5 Biggest Companies in The Construction Equipment Rental Industry

1. United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI)

Full Fleet Value – $9 billion

United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) is the largest equipment rental company in the world. The company has been in business for the last two decades and accounts for 11% of the total U.S market. United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI) has a presence in more than 968 locations across North America (in 49 U.S states and every Canadian province) and caters to a diversified mix of industrial (52%), non-residential (44%) and residential (4%) customers. With years of experience, the company has added to its key accounts, which now account for 71% of its total revenue.

United Rentals operates through two segments: General Rental and Specialty (trench, power and pump), and maintains a large and diversified fleet of tools and equipment. The company offers approximately 3,200 classes of rental equipment on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis, including construction, aerial and industrial equipment, trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, diesel generators, electrical distribution equipment, and much more. The company is also expanding organically through acquisitions, having recently acquired both the #2 North American rental company, RSC Equipment Rental, as well as National Pump, the #1 pure pump rental company in North America. Equipment rental revenue accounted for 86% of United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI)’s total revenue of $5.8 billion in 2016, which is why United Rentals tops our list of the 5 biggest companies in the construction equipment rental industry.

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