Avis Rent A Car and its subsidiaries operate one of the worlds largest general-use car rental businesses. The company provides business and leisure customers with a wide range of services at more than 1,700 locations in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Latin American and the Caribbean region. Avis has marketing agreements with Avis Europe, a separately owned United Kingdom-based company. The company has also been ranked as One of America s Elite Eleven Corporations for Women s Business Enterprises. Founded in 1946, Avis Rent A Car maintains offices in Parsippany, N.J.