Ayvens (formerly ALD Automotive) is a French fleet managing and operational car leasing company and a majority owned subsidiary of Société Générale.

[3] With a direct presence in 42 countries and with top 3 positions in 26 countries, ALD Automotive is ranked #3 worldwide and #1 in Europe by number of contracts under management and excluding OEM captives as at 31 December 2017 with around 1.5 million full service vehicle leasing and fleet management service contracts.

[4] In 2015 ALD Automotive started leasing out e-bikes in the Netherlands,[5] as part of a program on experimenting with innovative mobility on the Dutch market.

[7] On 6 January 2022 the company announced its intention to acquire its Dutch-headquartered competitor LeasePlan for 4.9 billion euros.

[8] The operation is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023 and would see the shareholding of Société Générale decrease to 53% of the combined entity down from 79.8% as at 10-07-2017.