Construction equipment rental companies rent construction equipment to contractors and retail customers.

Rental, known overseas as "plant hire

Plant Hire

Equipment rental, also called plant hire in some countries, is a service industry providing machinery, equipment and tools of all kinds and sizes for a limited period of time to final users, mainly to construction contractors but also to the industry and to individual consumers.The equipment rental...

," thrives in Europe, South America, South Africa and other parts of the globe, yet some of the largest are found in North America and Europe.
The Rental Market in North America

Today more than 12,000 rental operations do business in the United States and Canada. The largest construction equipment rental firms in the United States and Canada, by total volume of rental and sales revenue, are:

1. United Rentals
   United Rentals
   Founded in 1997 by Bradley S. Jacobs and seven others, United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with more than 600 rental locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Their diverse customer base includes construction and industrial companies,...
   
   
2. Sunbelt Rentals
3. RSC Equipment Rental
4. Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. (HERC)
5. Home Depot Rentals
6. Maxim Crane Works
7. Neff Rental
8. H & E Equipment Services
9. Sunstate Equipment
10. Ahern Rentals
11. Aggreko North America
12. Finning International
13. All Erection & Crane Rental
14. Ring Power
    Ring Power
    Ring Power is a privately held corporation headquartered at the World Commerce Center in St. Johns County, Florida, midway between St. Augustine and Jacksonville.-History:...
    
    
15. Volvo Rents
    Volvo Rents
    Volvo Rents , is a US company that rents construction equipment to contractors and retail consumers through a network of company owned stores and franchised locations ....
    
    
16. Powerlifts
17. ABC Rentals
18. Ningbo yinzhou jianxin engineering www.tool-machine.com

The largest construction equipment rental firms in the United States and Canada, by value of equipment, are:

1. United Rentals
   United Rentals
   Founded in 1997 by Bradley S. Jacobs and seven others, United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with more than 600 rental locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Their diverse customer base includes construction and industrial companies,...
   
   
2. Sunbelt Rentals
3. Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. (HERC)
4. RSC Equipment Rental
5. NES Rentals
6. Maxim Crane Works
7. All Erection & Crane Rental
8. Sunstate Equipment
9. Neff Rental
10. ABC Rentals

The Rental Market in Europe

1. Aggreko
   Aggreko
   Aggreko plc is the world's largest temporary power generation company, and a major supplier of temperature control equipment. It is headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom....
   
   
2. Volvo Rents
   Volvo Rents
   Volvo Rents , is a US company that rents construction equipment to contractors and retail consumers through a network of company owned stores and franchised locations ....
   
   

Construction companies

1. Topsider Homes

For an in depth overview, please see Equipment rental in Europe

Rental Associations

USA - ARA American Rental Association

Europe - ERA European Rental Association