Company Profile

Rental Cars

Ratings, trust signals, and market context in one profile

This company has a strong quality profile and currently looks resilient in both trust and demand signals.

Rental Cars is ranked #2 and sits at the 97th percentile in the current market snapshot.

Current traffic is 3.2M, with month-over-month momentum at +10.3%.

Reliability Index is 67.1, while aggregated rating is 2.03.

Operational coverage includes 16 suppliers and 41 languages.

Visit Rental CarsReview footprint and archive trend
Reliability Index
67.1
Reliability vs market: +35.7
Market Rank
#2
Percentile
97%
Review volume
182K
4/4 review sources
Rating
2.03/5
Trustpilot
Data freshness
March 2026
Last updated: March 2026
Outlook:
Signals point to healthy momentum; the priority is to protect consistency while scaling.
Awards & embed

Awards and achivments

Current ranking awards and milestone badges based on customer reviews, review volume, supplier network, language coverage, popularity, and Reliability Index.

Current awards: 8
Rental Cars Winner in Language Coverage

Winner in Language Coverage

Awarded for placing #1 out of 35 companies in Language Coverage. Current value: 41.

Rental Cars Top 3 in Reliability Index

Top 3 in Reliability Index

Awarded for placing #2 out of 35 companies in Reliability Index. Current value: 67.1.

Rental Cars Top 3 in Popularity

Top 3 in Popularity

Awarded for placing #2 out of 35 companies in Popularity. Current value: 3.2M.

Rental Cars Top 3 in Review Volume

Top 3 in Review Volume

Awarded for placing #3 out of 35 companies in Review Volume. Current value: 182K.

Rental Cars Milestone: 60+ Reliability Index

Milestone: 60+ Reliability Index

Awarded for clearing the 60+ milestone in Reliability Index. Current value: 67.1.

Rental Cars Milestone: 1M+ Popularity

Milestone: 1M+ Popularity

Awarded for clearing the 1M+ milestone in Popularity. Current value: 3.2M.

Rental Cars Milestone: 100K+ Review Volume

Milestone: 100K+ Review Volume

Awarded for clearing the 100K+ milestone in Review Volume. Current value: 182K.

Rental Cars Milestone: 30+ Language Coverage

Milestone: 30+ Language Coverage

Awarded for clearing the 30+ milestone in Language Coverage. Current value: 41.

About Rental Cars

Rentalcars.com is one of the world's largest online car rental brokers, operating as part of Booking Holdings — the same group that owns Booking.com, Priceline, and Kayak. Originally launched as TravelJigsaw in 2004 and later rebranded, Rentalcars.com offers vehicle bookings across more than 160 countries in over 40 languages. Due to its parent company's scale, the platform benefits from significant brand recognition and marketing reach, though customer reviews on third-party sites have been mixed.

Primary domain
rentalcars.com
Data confidence
Confidence score: 77
High confidence
Suppliers
16
Languages
41
Active domains
rentalcars.com
Data freshness
Reviews updatedMarch 2026
Traffic updatedMarch 2026
Ranking updatedMarch 2026
Attributes updatedMarch 2026

Signal narrative

A plain-language read of strengths, risks, and what deserves attention next.

Current strengths

Trust advantage
Reliability sits +35.7 versus market average.
Demand momentum
Latest traffic momentum is +10.3% month over month.

Current risks

Coverage gap
Coverage is below market on suppliers (0) or languages (+29).
Review intelligence

Review footprint and archive trend

Current cross-platform snapshot, industry context, and a Trustpilot time series built from Wayback snapshots plus the latest available Trustpilot month.

Rating
2.03
Review volume
182K
Review spread
2.90
Dominant source
Trustpilot

Current review platform mix

Bars show each platform's share of current review volume, so you can see where the rating story is concentrated.

4 review sources
Trustpilot1.70View profile
155,676 reviews · 86%
Google Reviews3.50View profile
1,464 reviews · 1%
Reviews.io1.13View profile
385 reviews · 0%
Review Centre4.03View profile
24,401 reviews · 13%

Industry position

Compare current aggregated rating and review volume against the market average.

Rating
Gap vs market: -1.88
Company2.03
Market average3.91
Review volume
Gap vs market: +257%
Company182K
Market average51K
Company percentile
3%
Review volume percentile
94%

Trustpilot archive trend

Wayback snapshots aggregated across all company domains, with estimated monthly points between captures and the latest current Trustpilot month merged in when available.

ObservedEstimated
Observed coverage
28 / 170
16%
Data points
28Observed
142 Estimated
Latest observed month
March 2026
February 2012 - March 2026
Trustpilot rating over time
February 2012 - March 2026
1.70
4.393.402.401.41February 2012 • 4.10 • ObservedMarch 2012 • 4.10 • ObservedApril 2012 • 4.10 • ObservedMay 2012 • 4.08 • EstimatedJune 2012 • 4.07 • EstimatedJuly 2012 • 4.05 • EstimatedAugust 2012 • 4.03 • EstimatedSeptember 2012 • 4.02 • EstimatedOctober 2012 • 4.00 • ObservedNovember 2012 • 4.00 • EstimatedDecember 2012 • 4.00 • EstimatedJanuary 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedFebruary 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedMarch 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedApril 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedMay 2013 • 4.00 • ObservedJune 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedJuly 2013 • 4.00 • EstimatedAugust 2013 • 3.99 • EstimatedSeptember 2013 • 3.99 • EstimatedOctober 2013 • 3.99 • EstimatedNovember 2013 • 3.99 • EstimatedDecember 2013 • 3.99 • ObservedJanuary 2014 • 3.99 • EstimatedFebruary 2014 • 3.98 • EstimatedMarch 2014 • 3.98 • EstimatedApril 2014 • 3.98 • EstimatedMay 2014 • 3.98 • EstimatedJune 2014 • 3.98 • EstimatedJuly 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedAugust 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedSeptember 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedOctober 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedNovember 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedDecember 2014 • 3.97 • EstimatedJanuary 2015 • 3.96 • EstimatedFebruary 2015 • 3.96 • EstimatedMarch 2015 • 3.96 • EstimatedApril 2015 • 3.96 • EstimatedMay 2015 • 3.96 • EstimatedJune 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedJuly 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedAugust 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedSeptember 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedOctober 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedNovember 2015 • 3.95 • EstimatedDecember 2015 • 3.94 • EstimatedJanuary 2016 • 3.94 • EstimatedFebruary 2016 • 3.94 • EstimatedMarch 2016 • 3.94 • EstimatedApril 2016 • 3.94 • EstimatedMay 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedJune 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedJuly 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedAugust 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedSeptember 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedOctober 2016 • 3.93 • EstimatedNovember 2016 • 3.92 • EstimatedDecember 2016 • 3.92 • EstimatedJanuary 2017 • 3.92 • EstimatedFebruary 2017 • 3.92 • EstimatedMarch 2017 • 3.92 • EstimatedApril 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedMay 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedJune 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedJuly 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedAugust 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedSeptember 2017 • 3.91 • EstimatedOctober 2017 • 3.90 • EstimatedNovember 2017 • 3.90 • EstimatedDecember 2017 • 3.90 • ObservedJanuary 2018 • 3.90 • ObservedFebruary 2018 • 3.88 • EstimatedMarch 2018 • 3.86 • EstimatedApril 2018 • 3.84 • EstimatedMay 2018 • 3.82 • EstimatedJune 2018 • 3.80 • EstimatedJuly 2018 • 3.78 • EstimatedAugust 2018 • 3.76 • EstimatedSeptember 2018 • 3.74 • EstimatedOctober 2018 • 3.72 • EstimatedNovember 2018 • 3.70 • ObservedDecember 2018 • 3.67 • EstimatedJanuary 2019 • 3.64 • EstimatedFebruary 2019 • 3.61 • EstimatedMarch 2019 • 3.59 • EstimatedApril 2019 • 3.56 • EstimatedMay 2019 • 3.53 • EstimatedJune 2019 • 3.50 • ObservedJuly 2019 • 3.57 • EstimatedAugust 2019 • 3.63 • EstimatedSeptember 2019 • 3.70 • EstimatedOctober 2019 • 3.77 • EstimatedNovember 2019 • 3.83 • EstimatedDecember 2019 • 3.90 • ObservedJanuary 2020 • 3.93 • EstimatedFebruary 2020 • 3.97 • EstimatedMarch 2020 • 4.00 • ObservedApril 2020 • 4.00 • EstimatedMay 2020 • 4.00 • EstimatedJune 2020 • 4.00 • ObservedJuly 2020 • 4.00 • EstimatedAugust 2020 • 4.00 • EstimatedSeptember 2020 • 4.00 • ObservedOctober 2020 • 3.97 • EstimatedNovember 2020 • 3.93 • EstimatedDecember 2020 • 3.90 • ObservedJanuary 2021 • 3.90 • EstimatedFebruary 2021 • 3.90 • EstimatedMarch 2021 • 3.90 • ObservedApril 2021 • 3.90 • EstimatedMay 2021 • 3.90 • EstimatedJune 2021 • 3.90 • ObservedJuly 2021 • 3.87 • EstimatedAugust 2021 • 3.83 • EstimatedSeptember 2021 • 3.80 • EstimatedOctober 2021 • 3.77 • EstimatedNovember 2021 • 3.73 • EstimatedDecember 2021 • 3.70 • ObservedJanuary 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedFebruary 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedMarch 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedApril 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedMay 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedJune 2022 • 3.70 • EstimatedJuly 2022 • 3.70 • ObservedAugust 2022 • 3.72 • EstimatedSeptember 2022 • 3.73 • EstimatedOctober 2022 • 3.75 • EstimatedNovember 2022 • 3.77 • EstimatedDecember 2022 • 3.78 • EstimatedJanuary 2023 • 3.80 • ObservedFebruary 2023 • 3.75 • EstimatedMarch 2023 • 3.70 • ObservedApril 2023 • 3.64 • EstimatedMay 2023 • 3.57 • EstimatedJune 2023 • 3.51 • EstimatedJuly 2023 • 3.44 • EstimatedAugust 2023 • 3.38 • EstimatedSeptember 2023 • 3.31 • EstimatedOctober 2023 • 3.25 • EstimatedNovember 2023 • 3.18 • EstimatedDecember 2023 • 3.12 • EstimatedJanuary 2024 • 3.05 • EstimatedFebruary 2024 • 2.99 • EstimatedMarch 2024 • 2.92 • EstimatedApril 2024 • 2.86 • EstimatedMay 2024 • 2.79 • EstimatedJune 2024 • 2.73 • EstimatedJuly 2024 • 2.66 • EstimatedAugust 2024 • 2.60 • EstimatedSeptember 2024 • 2.53 • EstimatedOctober 2024 • 2.47 • EstimatedNovember 2024 • 2.40 • ObservedDecember 2024 • 2.37 • EstimatedJanuary 2025 • 2.33 • EstimatedFebruary 2025 • 2.30 • ObservedMarch 2025 • 2.30 • ObservedApril 2025 • 2.20 • ObservedMay 2025 • 2.15 • EstimatedJune 2025 • 2.10 • ObservedJuly 2025 • 2.04 • EstimatedAugust 2025 • 1.98 • EstimatedSeptember 2025 • 1.92 • EstimatedOctober 2025 • 1.86 • EstimatedNovember 2025 • 1.80 • ObservedDecember 2025 • 1.78 • EstimatedJanuary 2026 • 1.75 • EstimatedFebruary 2026 • 1.73 • EstimatedMarch 2026 • 1.70 • ObservedFebruary 2012February 2019March 2026
Trustpilot review count over time
February 2012 - March 2026
156K
174K116K58K0February 2012 • 1,998 • ObservedMarch 2012 • 2,516 • ObservedApril 2012 • 3,307 • ObservedMay 2012 • 4,177 • EstimatedJune 2012 • 5,277 • EstimatedJuly 2012 • 6,666 • EstimatedAugust 2012 • 8,420 • EstimatedSeptember 2012 • 10,635 • EstimatedOctober 2012 • 13,434 • ObservedNovember 2012 • 14,264 • EstimatedDecember 2012 • 15,146 • EstimatedJanuary 2013 • 16,081 • EstimatedFebruary 2013 • 17,075 • EstimatedMarch 2013 • 18,130 • EstimatedApril 2013 • 19,250 • EstimatedMay 2013 • 20,440 • ObservedJune 2013 • 21,027 • EstimatedJuly 2013 • 21,631 • EstimatedAugust 2013 • 22,253 • EstimatedSeptember 2013 • 22,892 • EstimatedOctober 2013 • 23,550 • EstimatedNovember 2013 • 24,227 • EstimatedDecember 2013 • 24,923 • ObservedJanuary 2014 • 25,481 • EstimatedFebruary 2014 • 26,051 • EstimatedMarch 2014 • 26,634 • EstimatedApril 2014 • 27,231 • EstimatedMay 2014 • 27,840 • EstimatedJune 2014 • 28,463 • EstimatedJuly 2014 • 29,101 • EstimatedAugust 2014 • 29,752 • EstimatedSeptember 2014 • 30,418 • EstimatedOctober 2014 • 31,099 • EstimatedNovember 2014 • 31,795 • EstimatedDecember 2014 • 32,507 • EstimatedJanuary 2015 • 33,235 • EstimatedFebruary 2015 • 33,979 • EstimatedMarch 2015 • 34,739 • EstimatedApril 2015 • 35,517 • EstimatedMay 2015 • 36,312 • EstimatedJune 2015 • 37,125 • EstimatedJuly 2015 • 37,956 • EstimatedAugust 2015 • 38,805 • EstimatedSeptember 2015 • 39,674 • EstimatedOctober 2015 • 40,562 • EstimatedNovember 2015 • 41,470 • EstimatedDecember 2015 • 42,398 • EstimatedJanuary 2016 • 43,347 • EstimatedFebruary 2016 • 44,318 • EstimatedMarch 2016 • 45,310 • EstimatedApril 2016 • 46,324 • EstimatedMay 2016 • 47,361 • EstimatedJune 2016 • 48,421 • EstimatedJuly 2016 • 49,505 • EstimatedAugust 2016 • 50,613 • EstimatedSeptember 2016 • 51,746 • EstimatedOctober 2016 • 52,905 • EstimatedNovember 2016 • 54,089 • EstimatedDecember 2016 • 55,300 • EstimatedJanuary 2017 • 56,538 • EstimatedFebruary 2017 • 57,803 • EstimatedMarch 2017 • 59,097 • EstimatedApril 2017 • 60,420 • EstimatedMay 2017 • 61,772 • EstimatedJune 2017 • 63,155 • EstimatedJuly 2017 • 64,569 • EstimatedAugust 2017 • 66,014 • EstimatedSeptember 2017 • 67,492 • EstimatedOctober 2017 • 69,003 • EstimatedNovember 2017 • 70,547 • EstimatedDecember 2017 • 72,127 • ObservedJanuary 2018 • 73,741 • ObservedFebruary 2018 • 75,392 • EstimatedMarch 2018 • 77,080 • EstimatedApril 2018 • 78,805 • EstimatedMay 2018 • 80,569 • EstimatedJune 2018 • 82,372 • EstimatedJuly 2018 • 84,216 • EstimatedAugust 2018 • 86,102 • EstimatedSeptember 2018 • 88,029 • EstimatedOctober 2018 • 89,999 • EstimatedNovember 2018 • 92,014 • ObservedDecember 2018 • 93,049 • EstimatedJanuary 2019 • 94,095 • EstimatedFebruary 2019 • 95,154 • EstimatedMarch 2019 • 96,224 • EstimatedApril 2019 • 97,306 • EstimatedMay 2019 • 98,400 • EstimatedJune 2019 • 99,507 • ObservedJuly 2019 • 101,551 • EstimatedAugust 2019 • 103,637 • EstimatedSeptember 2019 • 105,766 • EstimatedOctober 2019 • 107,938 • EstimatedNovember 2019 • 110,155 • EstimatedDecember 2019 • 112,418 • ObservedJanuary 2020 • 114,993 • EstimatedFebruary 2020 • 117,627 • EstimatedMarch 2020 • 120,322 • ObservedApril 2020 • 120,662 • EstimatedMay 2020 • 121,003 • EstimatedJune 2020 • 121,345 • ObservedJuly 2020 • 122,052 • EstimatedAugust 2020 • 122,762 • EstimatedSeptember 2020 • 123,477 • ObservedOctober 2020 • 123,955 • EstimatedNovember 2020 • 124,434 • EstimatedDecember 2020 • 124,916 • ObservedJanuary 2021 • 125,366 • EstimatedFebruary 2021 • 125,818 • EstimatedMarch 2021 • 126,272 • ObservedApril 2021 • 126,983 • EstimatedMay 2021 • 127,697 • EstimatedJune 2021 • 128,416 • ObservedJuly 2021 • 129,335 • EstimatedAugust 2021 • 130,261 • EstimatedSeptember 2021 • 131,194 • EstimatedOctober 2021 • 132,133 • EstimatedNovember 2021 • 133,079 • EstimatedDecember 2021 • 134,032 • ObservedJanuary 2022 • 135,104 • EstimatedFebruary 2022 • 136,184 • EstimatedMarch 2022 • 137,272 • EstimatedApril 2022 • 138,370 • EstimatedMay 2022 • 139,476 • EstimatedJune 2022 • 140,591 • EstimatedJuly 2022 • 141,715 • ObservedAugust 2022 • 143,230 • EstimatedSeptember 2022 • 144,761 • EstimatedOctober 2022 • 146,308 • EstimatedNovember 2022 • 147,872 • EstimatedDecember 2022 • 149,453 • EstimatedJanuary 2023 • 151,050 • ObservedFebruary 2023 • 151,279 • EstimatedMarch 2023 • 151,508 • ObservedApril 2023 • 151,670 • EstimatedMay 2023 • 151,832 • EstimatedJune 2023 • 151,995 • EstimatedJuly 2023 • 152,157 • EstimatedAugust 2023 • 152,320 • EstimatedSeptember 2023 • 152,483 • EstimatedOctober 2023 • 152,646 • EstimatedNovember 2023 • 152,810 • EstimatedDecember 2023 • 152,973 • EstimatedJanuary 2024 • 153,137 • EstimatedFebruary 2024 • 153,301 • EstimatedMarch 2024 • 153,465 • EstimatedApril 2024 • 153,629 • EstimatedMay 2024 • 153,793 • EstimatedJune 2024 • 153,958 • EstimatedJuly 2024 • 154,122 • EstimatedAugust 2024 • 154,287 • EstimatedSeptember 2024 • 154,452 • EstimatedOctober 2024 • 154,618 • EstimatedNovember 2024 • 154,783 • ObservedDecember 2024 • 154,831 • EstimatedJanuary 2025 • 154,879 • EstimatedFebruary 2025 • 154,927 • ObservedMarch 2025 • 154,991 • ObservedApril 2025 • 155,075 • ObservedMay 2025 • 155,142 • EstimatedJune 2025 • 155,209 • ObservedJuly 2025 • 155,310 • EstimatedAugust 2025 • 155,412 • EstimatedSeptember 2025 • 155,513 • EstimatedOctober 2025 • 155,614 • EstimatedNovember 2025 • 155,716 • ObservedDecember 2025 • 155,706 • EstimatedJanuary 2026 • 155,696 • EstimatedFebruary 2026 • 155,686 • EstimatedMarch 2026 • 155,676 • ObservedFebruary 2012February 2019March 2026
Method

Historical Trustpilot data comes from Wayback Machine snapshots of public review pages. We first estimate each domain separately, then aggregate them at company level and merge the latest current Trustpilot month when available. Gaps remain estimated because many dates were never archived.

Snapshot note

The platform counts above use the live cross-platform review dataset. The Trustpilot series below combines Wayback archive points with the latest available Trustpilot snapshot, so the ending point can still differ from the current cross-platform snapshot.

Executive summary

What this profile says

This company has a strong quality profile and currently looks resilient in both trust and demand signals.

Rental Cars is ranked #2 and sits at the 97th percentile in the current market snapshot.

Current traffic is 3.2M, with month-over-month momentum at +10.3%.

Reliability Index is 67.1, while aggregated rating is 2.03.

Operational coverage includes 16 suppliers and 41 languages.

CompanyMarket average+-
Metric
Company
Gap vs market
Market average
Reliability Index
67.1
+113%
31.4
Rating
2.03
-48%
3.91
Traffic
3.2M
+401%
639K
Suppliers
16
-2%
16.38
Languages
41
+231%
12.37
Outlook: Signals point to healthy momentum; the priority is to protect consistency while scaling.

Reliability Index breakdown

Current formula
25% Traffic + 25% Reviews + 25% Suppliers + 25% Languages
Normalized
TrafficRatingSuppliersLanguages
Contribution
Traffic+22.6Rating+0.0Suppliers+13.3Languages+25.0Total61.0
ComponentWeightNormalizedContribution
Traffic25%0.90622.65
Rating25%0.0000.00
Suppliers25%0.53313.33
Languages25%1.00025.00
Reliability Index100%—60.98

How this company compares

The company is at or above market on 3 out of 5 core benchmark metrics.

Reliability Index
Gap vs market: +35.7
Company67.1
Market average31.4
Company percentile97%
Rating
Gap vs market: -1.88
Company2.03
Market average3.91
Company percentile3%
Traffic
Gap vs market: +401%
Company3.2M
Market average639K
Company percentile97%
Suppliers
Gap vs market: 0
Company16
Market average16.38
Company percentile66%
Languages
Gap vs market: +29
Company41
Market average12.37
Company percentile100%

Can you trust this profile?

Use freshness, review-source coverage, and history depth to decide how much weight to give the current score.

Data confidence
Confidence score: 77
High confidence
Data freshness
March 2026
Last updated: March 2026
review sources
4/4
Trustpilot · Google Reviews · Reviews.io · Review Centre
History (traffic/reviews/reliability months)
5/2/4
Traffic / Rating / Reliability Index
What to double-check
Rating
Gap vs market: -48.1%
Company: 2.03 · Market average: 3.91
Suppliers
Gap vs market: -2.3%
Company: 16 · Market average: 16.38
Reliability Index
Gap vs market: +113.4%
Company: 67.1 · Market average: 31.4

Similar companies cohort

Nearest peers by scale and profile signals.

Cohort average
Reliability Index
34.7
Rating
3.44
Traffic
1.7M
Suppliers
17.8
Languages
15.6

Change timeline

Traffic change (first vs latest)
-281,140
Rating change (first vs latest)
0.00
Reliability change (first vs latest)
+1.93
Timeline cards use the first and latest available month per metric.

Historical trends

Reliability Index trend
▲▼●
February 2026
67.1
February 2026
69.0
March 2026
67.1
March 2026
69.0
Aggregated rating trend
▲▼●
February 2026
2.03 · 182K
March 2026
2.03 · 182K
Traffic trend
▲▼●
Current month
3.2M
Previous month
2.9M
Month-over-month
+10.3%
What this means

Traffic changed by -281,140 between the first and latest available month.

Aggregated rating changed by 0.00 between the first and latest observed month.

Reliability changed by +1.93 over the currently available history window.

Methodology and interpretation guide

How to read this profile, where data comes from, and what constraints to keep in mind.

This profile combines ratings, traffic, suppliers, and language coverage into a consistent comparative frame. The goal is directional clarity, not perfect prediction.

Interpret trends as movement signals over available history windows. Short history can still be useful, but confidence is lower and should be treated carefully.

Known limitations: Some metrics refresh on different cadences, and platform coverage can vary by company. Always pair this view with business context before making high-impact decisions.

Quick FAQ

Why can a company have strong rating but weaker reliability?

Reliability combines multiple signals. A strong rating can be offset by weaker traffic, coverage, or limited data depth.

Why can ratings differ across review platforms?

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What should I check first on this page?

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