What TransRentals does

TransRentals is an Indian two-sided vehicle rental marketplace, headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, founded in 2015 and operating across 150+ cities. The platform connects individual consumers and businesses seeking vehicle rentals (bikes, cars, self-drive, luxury, buses, trucks, equipment, EV scooters) with verified local vendors who set their own prices and compete via a real-time quote-matching flow. Around the core marketplace the company operates three mobile applications — a customer app, a vendor fleet-management app, and a driver app — supporting booking, OTP-based trip verification, per-booking P&L tracking, and staff management. Supporting infrastructure is built on Next.js, MySQL with Prisma ORM, Razorpay payments, Firebase FCM push, and JWT authentication.

The business model relies on three streams: (1) commission on bookings (currently advertised as 0% promotional), (2) vendor subscription and premium-placement fees for enhanced visibility and analytics, and (3) driver earnings settlement with the platform facilitating weekly payouts to drivers earning ₹35,000-60,000/month full-time. Auxiliary revenue is generated through curated tour packages (e.g., ₹32,999 Leh Ladakh bike tour) and a tokenized loyalty program (Backr Tokens redeemable for Solana cryptocurrency). Pricing is mostly quote-based across categories, with stated unit prices for bikes starting at ₹299/day, outstation cars at ₹12-22/km, monthly car subscriptions from ₹12,000/month, and EV scooters from ₹399/day.

Customer reach is broad and fragmented: tourists and travelers are the primary segment, with secondary segments including daily commuters, corporate clients (with GST invoicing and dedicated account managers), weddings and event organizers, logistics and construction operators, and professional drivers. Go-to-market combines self-serve website and mobile app acquisition, content marketing (travel guides), WhatsApp/AI chatbot support, travel-agent channel partnerships, and direct sales for bulk event bookings. The company reports 50,000+ happy customers, 10,000+ active vendors, 5,000+ drivers, 1,50,000+ bookings/month, 50,000+ app downloads, 4.8/5 average rating, and 99.9% platform uptime. Ownership is undisclosed; no funding rounds, parent company, or institutional investors are documented, consistent with a bootstrapped, founder-controlled entity.

Name

TransRentals

Legal name

TransRentals

Website

https://transrentals.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TransRentals is an India-based two-sided vehicle rental marketplace connecting consumers with verified vendors across 150+ cities, offering bikes, cars, self-drive, luxury, buses, trucks, equipment, and EV scooter rentals via web and mobile apps, with bootstrapped operations generating revenue from vendor subscriptions and booking commissions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Vehicle Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing (5321), Passenger Car Rental and Leasing (53211), Taxi and Ridesharing Services (485310)

SIC

Arrangement Of Transportation Of Freight & Cargo (4731), Transportation Services (4700), Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) (7510)

akta.pro primary industry

Car Rental & Mobility Booking Platforms (Carshare/Rideshare/Micromobility) (THALAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Car Rental & Ground Mobility Aggregators (THAKAAAJ), Car Rental & Mobility Reservation Engines (THALADAE)

Keywords

• Vehicle rental marketplace
• Bike rental services
• Chauffeur-driven car rental
• Self-drive car hire
• Electric scooter rental

Headquarters

HQ city

Ahmedabad

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission: TransRentals charges commission on bookings facilitated through the platform. Currently advertising 0% commission for vendors as promotional offer. Revenue generated from transaction fees on bookings between customers and verified vendors.
2. Vendor Subscription/Premium Services: Vendors pay for premium features including enhanced visibility, priority listing, analytics dashboards, and promotional placements within the platform to increase booking volume.
3. Driver Earnings Share: Weekly payouts to drivers from platform-settled earnings. Drivers earn ₹35,000-60,000/month (full-time) or ₹15,000-25,000/month (part-time) with platform facilitating payment settlement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels7 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

TransRentals operates India's largest vehicle rental marketplace, connecting customers seeking vehicle rentals with verified local vendors across 150+ cities. The platform aggregates multi-category rentals including bikes, cars (chauffeur-driven, self-drive, luxury), buses, trucks, equipment, electric scooters, and packers-and-movers services through a two-sided digital marketplace with dedicated mobile apps for customers, vendors, and drivers.

Product overview

TransRentals operates as India's largest vehicle rental marketplace platform connecting customers with verified vendors across 150+ cities. The core platform encompasses a multi-sided marketplace with three interconnected mobile applications: the Customer App for renters, the Vendor App for vehicle rental businesses, and the Driver App for professional chauffeurs. The product portfolio centers on the six primary rental verticals (Bike, Car, Self-Drive, Luxury, Bus, Truck, and Equipment Rental) supplemented by specialized add-on services including Monthly Bike/Car Subscriptions, Corporate Car Rental, Outstation/One-Way/Local Taxi services, Chauffeur Service, Electric Scooter Rental, Trailer Rental, Packers & Movers, and Custom Bulk Fleet Booking for events. The platform also includes a cryptocurrency-based loyalty program (Backr Tokens) and adventure tour packages (Leh Ladakh Bike Tours). All vehicle categories are accessible through the unified customer-facing marketplace, with vendors managing their fleet, quotes, and bookings through the dedicated vendor dashboard.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Backr Token: Cryptocurrency loyalty rewards program where customers earn tokens on bookings, spin daily wheels for bonus tokens, and redeem for Solana cryptocurrency.

Products and services

• Bike Rental

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.5% on-time delivery across 10,000+ events
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles8 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Vogo: Indian scooter rental subscription service focused on urban commute use cases; competes in the two-wheeler rental segment with a more subscription-oriented model.
• Turo: Peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace connecting vehicle owners with renters; comparable marketplace model with similar asset-light aggregation approach in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Ola: India's largest mobility platform offering rides, rentals (Ola Drive), and corporate fleet services; broader incumbent with overlapping mobility offerings and substantially larger scale.
• MakeMyTrip: India's largest OTA offering flights, hotels, holidays, and car rental booking; comparable as a broader travel aggregator that includes car rental among its offerings.
• Rentalcars.com: Global car rental aggregator operating as an OTA for rental vehicles; structurally similar marketplace model aggregating car rental suppliers across geographies.

Direct peers

• Drivezy (now ANI Technologies): Indian vehicle rental marketplace offering cars, bikes, and scooters on a peer-to-peer sharing model; overlaps with TransRentals' bike and car rental verticals.
• Savaari: Indian outstation car rental marketplace aggregating verified operators across India; competes with TransRentals in the intercity and chauffeur-driven rental categories.
• Revv: Indian car rental marketplace offering self-drive and chauffeur-driven cars across multiple cities; directly comparable as a vehicle rental aggregator in India targeting similar customer segments.
• Zoomcar: India's largest self-drive car rental platform operating a hybrid owned-fleet and host-fleet marketplace; competes for the same self-drive and city-mobility use cases as TransRentals.
• Bounce: Indian two-wheeler rental and subscription platform with extensive bike/scooter fleet across multiple cities; directly comparable in the bike rental segment and adjacent to TransRentals' two-wheeler business.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/transrentals_in
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/transrentals

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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