HOUSTON – Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of the Enterprise, Alamo and National rental brands, reported that roughly 3,000 of its vehicles were destroyed or lost during the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
The company is actively rebuilding its Houston-area operations. To date, Enterprise has moved more than 4,000 rental cars and trucks into Southeast Texas and plans to bring in a total of about 17,000 vehicles before the end of the month to support recovery and cleanup efforts.
“After a catastrophic event like Hurricane Harvey, our immediate priority is helping neighbors and community businesses, as well as assisting insurance companies, relief agencies and essential government and utility personnel,” said Karl Koch, Enterprise’s General Manager and Vice President in Houston.
Enterprise opened one of its Mobile Emergency Response facilities at 4665 N. Braeswood in the Meyerland neighborhood. The company’s nearby fixed location along Brays Bayou at Loop 610 was among the areas that flooded during the late August storm.
At the height of the crisis, Hurricane Harvey forced Enterprise Holdings to close more than half of its 185 neighborhood and airport locations in the Houston region, and it reported about 3,000 vehicles lost to flood damage. Since then, the company has worked to restore service and has reopened most of its locations.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Enterprise reported more than $20.9 billion in revenue and operated nearly 1.9 million vehicles worldwide during its 2016 fiscal year.