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Background
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Background Disclosure [Abstract]  
Background
Background

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. ("Hertz Holdings" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Company") was incorporated in Delaware in 2005 to serve as the top-level holding company for Hertz Investors, Inc. which wholly owns The Hertz Corporation (“Hertz”), Hertz Holding's primary operating company. The Company is a successor to corporations that have been engaged in the car and truck rental and leasing business since 1918 and the equipment rental business since 1965. Hertz was incorporated in Delaware in 1967. Hertz Holdings' common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol "HTZ".

The Company operates its U.S. car rental and International car rental businesses through the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly brands from company-owned, licensee and franchisee locations in the U.S., Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and New Zealand. In its worldwide equipment rental business, the Company rents equipment in the U.S., Canada, China, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom, as well as through its international franchises. Through its Donlen subsidiary, the Company provides fleet leasing and fleet management services.

In March 2014, the Company announced that its Board of Directors approved plans to separate Hertz Holdings into two independent, publicly traded companies. One of the companies, Hertz Rental Car Holding Company, Inc. ("HRCHC") will continue to operate the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly car rental businesses as well as Donlen; and the other, HERC Holdings, Inc. ("HERC Holdings") will operate the Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation ("HERC"). The Company expects to separate the businesses in a tax-efficient manner. In December 2015, HRCHC filed a registration statement on Form 10 with the SEC in respect of the separation.

In November 2015, the Company completed the relocation of its worldwide headquarters to Estero, Florida from Park Ridge, New Jersey.