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Sixt SE

Sixt

Premium-focused global brand that kept posting record quarters into 2026.

Snapshot

Sixt SE reported H1 2026 revenue of EUR 2.118 billion, a currency-adjusted increase of 11.3%, calling it the 20th consecutive record quarter year-on-year. It confirmed full-year guidance of EUR 4.45 to 4.60 billion in revenue and an EBT margin around 10%.1

Average fleet rose 9.0% to 199,900 vehicles — slower than revenue growth, which Sixt said kept fleet “inside the demand.” About 25,000 additional premium vehicles were available versus a year earlier; premium vehicles were 62% of fleet additions by value in Q2 2026. Corporate EBITDA was EUR 259.8 million (up 18%); EBT was EUR 125.1 million (up 39.4%). Together with franchise partners Sixt operated more than 2,300 branches, 176 more than on June 30, 2025. Co-CEO Alexander Sixt and CFO Dr. Franz Weinberger commented on the release.1

Sixt’s help center describes Car Gates at select branches: a drive-through scanner with cameras, sensors, and lighting photographs the car at pickup and return. Staff make the final damage assessment.2

How used cars are sold

Sixt remarkets off-rent vehicles through wholesale and retail channels typical of European lessors; it does not operate a U.S. consumer brand on the scale of Hertz Car Sales or Enterprise Car Sales. We are not inventing volumes we did not source.

Tom Kennedy, President of SIXT North America, commented on LAX’s new rental car center when it opened in March 2026.3

What this means at the counterSixt customers often booked a specific premium model. If you have to substitute, say so early. If your branch has a Car Gate, tell renters the car is photographed automatically and that a person still reviews any damage case.

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