Equipment hire companies across the UK

5,491 equipment hire companies are on the UK register, and 885 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £25,517 in cash and owed £59,303 at year end.

Compared with the official category “Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.” (SIC 77390). Only places with enough companies and filed accounts to quote local figures are listed.

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• London512 companies
• Birmingham145 companies
• Belfast141 companies
• Sheffield102 companies
• Bristol89 companies
• Chelmsford88 companies
• Reading83 companies
• Southampton74 companies
• Guildford63 companies