{"id":18725,"date":"2022-06-23T10:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/insights\/car-rental-apps-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T10:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:23:00","slug":"car-rental-apps-2022","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/insights\/car-rental-apps-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Car rental apps reach new heights, grow MAUs 19% YoY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even with gas prices rising, people have the travel bug. New installs and monthly active users of car rental apps in the U.S. hit all-time highs in May. MAUs are projected to be higher in June but new app installs are expected to fall slightly. Clearly, there&#8217;s a lot of pent up demand as people could not or did not want to travel in 2020 or 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large apptopia__blog--img\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends-1024x722.webp\" alt=\"rental car trends\" class=\"wp-image-787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends-1024x722.webp 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends-300x211.webp 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends-768x541.webp 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends-1536x1083.webp 1536w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-trends.webp 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>New app installs, also known as downloads, are projected to increase 27% YoY in Q2 2022, while MAUs are expected to increase 19.4%.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/unified\/app\/8080901458\/about\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enterprise<\/a>&nbsp;(39.6%),&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/unified\/app\/8137217157\/about\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hertz<\/a>&nbsp;(36.8%) and,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/unified\/app\/8114116969\/about\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Turo<\/a>&nbsp;(34.3%) are growing MAUs the fastest, YTD. Enterprise launched ReadyPass in May, a new feature enabling app loyalty users to bypass the airport counter and get their rental vehicle quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turo is the clear market leader, remarkably owning the top spot, by way of MAU, since October 2016. Turo and a few other players operate a little differently than the traditional car rental companies in that Turo does not hold any inventory, giving it a massive financial advantage in certain situations. Turo operates like Airbnb, enabling hosts to rent their cars to travelers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large apptopia__blog--img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"948\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share-948x1024.webp\" alt=\"rental car app market share\" class=\"wp-image-788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share-948x1024.webp 948w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share-278x300.webp 278w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share-768x830.webp 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share-1422x1536.webp 1422w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-car-app-market-share.webp 1620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 948px) 100vw, 948px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Many car rental companies are very old;&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/unified\/app\/8086003118\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Sixt<\/a>&nbsp;was founded in 1912 and Hertz was founded in 1918. All have innovated and enabled customers to bypass lines via their mobile apps but we still wanted to put the traditional players against the mobile-first ones like Turo,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/unified\/app\/8080871274\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Getaround<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/ios\/app\/1436640811\/about\" target=\"_blank\">Avail<\/a>. While both traditional and mobile-first players are currently rising rapidly, mobile-first companies are doing so much more sharply. However, they were hurt significantly more during the pandemic, leading me to believe customers were more trusting of companies, rather than &#8220;hosts,&#8221; to provide sanitary car environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large apptopia__blog--img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x-1024x726.webp\" alt=\"traditional car rental apps vs. mobile-first car rental apps\" class=\"wp-image-789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x-1024x726.webp 1024w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x-300x213.webp 300w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x-768x545.webp 768w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x-1536x1089.webp 1536w, https:\/\/apptopia.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/rental-cars-mobile-first-vs.-traditional@2x.webp 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The travel industry is experiencing great intense consumer interest accompanied by rising fuel prices and understaffing. 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