Europcar Mobility Group UK is a Finalist for Best Car Rental Company at the
2026 Travelling for Business Awards, and it carries three-quarters of a century of European rental pedigree into the field. Born in Paris in 1949 and now backed by a consortium led by Volkswagen Group, Europcar wrote much of the continental rulebook for corporate car hire — and its British operation remains one of the market's most complete, spanning airport counters, city branches and one of the country's most capable commercial van fleets.
The UK proposition is built for working demand. Passenger fleets run from compacts to executive saloons with strong electrified availability; the van business — a genuine speciality — equips everyone from national parcel networks to festival build crews, with long-term flex products that bend around contracts rather than calendars. Corporate accounts plug into the group's European infrastructure: one profile, one invoice logic and consistent duty-of-care standards whether the colleague lands at Heathrow or Lyon, which is precisely the promise pan-European travel programmes need kept.
Mobility-group breadth adds the modern layers. Subscription and mid-duration products serve the project economy; the group's sharing and chauffeur adjacencies cover the trip types daily rental never suited; and sustainability sits near the centre of strategy, with electric vehicles, charging partnerships and emissions reporting that procurement increasingly demands in the tender. The counters' green livery, meanwhile, remains one of travel's most recognised signals — familiarity that carries real value when a stranded traveller scans an unfamiliar arrivals hall. Loyalty recognition through Privilege tiers adds the frequent-renter conveniences — priority handling, upgrades where fleets allow — that turn programme compliance into personal preference.
Travelling for Business has tracked the reshaping of ground transport for years, and the UK arm's blend of heritage network and mobility-era product is among the market's most convincing. The nomination recognises a business that grew up with corporate travel and keeps growing with it. The group's scale keeps innovation funded without losing the local muscle memory of decades serving British business parks and regional airports alike; few rivals hold both.
Winners will be announced at the 2026 Travelling for Business Awards, and the green counters will be open early the next morning, as always.
