The US Car Rental Market Outlook to 2015 - Evolving Travelers' Profile  Author:Bharat Book Website:http://www.bharatbook.com Added: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:22:33 -0500
Category: Automotive
The report titled “The US Car Rental Market Outlook to 2015 – Evolving
Travelers’ Profile” provides a comprehensive analysis on various aspects of car
rental industry such as market size of overall car rental industry, on-airport
and off-airport segment, online car rental segment on the basis of revenue and
cars in services, market segmentation, competitive landscape of the major
players operating in the country. The report also entails the SWOT analysis of
major car rental players in the US.
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The future projections are presented along with the cause and effect
relationship between the market and several industry and macro-economic
indicators providing an insight on the prospects in the US car rental market. industry analysis reports
The car rental market in the US is a mature market which was valued at USD ~
million with ~ million cars in service in 2010. The market has consolidated over
the period with a wave of several mergers and acquisitions which has
strengthened the position of few players and has created complexities for the
new entrants due to high initial costs and reduced economies of scale. The US
car rental market is predominantly dependent on the behavior of the travelers.
Total visitors using car rental services has risen from ~ thousand in 2005 to ~
thousand in 2010 propelling the growth of the US car rental market.
The US car rental industry generates a major share of its revenue from the
on-airport segment of the market. The on-airport market in 2010 has showcased
signs of recovery with the rise in air travel leading to an increase in the
market share to ~% and market size of USD ~ million. On the other hand,
off-airport market segment which constituted rest ~% of the total US car rental
market revenue in 2010 has witnessed an incline in the market share as compared
to ~% in 2005.
The visitors using car rental services in the US has showcased diverse
characteristics over the period. The car rental services are usually easily
available to all the types of visitors including business, leisure, domestic and
overseas in the US, through several companies owned stores or franchise of
several car rental agencies across the country. The concept of online booking
has been rapidly changing the course of the business of the US car rental
industry. This concept of e-booking or online booking of rental cars have
provided the travelers an advantage to plan and book their cars in much quicker
and easier way. In 2010, the online car rental users have increased to ~ million
from ~ million users in 2005 underscoring the gaining popularity of online
medium for car rental reservations.
The US car rental industry has been predominantly held by 4 major players such
as Enterprise-Rent-A-Car, Hertz Global Holdings, Avis Budget Group and Dollar
Thrifty Automotive Group. These major players share approximately ~% of the
total US car rental market revenue. Enterprise Rent-A-Car with revenue of USD ~
million in 2010 has dominated the market for rental cars in the US with the
share of ~%.
The US car rental market in the long run is expected to be more efficient with
players moving towards the car sharing market in the densely populated areas
such as Washington DC, New York and others. Additionally, opaque and online car
rental segment will gain momentum with several leisure travelers switching to
online reservations for relatively cheap rentals. The reduced fleet size and
efficient yield management policy adapted by the players will also certainly
change the course of the operations of the US car rental industry in the long
run. It is expected that the market will grow at a CAGR of 5.25% in the next 5
years and will reach USD ~ million by 2015.
Key Topics Covered in the Report:
• The market size of the US car rental industry and its segments including
on-airport, off-airport, domestic and overseas car rental travelers,
online/opaque car rental market on the basis of revenue, users and cars in
services
• Market segmentation of the US car rental industry and its segments
• Recent trends and developments in the industry
• Competitive landscape/ market share of the various players operating in the
country in off-airport, on-airport and total car rental market
• Future outlook and projections along with the cause and effect relationship
between the market and industry factors on the US car rental industry
• Company profiles of major car rental agencies including company overview,
business strategies, financial and operating performance and SWOT analysis
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