Case Study: Avis Budget Group achieves zero vehicle losses and full fleet traceability with Genetec Security Center

Vehicle Rental Company Protects Vehicle Fleet with Unified Security

Avis Budget Group, a major North American vehicle rental operator headquartered in Toronto, faced repeated vehicle losses and needed a scalable, fast, and reliable system to track cars and drivers across busy on- and off-airport lots. Already familiar with AutoVu, they sought an upgraded integrated solution that combined license plate recognition with access control and video surveillance to give traceability and rapid gate throughput without delaying the roughly 700–1,000 daily vehicle moves.

Genetec delivered a unified Security Center deployment—combining AutoVu IP LPR, Synergis access control and Omnicast video management—across Avis Budget Group’s Toronto headquarters, Dixon maintenance facility and Pearson Airport site (four LPR lanes total, access control and cameras at three locations). The integrated Metadata Engine, hotlist matching for buy-back vehicles, and remote access let operators correlate plates, badges and video in seconds; since implementation Avis reports zero cars missing, faster gate processing for high daily volumes, and broader operational benefits as other departments and US operations adopt the Genetec solution.

Avis Budget Group