National National

Customer ratings worldwide

8 / 10
  • Value for money 7.7
  • Ease of finding 7.8
  • Agent helpfulness 8.1
  • Pick-up speed 7.3
  • Drop-off speed 8.2
  • Car cleanliness 8.4
  • Car condition 8.3

Also known as National Car Rental, this company is part of Enterprise Holdings and is based in the Greater St. Louis area. The company was established when 24 independent car rental agents decided to join forces in 1947. Primarily based in the United States, it has also expanded its business internationally and can now be found in over 2,000 different destinations across the globe. The company’s website is available not only in English but also Spanish and Portuguese.

National is one of the largest partners of DiscoverCars.com, with the two companies partnering with each other in dozens of countries across the planet, with more than 1,200 locations in total. Some of the most popular destinations where the two companies partner include France, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. DiscoverCars.com’s customers have a favorable view of National, giving the company, especially high marks for the cleanliness of its vehicles and the overall condition of its cars. In 2024, the company won our Excellent Service Award for its Cancun Airport location.

National became a part of the Enterprise group in 2007. Previously, it had itself acquired a number of car rental businesses in the US and Canada.  National has a strong focus on business travelers, and its Emerald Club loyalty program caters specifically to their needs. As a part of the Enterprise group, National has a focus on social and environmental responsibility; according to the company’s official home page, they have aligned their sustainability efforts with five of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Enterprise is known to publish an annual social, governance, and responsibility report.

Alabama
Most popular locations:

Montgomery

Alaska
Average 7.6 / 1 review
Most popular locations:

Anchorage

Average 7.6 / 1 review
Anchorage International Airport (ANC) Average 7.6 / 1 review

Fairbanks

Juneau

Arizona
Average 7.7 / 3 reviews
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Phoenix

Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Phoenix Sky Harbor Int.Airport (PHX) Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Arkansas
Most popular locations:

Bentonville

Australia
Very good 8.5 / 61 reviews
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Brisbane

Very good 8.3 / 3 reviews
Brisbane Airport (BNE) Very good 8.3 / 3 reviews

Canberra

Very good 8.8 / 10 reviews
Canberra Airport (CBR) Very good 8.8 / 10 reviews

Gold Coast

Very good 8.5 / 5 reviews
Gold Coast Airport (OOL) Very good 8.5 / 5 reviews

Hobart

Very good 8.3 / 3 reviews
Hobart Airport (HBA) Very good 8.3 / 3 reviews

Launceston

Very good 8.4 / 4 reviews
Launceston Airport (LST) Very good 8.4 / 4 reviews

Melbourne

Very good 8.5 / 5 reviews
Melbourne Airport (MEL) Very good 8.5 / 5 reviews

Perth

Very good 8.3 / 1 review
Perth Airport (PER) Very good 8.3 / 1 review
Balearic Islands
Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
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Mallorca

Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Bulgaria
Most popular locations:

Sofia

California
Very good 8.2 / 36 reviews
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Los Angeles

Very good 8.1 / 18 reviews
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) Very good 8.1 / 18 reviews

Santa Ana

Canada
Very good 8.3 / 41 reviews
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Abbotsford

Very good 8.1 / 1 review
Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) Very good 8.1 / 1 review

Calgary

Very good 8.1 / 2 reviews
Calgary Airport (YYC) Very good 8.1 / 2 reviews

Charlottetown

Montreal

Very good 8.6 / 13 reviews
Montreal Airport (YUL) Very good 8.6 / 11 reviews

Toronto

Very good 8.1 / 6 reviews
Toronto Airport (YYZ) Very good 8.2 / 3 reviews
Colorado
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Denver

Durango

Costa Rica
Very good 8.6 / 34 reviews
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Liberia

Very good 8.2 / 3 reviews
Liberia Airport (LIR) Very good 8.2 / 1 review

Uvita

Very good 8.2 / 1 review
Downtown Very good 8.2 / 1 review
Crete
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Chania

Heraklion

Finland
Average 7.9 / 10 reviews
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Oulu

Florida
Very good 8.3 / 35 reviews
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Fort Lauderdale

Average 7.9 / 1 review

Naples

Ocala

Orlando

Very good 8.5 / 10 reviews
Orlando Int. Airport (MCO) Very good 8.5 / 10 reviews

Tampa

Average 7.9 / 1 review
Tampa Airport (TPA) Average 7.9 / 1 review
France
Average 7.7 / 245 reviews
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Bergerac

Average 7.8 / 6 reviews
Bergerac Airport (EGC) Average 7.8 / 6 reviews

Bordeaux

Average 7.5 / 9 reviews
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) Average 7.6 / 5 reviews

Calais

Average 7.6 / 1 review
Calais Ferry Port Average 7.6 / 1 review

Marseille

Average 7.8 / 22 reviews
Marseille-Saint-Charles Train Station Average 7.6 / 4 reviews
Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) Average 7.9 / 18 reviews

Nantes

Average 7.6 / 5 reviews
Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) Average 7.6 / 3 reviews

Nice

Very good 8 / 40 reviews
Nice Airport (NCE) Very good 8.1 / 34 reviews

Paris

Average 7.6 / 43 reviews
Gare du Nord Train Station Average 7.6 / 1 review
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) Average 7.8 / 17 reviews

St Malo

Average 7.6 / 1 review
St Malo Train Station Average 7.6 / 1 review

Toulouse

Average 7.6 / 7 reviews
Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) Average 7.6 / 5 reviews
Georgia
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Augusta

Germany
Very good 8.3 / 140 reviews
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Frankfurt

Very good 8.4 / 24 reviews
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Very good 8.5 / 20 reviews

Hamburg

Very good 8 / 7 reviews
Hamburg Airport (HAM) Very good 8 / 7 reviews

Hannover

Average 7.9 / 1 review
Hannover Airport (HAJ) Average 7.9 / 1 review

Munich

Very good 8.6 / 32 reviews
Munich Airport (MUC) Very good 8.8 / 26 reviews
Greece
Very good 8.2 / 26 reviews
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Athens

Very good 8.6 / 10 reviews
Athens Airport (ATH) Very good 8.6 / 10 reviews

Corfu

Average 7.9 / 2 reviews
Corfu Airport (CFU) Average 7.9 / 2 reviews

Rhodes

Very good 8 / 3 reviews
Rhodes Airport (RHO) Very good 8 / 3 reviews
Hawaii
Average 7.7 / 7 reviews
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Honolulu

Average 7.7 / 6 reviews
Honolulu Airport (HNL) Average 7.7 / 5 reviews
Iceland
Very good 8.3 / 19 reviews
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Keflavik

Very good 8.3 / 19 reviews
Keflavik Airport (KEF) Very good 8.3 / 19 reviews
Idaho
Most popular locations:

Boise

Illinois
Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
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Chicago

Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Indiana
Most popular locations:

South Bend

Italy
Very good 8 / 39 reviews
Most popular locations:

Bari

Very good 8.1 / 4 reviews
Bari Airport (BRI) Very good 8.1 / 4 reviews

Bologna

Very good 8 / 2 reviews
Bologna Airport (BLQ) Very good 8 / 1 review

Florence

Very good 8 / 2 reviews
Florence Airport (FLR) Very good 8 / 1 review

Milan

Average 7.9 / 7 reviews
Milan Airport Malpensa (MXP) Very good 8 / 1 review
Milan Central Train Station Very good 8 / 2 reviews

Naples

Very good 8 / 6 reviews
Naples Airport (NAP) Very good 8 / 5 reviews

Pisa

Rome

Very good 8 / 4 reviews
Rome Fiumicino Airport (FCO) Very good 8 / 1 review
Rome Tiburtina Train station Very good 8 / 1 review

Venice

Very good 8 / 3 reviews
Venice Mestre Train Station Very good 8 / 1 review
Kentucky
Average 7.7 / 1 review
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Lexington

Louisiana
Average 7.6 / 1 review
Most popular locations:

Alexandria

Baton Rouge

New Orleans

Average 7.6 / 1 review

Shreveport

Massachusetts
Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
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Boston

Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Mexico
Average 7.6 / 135 reviews
Most popular locations:

Cancun

Average 7.7 / 80 reviews
Cancun Airport (CUN) Average 7.7 / 76 reviews

Merida

Average 7.5 / 7 reviews
Fiesta Americana Merida Hotel Average 7.5 / 1 review

San Jose del Cabo

Average 7.5 / 2 reviews
Minnesota
Average 7.7 / 1 review
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Minneapolis

Average 7.7 / 1 review
Mississippi
Most popular locations:

Gulfport

Montana
Most popular locations:

Missoula

Netherlands
Average 7.8 / 13 reviews
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Amsterdam

Average 7.8 / 13 reviews
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) Average 7.8 / 6 reviews
New Jersey
Average 7.7 / 4 reviews
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Newark

Average 7.7 / 3 reviews
North Carolina
Average 7.6 / 1 review
Most popular locations:

Greenville

Norway
Average 7.7 / 21 reviews
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Oslo

Average 7.4 / 7 reviews
Oslo Airport (OSL) Average 7.4 / 7 reviews
Ohio
Most popular locations:

Dayton

Sardinia
Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
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Olbia

Average 7.7 / 1 review
Olbia Airport (OLB) Average 7.7 / 1 review
Sicily
Average 7.7 / 4 reviews
Most popular locations:

Catania

Average 7.7 / 1 review
Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) Average 7.7 / 1 review

Palermo

Average 7.7 / 3 reviews
Palermo Airport (PMO) Average 7.7 / 3 reviews
Spain
Very good 8 / 228 reviews
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Alicante

Very good 8.1 / 8 reviews
Alicante Airport (ALC) Very good 8.1 / 7 reviews

Barcelona

Average 7.8 / 61 reviews
Barcelona Airport (BCN) Average 7.7 / 33 reviews

Madrid

Very good 8.2 / 32 reviews
Madrid Airport (MAD) Very good 8.3 / 14 reviews

Malaga

Average 7.9 / 27 reviews
Malaga Airport (AGP) Very good 8 / 17 reviews
Switzerland
Very good 8.3 / 19 reviews
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Geneva

Very good 8.7 / 11 reviews
Geneva Airport (GVA) Very good 8.7 / 11 reviews

Zurich

Average 7.8 / 7 reviews
Downtown Average 7.9 / 1 review
Tennessee
Average 7.6 / 1 review
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Chattanooga

Texas
Average 7.7 / 4 reviews
Most popular locations:

Brownsville

El Paso

Houston

Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
United Kingdom
Very good 8.2 / 188 reviews
Most popular locations:

Edinburgh

Very good 8.4 / 58 reviews
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) Very good 8.4 / 28 reviews

Gatwick

Very good 8.3 / 12 reviews
London Airport Gatwick (LGW) Very good 8.3 / 12 reviews

London

Very good 8 / 46 reviews
London Airport Heathrow (LHR) Very good 8.7 / 16 reviews

Manchester

Very good 8.2 / 5 reviews
Manchester Airport (MAN) Very good 8.2 / 5 reviews

Southampton

Very good 8.4 / 14 reviews
Southampton Airport (SOU) Very good 8.2 / 5 reviews
Virginia
Average 7.7 / 2 reviews
Most popular locations:

Richmond

Washington
Average 7.7 / 1 review
Most popular locations:

Seattle

Average 7.7 / 1 review
Wisconsin
Average 7.7 / 1 review
Most popular locations:

Milwaukee

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