Who owns Budget?
Budget is owned by Avis Budget (the United States, NASDAQ: CAR).[1]
Evidence: Avis Budget Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Avis Budget Group, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Parsippany
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Travel & transport › Car rental
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: CAR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Budget
Budget is one of the three most recognised brands of Avis Budget Group. The 2025 annual report says the group's truck rental activity, under the Budget Truck name, sits inside its Budget revenue, serving commercial customers and consumers who rent trucks to move household goods.
What Avis Budget's annual report says about Budget
Sentences about Budget from Avis Budget's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Budget brand is a leading provider of the best value-for-money, quality rental car experience.
How often Avis Budget names Budget in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Budget
- Current owner Avis Budget [1] verified
Where Budget sits in Avis Budget
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Avis Budget
Avis Budget controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in travel & transport.
Also in travel & transport
Other brands in car rental, and who owns them
Avis Budget has more brands in car rental on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 27.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dollar | Hertz Global | 🇺🇸 United States |
| El Monte RV | thl | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Arval | Arval | 🇫🇷 France |
| ASSA Rent | ASSA | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Ayvens | Ayvens | 🇫🇷 France |
| Alphabet | BMW Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Europcar | Europcar Mobility Group | 🇫🇷 France |
| GreenMobility | GreenMobility | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
About the owner: Avis Budget
Avis Budget is a publicly listed company headquartered in Parsippany, United States. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: CAR.
Avis Budget Group is a vehicle rental and car sharing company whose 2025 annual report gives its principal executive offices as 379 Interpace Parkway, Parsippany, New Jersey. It describes itself as a global mobility provider with three main brands, Avis, Budget and Zipcar, and says it and its licensees operate in about 180 countries. The report also lists Payless, Apex, Maggiore and other regional brands in its portfolio.
🇺🇸 Budget and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Budget is not one of them.
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- Alaska Airlines — Alaska Air Group 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Budget?
The parent company of Budget is Avis Budget, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Budget American?
Yes. Budget originated in the United States and its owner, Avis Budget, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Budget still owned by Avis Budget?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Budget is still owned by Avis Budget. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Avis Budget Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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