The number of cars on Georgia’s roads continues to grow, increasing pressure on Tbilisi’s already limited parking infrastructure. Data from the Service Agency shows 1.964 million registered vehicles in the country as of late August, an increase of 16,000 in just one month.
While the car fleet has expanded rapidly, the capital’s parking supply has gone in the opposite direction. Tbilisi now has 28,516 parking spaces, down by 958 compared to 2021 when 29,474 spots were available. Today zonal and non-zonal areas make up an almost equal share.
Vice Mayor Giorgi Tkemaladze talked to BM.GE and stated that the municipality’s parking policy depends on closer cooperation with the private sector. He noted that new construction permits strictly define the number of spaces developers must provide, often exceeding residential needs to include commercial parking.
The city also plans to expand the zonal-hourly parking system which the Vice Mayor described as an ‘unalternative direction’ for managing demand.
Meanwhile, enforcement has become a growing revenue stream. Parking fines in Tbilisi reached over GEL 7.5 million in the first half of 2025, nearly triple the figure recorded five years ago.
Parking fines issued, January–July:
- 2021 – GEL 2,135,828
- 2022 – GEL 2,294,965
- 2023 – GEL 9,371,318
- 2024 – GEL 10,209,374
- 2025 – GEL 7,588,940
