Brisbane business groups have warned inner-city parking problems have reached a point of crisis, and much more needs to be done to stave off deepening revenue losses.

The comments come amid a push by the Brisbane City Council to amend parking laws, and extend parking permits for residents, business owners, carers and other groups.

But many retailers said that was not a complete solution to the significant parking problems plaguing the inner-city.

West End Traders Association president Brett Nolan said a distinct lack of parking had slashed the revenue of many local businesses by about 30 per cent.

"I know some of our members struggle — they have weeks where they're struggling to get $100 a day through their tills," Mr Nolan said.

Mr Nolan says many do not feel like they are getting much support from council. ( ABC News: Tim Swanston )

"Some of the businesses are having to do deliveries themselves in order to keep up a cash flow because they can no longer rely on customers coming to them.

"When our customers ring up and they ask if there's any parking available, we tell them there's street parking but it's extremely unlikely they'll get one.

"It's really sucking the life out of the local business."

The West End Traders Association is circulating a questionnaire among local businesses to identify parking problems in a bid to resuscitate many local operators.

"As a group we're not after any special treatment — we've lost a lot of car parks recently through things like City Cycle [bicycle hire] that we're still feeling the effects from," Mr Nolan said.

"We don't feel like we get much support from council — there's a lack of consultation for something that affects us so directly and our councillors do know that is an ongoing concern for us."

Karen Harley (right) has operated a business in Given Terrace for more than 20 years. ( ABC News: Tim Swanston )

Across the river, Paddington retailers said Lang Park game day restrictions, which limit parking to 15 minutes in the area unless otherwise signed, have created a culture of Brisbane residents barely bothering to attempt parking in the suburb.

Karen Harley has operated a business along the inner-north strip at Given Terrace for more than 20 years and said on game days especially, their profits could be non-existent.

Ms Harley said parking issues played a role in why the inner-north was no longer comparable to famous heritage shopping areas interstate and overseas.

"We're trying to do this ourselves but somebody should be taking control of that and realising that this beautiful area is not what it was and get behind it," Ms Harley said.

"To own your own business these days you've got to be a jack-of-all-trades — you've got to do it all. No-one is going to do it for you.

"It's not like the landlord's going to put up their hand and say 'you can use my carparks'."