called standard parking corporation type public company traded as nasdaq sp industry parking predecessor airport parking company of america apcoa standard parking companies founded 1929 standard 1947 apcoa headquarters aon center chicago illinois united states number of employees 26 000 website www.spplus.com sp plus corporation is an american provider of parking facility management services . it manages parking facilities with more than one million parking spaces across the united states and canada . until december 2013 it was known as standard parking corporation . the company employs more than 26 000 people to manage 4 200 parking facility locations as well as parking and shuttle bus operations at 75 airports . 1 contents 1 company history 2 brand identity change 3 see also 4 references 5 external links company history edit standard parking began in 1929 in chicago illinois where it was operated as a family owned and controlled business . the business operated under the corporate name of standard parking corporation from 1981 until 1995 at which time it was reconstituted as a limited partnership named standard parking l.p. march 1998 standard parking merged with apcoa inc. forming apcoa standard parking inc. in april 2003 apcoa standard parking inc. changed its corporate name to standard parking corporation . 1 in june 2004 standard parking completed its initial public offering listing on the nasdaq under the symbol stan and raising 54 million in gross proceeds from the offering . in july 2009 standard parking acquired the assets of gameday management group which plans the operation of transportation and parking systems primarily for major stadium and sporting events and whose click and park service offers traffic demand management and pre paid parking services . 1 in october 2012 standard parking completed the acquisition of central parking 2 effectively doubling the size of the company . 3 brand identity change edit in december 2013 the company rebranded to sp plus corporation 4 and changed its nasdaq ticker symbol to sp . sp plus corporation nasdaq sp 5 is a provider of parking ground transportation facility maintenance event logistics and security services . see also edit apcoa parking references edit company news ; apcoa and standard parking plan merger new york times 1998 . 10 floors for parking planned on top of a chicago church new york times 1990 . ipo watch the cost of going public . red herring 2004 . standard parking to merge with apcoa . funding universe company history holberg industries inc. cost of downtown parking skyrocketing . chicago sun times 2008 . parking heaven time magazine 2002 sweet spot won t last ; standard parking s shares are on a tear but stock s ascent may begin to idle 2006 standard parking 2009 annual report 2010 a b c standard parking corporation completes merger with central parking corporation standard parking buys central parking for 135m in cash stock standard parking merger with central parking standard parking corporation unveils new brand identity sp plus corporation stock quote external links edit sp plus company website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sp plus corporation & oldid 736807003 categories private equity portfolio companiesparking companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 23 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view