Thrifty Rent-A-Car System
The total investment to open a Thrifty Rent-A-Car System franchise ranges from $564,300 to $12.5M. The initial franchise fee is $25,000. Ongoing royalties are 8%.
What is the Thrifty Rent-A-Car System franchise?
Thrifty Rent-A-Car System rents passenger cars to people who need temporary transportation. Estimated total initial investment is $564,300 to $12,539,000, and the initial franchise fee is $25,000.
The royalty is 8 percent. The franchise agreement runs for 5 years.
The company is headquartered in Estero, FL, and was founded in 1958.
Loan Activity Score
28/100
SBA Default Rate
16.7%
Active Lenders
26
According to its Franchise Disclosure Document or public business records, Thrifty Rent-A-Car System has 32 locations, all owned by franchisees. Public SBA loan records show 26 lenders made 36 loans to franchisees of Thrifty Rent-A-Car System. PeerSense calculates Thrifty Rent-A-Car System's score as 28 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 1958 · 32 locations
$564,300 to $12.5M
$25,000
32
32 franchised
Proprietary PeerSense metric
LimitedDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Thrifty Rent-A-Car System
36
Total SBA loans
$385K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Thrifty Rent-A-Car System
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
Established (25 to 99 loans)
Are lenders increasingly or decreasingly funding this brand? Growing trends score highest.
Blended default rate (recent + all time) compared to NAICS sector peers.
Quality lenders actively backing this brand, with penalty for lender pullback.
FDD availability, Item 19 disclosure, and overall data completeness.
Geographic spread of SBA funded locations across states.
SBA Lending Performance
SBA Default Rate
16.7%
vs 10.8% peer avg
SBA Loans
36
Total Volume
$13.9M
Active Lenders
26
States
21
vs. SBA Sector Average
SBA loan default rate vs. all franchises in the same NAICS sector, not limited to direct competitors
Key Highlights
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Data Insights
Key performance metrics for Thrifty Rent-A-Car System based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
16.7%
5.9% above peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
36 loans
Across 26 lenders
Lender Diversity
26 lenders
Avg 1.4 loans per lender
Investment Tier
Premium investment
$564,300 to $12,539,000 total
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$5,842
Principal & Interest only
Indicative only, as of October 1, 2026. Not a quote, commitment or offer of credit. Final pricing, leverage and terms are determined by the lender at underwriting, after full transaction materials are reviewed. PeerSense sources the file. The lender sets pricing. What these terms mean.
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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
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- Edward L. Freeman founded PeerSense in January 2020.
- He is a Registered Franchise Consultant with Business Alliance, Inc., a credential issued in March 2022, and worked as a franchise consultant there from March 2022 to May 2023.
- His recorded experience includes a $22 million SBA construction loan, with about $16 million funded on the deal.
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