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Top 25 Car rental agencies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 207 car rental agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,806 professional contacts across them, including 726 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers car rental agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest car rental agencies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2,261 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We don’t just rent cars.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 555 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Northgate Vehicle Hire is the award-winning leading B2B light commercial vehicle rental and mobility solutions provider in the UK & Ireland, trusted by more than businesses across…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 491 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Thrifty Car & Van Rental UK has come a long way since its inception over 40 years ago.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 220 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our core business is the hire of light commercial vehicles to other businesses on flexible length contracts, which gives customers the flexibility to manage their vehicle fleet…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 165 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Rentalcars, we’re on a mission to help people discover and do more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 135 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Switch is a new vehicle rental brand from Scot Group Ltd which operates the Thrifty Car and Van Rental network throughout the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 129 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Green Motion leads the global market in eco-friendly car rentals, committed to reducing CO2 emissions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “AMT Auto offers complete vehicle solutions for everyone and offers market-leading vehicle rental, leasing, buying, selling, and insurance services to businesses and individuals.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “West Wallasey Fleet Hire Services is a leading provider of flexible vehicle rental solutions to businesses of all sizes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are a privately owned and family run vehicle company with an impressive record of growth.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “VMS Vehicle Hire is a forward-thinking vehicle rental company with sites across the UK, experienced staff and competitive all-inclusive rates.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 24 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Flexible Autos is the UK's largest trade only car rental broker.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 23 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At PSD Vehicle Rental, we’ve been keeping businesses and people moving since 1978.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 19 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Zest Car Rental, formerly Economy Car Hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 18 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “MC Rental is a nationwide vehicle rental business with a diverse fleet of around vehicles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 15 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Assured Vehicle Rental With over 20 years of experience in the car rental industry, we are proud to be a family-run business dedicated to providing exceptional service and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in 2010, VIP Cars is a trusted international car rental booking platform, helping travelers and businesses access seamless, affordable, and flexible mobility solutions…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 13 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “LCVR (Local Car & Van Rental) are a vehicle leasing company specializing in the supply of cars and vans to local and national businesses who offer short-term (typically 6 to 12…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “EXCELLENT CUSTOMER SERVICE EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY EXPERTISE IN OUR FIELD These are the key principles that Beerhouse Self Drive Hire has built its exemplary and growing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 12 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Avis Prestige Car Rental offers a wide range of luxury cars to hire including Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover Range Rover, Mercedes, Porsche and Volkswagen all chosen for their…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Euro Self Drive is a well-established, family run business that’s been trading in East Sussex for nearly 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “QDrive Performance stands as the epitome of luxury and high-performance car rental services in the United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 11 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With over 40 years of rental and leasing expertise behind us, Liquid Fleet is an FN50 ranked company that offers a refreshing customer-focused approach to supplying the short-term…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 9 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Abacus provides Cars, Vans, Trucks, Minibuses, MPV's & Motorhomes for hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: car rental agencies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names car rental agencies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of car rental agencies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name car rental agencies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Car rental agencies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 207 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among car rental agencies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “car rental agencies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names car rental agencies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among car rental agencies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 726 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names car rental agencies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many car rental agencies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 207 car rental agencies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Avis Budget Group International, headquartered in Bracknell, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most car rental agencies?
London leads with 19 headquartered companies, followed by Darlington (5) and Carlisle (4).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 726 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 207 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.