What is the cheapest car rental in Perth?

Among independents with published rates: Ace Rent A Car from $24/day (Kia Picanto), and Burswood Car Rentals and Aries Car Rental both from $25/day. TAK8 runs promos like a $40/day Suzuki Swift and also rents by the hour.

Is Ace Rent A Car in Perth part of the New Zealand Ace chain?

No — it’s a common confusion. Perth’s Ace Rent A Car (acerent.com.au) is an independent Western Australian business with 30+ years of history and three WA branches; the New Zealand-based “Ace Rental Cars” (acerentalcars.com.au) is a separate trans-Tasman chain. We ranked the WA independent.

Which Perth operators serve the airport?

Ace Rent A Car has a Redcliffe branch by the airport with a free shuttle and airport specials from $39/day; Aries runs a Kewdale depot with a free airport shuttle; and Burswood delivers cars to the airport and hotels.

How was this ranking calculated?

We pulled every rated car rental operator in Perth from Google Maps (July 2026), scored each with a review-weighted (Bayesian) average, required roughly 15+ reviews, and excluded international brands (Dollar, the NZ-based Lucky Rentals), national networks and non-consumer fleets. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website.

The 6 Best Independent Car Rental Companies in Perth

The short answer

Ranked by review-weighted Google rating (July 2026), Perth’s best independent car rental operators are TAK8 (5.0★ across 528 reviews), Burswood Car Rentals (42+ years, from $25/day), Perth City Car Rentals, Ace Rent A Car, Aries and Wembley. Budget hire starts at $24–25/day — all Western Australian family businesses, no international chains.

Perth’s independents are institutions. The city’s isolation kept the east-coast networks out for decades, so family operators grew deep roots instead: 42 years at Burswood, 30+ at Ace, 20+ at Perth City. We ranked all rated car rental operators in Perth and kept only the true independents: Western Australian-owned, no international chains, no national networks.

How we ranked them

Every operator was pulled from Google Maps in July 2026 and scored with a review-weighted (Bayesian) rating with a floor of roughly 15 reviews. We excluded international brands (Dollar; the NZ-based Lucky Rentals), national networks (Go With The Gecko) and non-consumer fleets. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website; where none is published, we say so.

The top 6

1. TAK8 Car Rental — 5.0★ (528 reviews)

Best overall — and most flexible. A perfect 5.0 across 528 reviews, the strongest score in Perth. East Perth operator renting by the hour, day or long term with no hidden fees; watch for promos like a $40/day Suzuki Swift.

2. Burswood Car Rentals — 4.8★ (1,209)

Best institution. Forty-two years family-run, with Burswood and Perth City offices and the widest independent fleet in town — budget hatches, corporate and long-term plans, luxury, utes, EVs, even trailers — plus airport and hotel delivery. From $25/day.

3. Perth City Car Rentals — 5.0★ (34)

Best new fleet. Victoria Park family operator (20+ years) whose cars are all six months old or newer, hybrids and EVs included. Quote-based.

4. Ace Rent A Car — 4.7★ (332)

Best airport budget. A 30-year WA independent (not the NZ chain of the same name) with three branches — Redcliffe by the airport, Victoria Park and Mandurah — free airport shuttle and low-excess options. From $24/day (Kia Picanto); airport specials from $39/day.

5. Aries Car Rental — 4.6★ (371)

Best CBD-airport combo. East Perth office for the city, Kewdale depot for the airport, free shuttle between plane and wheel. From $25/day.

6. Wembley Car Rentals & Sales — 5.0★ (17)

Best try-before-you-buy. A licensed used-car dealer with a rental arm — rent the car first, buy it if it fits. Quote-based.

What the list says about the Perth market

Two patterns: longevity — Perth’s market rewards operators who stay (three of the six have 20–42 years of history) — and the dealer-plus-rental hybrid: Wembley (and Maddington’s Gaadi, just below the review cutoff) pair a used-car yard with a weekly rental fleet, monetising the same cars twice. Published prices cluster tightly at $24–25/day, the most price-competitive floor of any city in this series.

Compiled by the team at Carz — we build the operations platform that independent rental operators like these run on: weekly billing, digital contracts, inspections and collections in one place. Run a fleet? See how it works. Also see: Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Frequently asked questions

What is the cheapest car rental in Perth?: Among independents with published rates: Ace Rent A Car from $24/day (Kia Picanto), and Burswood Car Rentals and Aries Car Rental both from $25/day. TAK8 runs promos like a $40/day Suzuki Swift and also rents by the hour.
Is Ace Rent A Car in Perth part of the New Zealand Ace chain?: No — it’s a common confusion. Perth’s Ace Rent A Car (acerent.com.au) is an independent Western Australian business with 30+ years of history and three WA branches; the New Zealand-based “Ace Rental Cars” (acerentalcars.com.au) is a separate trans-Tasman chain. We ranked the WA independent.
Which Perth operators serve the airport?: Ace Rent A Car has a Redcliffe branch by the airport with a free shuttle and airport specials from $39/day; Aries runs a Kewdale depot with a free airport shuttle; and Burswood delivers cars to the airport and hotels.
How was this ranking calculated?: We pulled every rated car rental operator in Perth from Google Maps (July 2026), scored each with a review-weighted (Bayesian) average, required roughly 15+ reviews, and excluded international brands (Dollar, the NZ-based Lucky Rentals), national networks and non-consumer fleets. Prices are the lowest advertised on each operator’s own website.

Cristobal Galilea

Co-founder, Carz

Cristobal builds Carz alongside the operators who use it — fleet software for independent car-rental businesses leasing weekly to gig drivers in Australia.