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Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (formerly The Hertz Corporation), known as Hertz, is an American car rental company based in Estero, Florida. The company operates its namesake Hertz brand, along with the brands Dollar Rent A Car , Firefly Car Rental and Thrifty Car Rental .
2006 – 85,000 cars and 407 US corporate locations [13] [14] 2009 – 106,245 cars and 600 US locations [15] 2012 – A fleet of 122,000 cars in 470 US locations [16] The Hertz Corporation announced the company would purchase of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group for US$2.3 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) on November 19, 2012. [17]
The company was founded in 1965 as a subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation. [9] It was originally named Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC). It was the second largest equipment rental company as of 1994. [10] Ford Motor Company considered acquiring HERC in 2002 but opted not to. [11]
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Hertz Car Sales is a division of The Hertz Corporation that sells vehicles that were previously used in the Hertz car rental fleet. [2] Hertz Car Sales is based out of The Hertz Corporation's headquarters in Estero, Florida . [ 3 ]
The company was founded in 1946 with three cars at Willow Run Airport, [10] Ypsilanti, Michigan, by Warren Avis (August 4, 1915 – April 24, 2007). [8] It established branch operations across the United States over the next few years, becoming the second largest car rental company in the country by 1953.