United Rentals

United Rentals is an equipment rental company based in the United States, with operations extending into Canada. Founded in 1997, it specializes in providing a wide range of rental equipment, including aerial work platforms, earth-moving machinery, forklifts, light towers, generators, plumbing tools, pumps, power tools, trucks, trailers, and welders. The company serves a diverse customer base that includes construction and industrial firms, utilities, municipalities, government entities, and contractors, categorized into non-construction, non-residential, and residential sectors. United Rentals operates through two main segments: general rentals and trench, power, and fluid solutions. A significant portion of the company's revenue comes from equipment rentals, alongside offering industrial services in sectors such as chemical, oil and gas refining, and power generation. Additionally, the company provides safety training through United Academy, covering topics like jobsite safety and trench excavation safety.

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H&E Equipment Services

Acquisition in 2025
H&E Equipment Services is an equipment services company that focuses on heavy construction and industrial equipment. The company rents, sells, and provides parts and services support for hi-lift or aerial work platform equipment, cranes, earthmoving equipment, and industrial lift trucks.

Yak Access

Acquisition in 2024
Yak Access offers temporary access mat services tailored for remote construction sites. The company specializes in access matting, which encompasses initial planning and clearing, site evaluation, the creation of access roads, and final restoration. By employing advanced infrastructure techniques, Yak Access assists clients in industrial, renewable, and other infrastructure sectors in minimizing risks, delays, and costs while also mitigating environmental impacts associated with construction activities.

Ahern Rentals

Acquisition in 2022
Ahern Rentals, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a family-owned equipment rental company that has grown to become the largest independent rental firm in North America since its inception in 1953. Operating 81 locations, Ahern Rentals boasts a fleet of over 41,000 pieces of equipment, specializing in high reach equipment that allows for the safe lifting of people and materials at height. The company serves a diverse range of sectors, including construction, industrial, residential, utilities, municipalities, conventions, and entertainment events. Ahern Rentals provides on-site delivery of various equipment types, such as terrain forklifts, slab scissors, articulated booms, and cranes, while also offering rental protection plans. Committed to customer satisfaction, Ahern Rentals emphasizes building relationships and addressing the needs of its clients.

Neff Corp.

Acquisition in 2017
Neff Corp. operates through its subsidiary, Neff Rental LLC, which specializes in providing equipment rental solutions across various sectors, including infrastructure, non-residential construction, oil and gas, and residential construction in the United States. The company offers a diverse range of rental equipment, such as earthmoving machinery, material handling tools, aerial lifts, and various other construction-related equipment. Neff Rental serves a wide clientele that includes construction companies, golf course developers, industrial plants, and government entities, ensuring timely delivery and reliable service. In addition to equipment rentals, Neff also sells used equipment and parts, and provides repair and maintenance services. Established in 1988 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, Neff Rental is recognized as one of the largest equipment rental companies in the nation, employing over 1,000 personnel across multiple locations.

Serious Labs

Series A in 2017
Serious Labs combines instructional design, game mechanics, virtual reality and simulation technologies to challenge trainees through a series of realistic training missions that demand real-time, consequence-based decisions. Research demonstrates that this type of game-based training accelerates skill development and significantly improves retention

NES Rentals Holdings

Acquisition in 2017
NES Rentals Holdings specializes in renting and distributing aerial and heavy equipment across the United States, catering primarily to the construction and industrial sectors. The company offers a wide range of equipment, including boom lifts, scissor lifts, forklifts, cranes, generators, and scaffolding solutions. In addition to rental services, NES Rentals also sells used equipment and provides repair and maintenance services to ensure equipment reliability and safety. Founded in 1996 and based in Chicago, Illinois, NES Rentals was previously known as National Equipment Services Inc. and rebranded in 2004. As of 2017, the company operates as a subsidiary of United Rentals (North America), Inc.

Blue-Stream Services

Acquisition in 2014
Blue-Stream Services, LLC provides rental utility equipment, and rotating equipment maintenance and services for oil and gas, refining, chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, special event, and utility markets in the United States. The company rents portable diesel generators, power generation equipment, air conditioners and climate control systems, air conditioning systems, cooling tower systems, oil-free air compressors, natural gas compressors, water chillers, heat exchangers, and other cooling equipment, as well as sells permanent generators, new and used power generation equipment, and parts.

National Pump

Acquisition in 2014
National Pump is a company that was acquired by United Rentals in 2014.

RSC Holdings

Acquisition in 2012
RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE: RRR) (“RSC Holdings”) based in Scottsdale, Arizona, is the holding company for the operating entity RSC Equipment Rental, Inc. (“RSC”), which is a premier provider of rental equipment in North America, servicing the industrial, maintenance and non-residential construction markets with $2.7 billion of equipment at original cost. RSC offers superior equipment availability, reliability and 24x7 service to customers through an integrated network of 452 branch locations across 42 states in the United States and three provinces in Western Canada. Customer solutions to improve efficiency and reduce cost include the proprietary Total Control® rental management software, Mobile Tool Rooms™ and on-site rental locations. With over 4,600 employees committed to safety and sustainability, RSC delivers the best value and industry leading customer service.

RSC Equipment Rental

Acquisition in 2012
RSC Holdings Inc. (RSC Holdings) is an equipment rental provider in North America. The Company operates through a network of 440 rental locations across 10 regions in 43 United States states and three Canadian provinces and service customers primarily in the industrial or non-construction, and construction markets. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the Company generated 86.2% of its revenues from equipment rentals, and derived the remaining 13.8% of its revenues from sales of used rental equipment, merchandise and other related items. The Company rents a range of equipment, primarily to industrial or non-construction related companies, and construction companies, ranging from large equipment, such as backhoes, forklifts, air compressors, scissor lifts, aerial work platform booms and skid-steer loaders to smaller items, such as pumps, generators, welders and electric hand tools.

Coble Trench Safety

Acquisition in 2012
Coble Trench Safety specializes in providing trench safety solutions for the underground construction industry. The company offers a range of products, including trench shoring and shielding equipment, confined space equipment, steel road-crossing plates, pipe lasers, pipe plugs, and test equipment. With a focus on enhancing safety and efficiency, Coble Trench Safety aims to help contractors and utilities complete trench-related tasks more productively and profitably, ultimately contributing to the preservation of resources and lives.

Blue Mountain Equipment Rental

Acquisition in 2011
Blue Mountain Equipment Rental Corporation specializes in the sale and rental of machinery for various industries, including industrial, heavy highway, utility, general construction, and gas and oil sectors in the United States. The company provides a diverse range of equipment, such as aerial, earthmoving, and electrical machinery, as well as light compaction tools, pumps, compressors, and work vehicles. Additionally, it offers concrete-related tools, including saws, drills, trowels, and mixers. Beyond equipment rental, Blue Mountain also delivers lube, road, and parts services to support its customers' operational needs.

Leasco Equipment Services

Acquisition in 2009
LEASCO Equipment Services, Inc. operates as an equipment rental, sales, and service company serving construction, power generation, municipal, chemical, pulp/paper, and petroleum industries in the United States. It rents tools and equipment, such as hoists and rigging products, welding and cutting products, pneumatic and hydraulic tools, air compressors, electrical and material handling tools, safety products, transformers, aerials, and other tools and equipment. The company also provides repair, certification, and reconditioning services for pneumatic and hydraulic tools, electric tools, hoists and rigging products, air compressors, manlifts, pumps, welders, and industrial cranes; preventive maintenance, and fleet/equipment disposal and replacement services; and consumable and safety supplies, and parts.

Portland U-Rent-It

Acquisition in 2008
Portland U-Rent-It offers equipment sales, supplies, and rentals for construction, industrial, homeowner, and oilfields. It offers air compressors, air tools, airless paint sprayers, backhoes, bobcats, boom lifts, electric tools, excavators, forklifts, garden equipment, generators, light towers, towable bucket lifts, tractors, trenchers, welders, pumps, scaffolding, scissor lifts, tables and chairs, and equipment and party rentals.

Sandvick Equipment & Supply

Acquisition in 2006
Sandvick Equipment & Supply Company engages in renting and selling construction safety equipment to the underground construction industry in the United States. It distributes shoring systems, measuring and surveying instruments, and laser products. The company, through its subsidiaries and divisions, designs, manufactures, and builds ventilation blowers, pipe pullers, trench boxes, trench bridges, trench/manhole boxes/shields, doghouses, steel crossing plates, and construction lasers.

Atlantic Rentals

Acquisition in 2004
Atlantic Rentals Serves the rental needs of construction, industrial, forestry, fishing and government customers.

Skyreach Equipment

Acquisition in 2004
Skyreach Equipment is leading equipment rental providers.

U.S. Rentals

Acquisition in 1998
U.S. Rentals is the second largest equipment rental company in the United States based on 1995 rental revenues. The company currently operates 80 profit centers in 11 states and in 1996 generated an average of approximately 95,000 contracts per month from a diverse base of customers including commercial and residential construction, industrial and homeowner customers. Management estimates that more than 200,000 customers did business with the company in 1996. U.S. Rentals owns more than 60,000 pieces of rental equipment, comprised of approximately 600 equipment types, including aerial work platforms, forklifts, paving and concrete equipment, compaction equipment, air compressors, hand tools and plumbing, landscaping and gardening equipment. Management believes that the Company's fleet, which had a weighted average age of approximately 28 months and an original equipment cost of approximately $367.7 million at December 31, 1996, is one of the most comprehensive and well-maintained equipment rental fleets in the industry. U.S. Rentals also sells new equipment manufactured by nationally known companies, used equipment from its rental fleet, and rental-related merchandise, parts and supplies.
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