Private company

Cruise America

Logo: cruiseamerica.com4

Recreational vehicle company based in Mesa, Arizona

Cruise America is an American Employee Owned (ESOP) recreational vehicle rental and sales company based in Mesa, Arizona. The company was founded in 1972 and was publicly traded in the American Stock Exchange under the ticker “RVR” until 1997. It then merged with Budget Group.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • HeadquartersMesa, United States1
  • Websitewww.cruiseamerica.com
  • Legal formProfit Corporation3
  • LEI5493006WFQM2TWG2OT093
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)3
  • Registered addressC/O The Prentice-Hall Corporation System ,inc, 32301 Tallahassee, United States3
  • Registered withFlorida Division of Corporations, 4042353
30-foot Cruise America rental RV, Lake Stickney, 2011
Photo: DimiTalen, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Cruise America is an American Employee Owned (ESOP) recreational vehicle rental and sales company based in Mesa, Arizona.2

Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$2.5M 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $2.5M in all. PPP loans $2.5M.$0$1M$2M$3M2020 · PPP loans: $2.5M2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$2.5M$2.5M

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA6. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 10, 2020$2.5M PPP loan (first draw) from Johnson Bank6To CRUISE AMERICA, INC., Mesa AZ; $2.5M forgiven Jun 28, 2021

Sources

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