Avis Budget Group

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Avis Budget Group, Inc.
Company type Public
Industry
Predecessor Cendant
Founded2006;18 years ago (2006)
Founders
Headquarters,
United States
Number of locations
11,000 (2019)
Areas served
Worldwide
Key people
Services Car and truck rentals
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$12.1 billion (2023)
Increase2.svgUS$2.6 billion (2023)
Increase2.svgUS$1.6 billion (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svgUS$27.4 billion (2023)
Total equity Decrease2.svgUS$349 million (2023)
Number of employees
21,000 (2023)
Subsidiaries
Website avisbudgetgroup.com
Footnotes /references
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Avis Budget Group, Inc. is American car rental agency holding company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. It is the parent company of several brands including Avis Car Rental, [3] Budget Rent a Car, [4] Budget Truck Rental, Payless Car Rental and Zipcar. [5]

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The company also operates several smaller, regional brands including ACL Hire, Apex Car Rentals, [6] AmicoBlu, France Cars, Maggiore Group, [7] MoriniRent, TurisCar and TurisPrime. [5]

It is one of the three big rental car holding companies in the United States. In 2021 it held a 26% market share, placing it behind both the Hertz Global Holdings and Enterprise Holdings. [8]

History

Following the decision to dissolve the Cendant company name and split into four separate companies, the vehicle rental division of Cendant became Avis Budget Group in 2006. [9]

In 2011, Avis Budget Group acquired Avis Europe, an independently owned company licensee, globally reuniting the Avis and Budget brands. [10]

On September 5, 2012, Avis Budget Group acquired Apex Car Rentals of New Zealand. [11]

On March 14, 2013, Avis Budget Group purchased carsharing company Zipcar for about US$500 million in cash. [12] [13]

On April 9, 2015, Avis Budget Group announced it had completed the acquisition of Maggiore Group, Italy's fourth-largest vehicle rental company. [14]

The company's stock value rose dramatically due to increase demand for car rentals during the COVID-19 pandemic [15] and it became a meme stock in November 2021, with shares at one point doubling in a single day. [16] Despite rising revenues, the value of the stock began to decline in 2024 due to rising federal interest rates and declining values for used cars. [17]

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