5,830 establishments counted US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, read 2026-09-10
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- equipment rental establishments
- 5,830
- counties in the index
- 544
The 50 states are listed in full below; the largest rental markets lead because that is where most of the yards are.
- Texas 1,038 establishments
- California 786 establishments
- Florida 344 establishments
- Louisiana 270 establishments
- Pennsylvania 206 establishments
- New York 181 establishments
- Illinois 165 establishments
- Michigan 150 establishments
- Oklahoma 150 establishments
- Ohio 146 establishments
All 50 states
- Alaska
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- West Virginia
- Wyoming
- Excavator rental Excavator rental is priced by machine size and hire length, and the mistake that costs most is renting the wrong size rather than paying the wrong rate.
- Skid steer rental A skid steer is the machine people hire when the job is moving material rather than digging a hole, and the whole value of one is the attachment on the front.
- Boom lift rental Boom lifts are hired by working height and by whether the machine has to reach over something or just go up.
- Scissor lift rental A scissor lift is the cheapest way to put two people and their materials at height over a clear floor, and it is the wrong machine the moment anything has to be reached over.
- Forklift rental Forklift rental turns on two numbers and one fact: how much you need to lift, how high you need to lift it, and whether the machine is going indoors.
- Tool rental Tool rental is the other half of a rental yard and the half most homeowners actually meet.
- Generator rental Generator rental splits cleanly into two jobs: keeping a site or an event running, and keeping a building running when the grid is not.
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The equipment rental establishments in the United States was 5,830 in 2022 reference year, across 5,830 rental establishments recorded in the US Equipment Rental Establishment Index (Census County Business Patterns).
Cite as: "Equipment Rental Compare Equipment Rental Index", updated 2026-09-10, https://equipmentrentalcompare.com/.