Europcar AMAG Services AG

Do you wish to be fully mobile, from tip to toe? Although car renting is our primary activity at Europcar, we also provide supplementary services that ensure that you are always mobile, wherever you might be. All strictly according to your wishes and fully in line with our motto, "happy to help". At more than 71 locations in Switzerland, we rent approximately 4,200 vehicles, including passenger cars, utility vehicles and fun cars. Thanks to our membership in the AMAG Group , our fleet consists almost exclusively of vehicles bearing the VW, Audi, Porsche, Seat and Skoda marques. Our vehicle fleet is practically unsurpassed in reliability and exclusivity. And if you are travelling with your own vehicle, our Valet parking service will save you having to search for a parking place at the Zurich, Geneva or Basel airport. If you would rather leave the driving to someone else, our Chauffeur drive service. will take you to your destination in the vehicle of your choice. Regardless of whether it's a one-way trip or a multi-day journey.

Company history

1937
Franz Vasicek founded the company ‘Garage Riesbach AG'.

1937
The company expanded into the field of car park exploitation, and since then it has operated the Utoquai, Zürichhorn, Bleicherweg, Talgarten and Kongresshaus car parks in Zurich.

1969
The first counters for car rental business were opened on the Lindenstrasse in the Seefeld District in Zurich and at the Zurich-Kloten Airport. They initially operated under a license from Tilden, which was followed by National Car Rental and then Kemwel.

1988
Riesbach AG took over the Budget license and started building up an extensive location network.

1994
Careal Holding purchased Riesbach AG and integrated it into its AMAG Group.

1996
Riesbach AG took over the license from Europcar.

2000
Riesbach AG was renamed ‘AMAG Services AG'. This step underscored the connection to AMAG.

2006
Eurazeo, a French investment company, acquired 100% of Volkswagen AG's Europcar share capital.
Europcar International took over the European activities of US corporation Vanguard Car Rental Holding and thus the operational business of National Car Rental and Alamo Rent A Car.

2008
Europcar International enters into a partnership (strategic alliance) with Enterprise Rent-a-Car, the number one in North America. Together, ECI and Enterprise Rent-a-Car maintain a fleet of more than 1.2 million vehicles at 13,000 locations in 162 countries, and now have the worldwide biggest car rental network.

Network

Europcar International (ECI) is Europe's largest car rental company. The headquarters of this global player are in Paris. From its French headquarters, ECI services all of the corporate and franchise countries. Internationally, Europcar rents vehicles in 149 countries at 3479 locations with around 225,000 vehicles. Europcar is represented in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian Ocean region, Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific region. Since 2006 Europcar has been a fully owned subsidiary of Eurazeo, an investment company.