History of AVIS Slovakia
More than 70 years of experience and innovation in car rental
Since 1946, when former military pilot Warren Avis founded the first rental car company at Willow Run Airport near Detroit, the AVIS brand has become a symbol of quality, reliability and a modern approach to mobility. Today, it operates in more than 172 countries and offers more than 500,000 vehicles in all categories.
🇸🇰 Slovak story AVIS Slovakia
1996 - The beginnings of courage and vision
AVIS Slovakia was founded with the aim of bringing world-class car rental services to the Slovak market. In the beginning we operated as a small local rental company with 45 vehicles. Three years later we became the largest car rental company in Slovakia.
2000 - 2006 - Growth and expansion
Building branches, establishing AVIS Lease and AVIS Van Rental. In 2006, we exceeded 5,000 rentals per year and gained the status of a leader in the region.
2010 - 2019 - Digitalization, expansion, awards
Under the United Group brand, we built a vertical service structure, expanded our offering to 22 car categories, introduced AVIS Maxirent and AVIS Prestige, and won the Superbrands award 7 times. The number of rentals exceeded 15,000 per year and the fleet 1,500 cars.
2020 - 2023 - Pandemic, transformation and ecology
In the Covid-19 period, we focused on digitalisation and sustainability. From 2021, all processes are "paperless".
In 2023, we achieved 97% customer satisfaction, introduced the Rent & Buy programme and implemented COâ‚‚ tracking in customer calculations presented publicly on our websites.
2024 - Expansion of representation and regional expansion
The year 2024 was marked by increasing mobility in Eastern Slovakia.
AVIS Car Rental Slovakia opened a new representative office in Prešov, expanding its network of branches in the east of the country.
Both passenger and commercial vehicles up to 3.5 t are available to customers, including modern vans for corporate partners.
The new branch in Prešov has strengthened regional coverage and brought the AVIS standard to a wider range of customers, including small and medium-sized enterprises.
AVIS has thus confirmed its position as the longest operating car rental company in Slovakia with the largest fleet of vehicles.
2025 - A new era of mobile service and comprehensive availability
In 2025, AVIS continued its dynamic development and opened another representative office in Košice and at Košice Airport.
This brings the total number of offices in Slovakia to 8:
- Bratislava - 3×
- Senica - 1x
- Partizánske - 1×
- Prešov - 1×
- Košice - 2×
With this move, AVIS has strengthened its national presence and gained a strategic location at all key transport hubs in the country.
The company serves more than 20,000 customers annually, ranging from short-term rentals to long-term operating leases for companies and tradesmen.
