FRANCHISE·WATCH·DESK

BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEM vs PacLease

Side-by-side figures from each brand's latest FDD Item 20 as we extracted them; verdicts are our opinion under the published methodology, and the source filing and year are on each brand's profile. Green marks the more favorable metric (lower for distress), not a recommendation to buy.

BUDGET RENT A CAR SYSTEM
Weaker disclosed record
PacLease
Too little disclosed history
Verdict
Units · latest run
-0.7% (2023–2025)
Net unit change
+0.8% (2020–2021)
Weak
Exit quality
Too little history
Strong
Transfer / churn
Too little history
Too few seasoned loans
SBA losses vs same-year loans
No SBA loans
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Distress
—
$50,000
Franchise fee
$4,000
$626K–$1.6M
Investment range
$554K–$904K
7.5%
Royalty
1%
Not disclosed
Earnings (Item 19)
Not disclosed

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