altCamp's 2026 Camper Van Rental Market Report Featured in RVBusiness
RVBusiness, a leading RV-industry trade publication, ran our 2026 U.S. Camper Van Rental Market Report as its top story this week. Reporter Brad Worrell dug into the data and framed camper van rentals as a category the rest of the industry should be watching closely. You can read the full feature, altCamp Says Camper Van Rental Market Gets Big in 2026.
It's gratifying to see the report get this kind of pickup, because the whole reason we built it was to fill a gap.
"Most of the data available on the RV rental market is macro-level: industry revenue, growth projections, broad regional breakdowns. We wanted to go deeper and answer the question renters and operators actually ask: where are the vans, and where are people looking for them? The state and city-level picture tells a very different story than the national averages suggest." -Adam Bosch, founder and CEO of altCamp
That city-level lens is what makes the findings interesting whether you're booking your first trip or running a fleet. A few of the highlights RVBusiness pulled from the report:
We tracked 3,243 active camper van rental listings across the country, and the category is projected to grow at a 9% compound annual rate through 2033, ahead of the broader RV rental market.
Supply is overwhelmingly independent. About 74.6% of listings come from private hosts rather than dealerships or rental fleets.
Supply clusters in Western metros, with Los Angeles, Denver, San Diego, and San Francisco leading. But demand doesn't always follow it. Markets like Las Vegas and Seattle draw outsized renter interest relative to how many vans are actually parked there.
The fleet is newer than you'd expect, with nearly 60% of listings being model year 2020 or later.
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is the platform of choice, on 34.3% of listings where the chassis was identifiable, with Ford second. On the builder side, Winnebago leads with a 38.2% share.
Pricing has matured. The median van rents for $215 a night, with most listings landing between $175 and $269.
For renters, that gap between where vans sit and where people are searching is worth knowing. It can mean more availability and better rates in markets that are quietly underserved. For operators and dealers, it points to real whitespace. As we told RVBusiness, if we were opening another location tomorrow, Las Vegas would be at the top of the list.
The bigger picture is that camper van rentals have moved past the novelty phase. The category now has the scale, the pricing structure, and the demand signals of a segment that's here to stay.
You can dig into the complete state and city-level breakdowns in the full 2026 U.S. Camper Van Rental Market Report.
