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Boortmeerbeek (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈboːrtmeːrˌbeːk] ⓘ) is a town in the Belgian province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the towns of Boortmeerbeek proper, Schiplaken and Hever. The total area is 18.64 km 2 which gives a population density of 620 inhabitants per km 2. town hall
Avis Budget Group, Inc. is an 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]
Global Video plc was a chain of British video rental stores that ceased trading in 2006. [2] The chain's founder, Maq Rasul, was ranked among Scotland’s Richest Asians in a 2005 survey published by Sunrise Radio. His business had a number of rivals such as Blockbuster Video, Tesco DVD and LoveFilm. [3]
Herc Rentals is an equipment rental company, owned by Herc Holdings. It was formerly a subsidiary of The Hertz Corporation before being spun-off as a separate company in 2016. The company provides rentals of heavy equipment , [ 3 ] tools, power generators and pumps, [ 4 ] as well as sales of used equipment.
Equipment rental was first developed in Anglo-Saxon countries. It emerged in the UK after the First World War and has now become a multi-billion euro business providing a wide range of construction and industrial equipment for customers globally.The American Rental Association was founded as early as 1955, [1] and the first waves of consolidation took place in the 1970s in North America ...
United Rentals, Inc. is an American equipment rental company, with about 16 percent of the North American market share as of 2022. [5] It owns the largest rental fleet in the world with approximately 4,700 classes of equipment totaling about $19.3 billion in original equipment cost (OEC) as of 2022. [3]
Hertz Global Holdings, originally known as Rent-a-Car Inc., was founded by Chicago, Illinois native Walter L. Jacobs in 1918. [9] This small car rental operation began with a dozen Model T Ford cars. [10] [11] Within five years, Jacobs' fleet expanded to 600 vehicles—generating annual revenues of approximately US$1 million. [11]
An early competitor to Saunders was Walter L. Jacobs, whose Chicago-based Rent-a-Car opened in 1918 with twelve Ford Model T's. [4] The company was bought in 1923 by John Hertz. In Britain, car rental started with Godfrey Davis, established in 1920, and bought by Europcar in 1981. [5]