be deactivated.

In shopping streets (German) located in area-wide short-term parking zones you may park for 1.5 hours with a properly set parking disc behind the windshield (exception: service card holders).

Existing exemption permits for businesses with trade-related off-site customer service that were granted for all districts with restricted parking zones will be extended to any new restricted parking zones for the duration of their validity.

More information:

Please note: You can help reduce the workload of the authorities considerably if you send your documents by e-mail and state the case number ("Geschäftszahl" or "GZ").

As a voluntary service, the Vienna City Administration notifies holders of exemption permits about 3 months before their expiry by sending an information letter with payment information. If you still meet the requirements, you can apply for a new exemption by paying the fee indicated in the letter. However, this is only possible if your circumstances have remained the same.

Contact for this page:
City of Vienna | Legal Affairs: Transport and Traffic (Martin Hofmann)
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