national go like a pro type subsidiary industry rental car founded august 27 1947 ; 69 years ago 1947 08 27 headquarters clayton missouri u.s. parent enterprise holdings inc. website www.nationalcar.com airport counter at yxe 2008 ford e 450 from national car rental . national car rental is a rental car agency based in clayton missouri . national is owned by enterprise holdings along with other agencies including enterprise rent a car and alamo rent a car . national was founded by 24 independent rental car agents on august 27 1947 . it had grown from 60 locations in the united states in 1947 to over 2000 locations internationally as of 2005 update . in 1987 paine webber a historical american brokerage firm gained majority ownership of national . 1 in 1995 national was owned by an investment group containing william lobeck of tulsa alvin swanner of new orleans and archer mcwhorter of houston . 2 lobeck was a former president of chrysler s car rental unit and a former owner of thrifty rent a car a competitor of national . it was later sold in 1995 at an estimated price of 1 billion . 2 in 1996 national acquired the canadian fleet and operations of tilden rent a car . in 1996 national was acquired by republic industries later renamed autonation . 3 autonation spun off its car rental properties as anc rental in 2000 . 4 anc filed for bankruptcy a year later ; its properties were sold to vanguard automotive group controlled by cerberus capital management in 2003 . 5 on august 1 2007 enterprise rent a car assumed control of vanguard automotive group . 6 references edit deutsch claudia h. 1987 10 11 . at car rental companies the owners come and go . the new york times . retrieved 2016 09 11 . a b bryant adam 1995 04 05 . g.m. agrees to sell car rental unit . the new york times . retrieved 2016 09 11 . bagli charles v. 1996 11 08 . in alamo deal republic puts more money on used cars . the new york times . retrieved 2016 08 24 . car rental spinoff by autonation is set . the new york times . 2000 05 31 . retrieved 2016 09 11 . stieghorst tom 2003 08 07 . judge approves sale of anc assets . sun sentinel . retrieved 2016 08 24 . thomas jr. landon 2007 03 31 . enterprise rent a car buys vanguard a rival . the new york times . retrieved 2012 09 02 . external links edit national car rental official web site v t e vehicle rental brands car rental ace rent a car advantage rent a car alamo rent a car auto europe avis rent a car budget rent a car carzonrent citer dollar rent a car enterprise rent a car europcar firefly hertz kemwel localiza national car rental payless car rental redspot car rentals rent a wreck sixt thrifty car rental taxiforsure meru cabs carsharing autolib autoshare buffalo carshare cambio carsharing car next door car2go city car club city carshare cityhop communauto vrtucar community carshare drivenow enjoy enterprise carshare evo car share flexicar flinkster getaround go op gocar goget greenwheels hertz 24 7 justshareit mobility carsharing modo momo car sharing mylescar reachnow rideshare delaware stadtmobil turo uhaul car share yourdrive zipcar zoom recreational vehicles bunk campers canadream cruise america wicked campers truck rental budget truck rental enterprise rent a truck hertz moving truck rental northgate penske truck rental ryder u haul united rentals defunct flexcar i go phillycarshare streetcar tilden rent a car whizzgo retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title national car rental & oldid 740549707 categories companies based in st. louis county missouriprivate equity portfolio companiesenterprise holdingscar rental companieshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from 2005all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 19 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view