Europcar Mobility Group, one of Europe’s largest car rental agencies, is drawing interest from suitors including Apollo Global Management as it explores a potential sale of the company, people familiar with the matter said.

The Irish franchisee of car and van rental firm Europcar has been acquired by its parent group for an estimated €26m. Since its Paris flotation last year the French rental group has targeted the purchase of its better-performing franchisees with a reported war-chest of around €500m available.