Parking businesses and employees

Employees and businesses in a paid parking zone can apply for a subscription with the Parking Service with which they can park in one of the parking garages. Various types of business subscriptions are available:

• A subscription for 3 days a week (with time restriction) for employees. The 3-day subscription with time restriction is valid on 3 working days previously specified by you (Monday to Friday) from 07:00 until 19:00 o’clock.
• A subscription for 5 days a week from Monday to Friday, from 07:00 to 19:00 o'clock, for employees and businesses.
• With the 3-day and 5-day subscriptions it is possible to drive out later. In this case, the card works as a short-term parking card and you can pay the price with your debit card at the parking meter or at the exit terminal near the barrier.
• A subscription for 7 days a week (without time restriction) for employees and businesses. The subscription without time restriction is valid 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
• A business or employee permit for the Koolzaadveld, Hospitaalterrein and Hennepveld car parks valid until 00:00 o'clock.
• A subscription in one of the car parks in Almere Buiten valid until 22:00 o'clock.

Subscription all car parks Almere Stad

Apart from the subscriptions that are only valid in a specific car park, there is also a general subscription. This allows you to park in all public car parks in the city centre of Almere Stad.

Employee permit city centre Almere Buiten

For employees in the city centre zone of Almere Buiten it is also possible to apply for an employee permit. This allows you to park on the road at the Miamistraat and along the north side of the Torontoweg.

Check the parking fees

Apply for subscription or permit

As a business, you can apply for a subscription or permit online.

Keep the following data / documents at hand when you apply:

Documents required for entrepreneurs

• (A copy of) an extract from the Chamber of Commerce.
• (A copy of) the original registration certificate of the motor vehicle, part IB.
• A valid proof of identity (driving licence, ID or passport) of the applicant.
• In case of a lease car:
  • A lease agreement in the name of the applicant.
  • A lease agreement in the name of the company and an employment agreement and an employer’s statement from which it becomes apparent that the car has, in terms of its use, exclusively been made available to the applicant.
• If the motor vehicle is not registered in your name then you require a driver’s statement in which the party in whose name the motor vehicle is registered authorises you to use the vehicle.

Documents required for employees

• An employer’s statement.
• In case of a lease car:
  • A lease agreement in the name of the applicant.
  • A lease agreement in the name of the company and an employment agreement and an employer’s statement from which it becomes apparent that the car has, in terms of its use, exclusively been made available to the applicant.
• If the motor vehicle is not registered in your name then you require a driver’s statement in which the party in whose name the motor vehicle is registered authorises you to use the vehicle.

You can also apply for the permit or the subscription at the service counter at the Parking Service. Do not forget to bring along the aforementioned documents and your DigiD code.

To help meet employees with irregular working hours, there is also a value card available. This allows you to park economically at the car parks in the paid parking zones of Almere Stad or Almere Buiten.

Order value card online

You can also pick up the value card at the service counter of the Parking Service. The value card costs €5.00 at purchase.

Topping up the balance

After purchase, you can top up the value card by an amount of your choice at every ticket dispenser in a car park. When leaving the car park or the outdoor car park, the exit terminal deducts the payable amount from the balance. When the card is empty, you simply top it up again at a ticket dispenser in a municipal car park.

Check the parking fees.

It is possible to apply for a health care licence in order to provide care and support in paid parking spaces. Health care licences can only be applied for by umbrella organisations; applications from individual employees will be ignored. This licence can be applied for by social workers with an ambulatory function who carry out work in the field of care in people's homes. The health care licence can only be granted if a motor vehicle is used to carry out health care services.

The licence is only valid in the area designated on the licence. For the costs, look at the parking fees.

Discount cards

As an entrepeneur, you can make it even more easy and attractive for your customers and visitors to visit you in Almere Stad with the use of discount cards and exit cards for car parks.

As an entrepeneur, you can give your customers a discount card that they can place in their car at any of the car parks in the centre of Amere Stad or Almere Buiten. For example, when they buy something from you. With the discount card, they can park for free for a certain amount of time. You determine the free parking duration that is charged on your card.

• Minimum order of 50 pieces.
• Discount when buying larger volumes.
• Invoicing is monthly in arrears.
• You only pay for the parking time used, up to a maximum of the discount amount.
• Unused cards will not be taken back.

Are you interested in offering discount cards to your customers? Then contact the Parking Service.

Loading and unloading exemption

If you demonstrably cannot make any use of the official loading and unloading bays, then it is possible to use public space (pedestrian area) by exception. You will need a RVV-ontheffing for this. For the paid parking space, you can apply for this with the application form RVV-ontheffing (in Dutch).

The city centre of Almere Stad is closed with dynamic bollards. You need a card to enter this area with a car. Residents who live here and businesses that are established in this area qualify for a card.

The pass can be picked up at the service counter of the Parking Service. 

What do you need for a card?

• Residents: demonstrate that you live in the area with a tenancy or sale and purchase agreement or an extract from the BRP (basisregistratie personen) and a valid proof of identity.
• Businesses: an extract from the Chamber of Commerce that is not older than 3 months and a valid proof of identity of the contact person of the business.