The invention relates to a ferris-wheel type parking device and belongs to the technical field of automobile parking devices. The device comprises a support frame, a large gear, planetary gears, a first control unit, a second control unit and compartments; the large gear is installed on the support frame in a rotary-type mode, and the multiple planetary gears which are evenly arranged in the circumferential direction are arranged at one side of the large gear and rotatably installed on the large gear; the number of the compartments is the same as that of the planetary gears, and each planetary gear is in rigid connection with the corresponding compartment; a central gear is located in the center of the large gear, the central gear and the planetary gears are located on the same side of the large gear, and the central gear is meshed with each planetary gear. The ferris-wheel type parking device is small in occupied area, convenient in parking, easy to maintain, low in cost, convenient to popularize, capable of achieving parking and automobile picking efficiently, safe and reliable.