Abstract: The parked vehicle location system, comprising guiding means (2) distributed in the parking lot; positioning means (4) distributed along the guiding means (2); at least one license plate capturing device (3), comprising traction means for travelling along at least one section (2?,2?) of the guiding means (2); image capturing means (40) for obtaining the license plate of vehicles parked in the parking lot; means for reading (37) the positioning means (4), to determine its position; data transmission means (38) for sending information related to the license plates captured and the position where each license plate was captured to a control unit (5); the control unit (5) with data processing means (52) for obtaining from the information received the license plates of the vehicles parked in the parking lot and the parking space associated with each license plate.