# Agricultural machinery sales, lease, and repair facts 2026

- Canonical page: https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/agricultural-machinery-statistics
- Author: Hudson Paul, Cofounder and research editor, Pipetidy
- Published: 2026-09-21
- Last updated: 2026-09-22
- Sources last checked: 2026-09-22

## Direct answer

Agricultural machinery businesses combine capital-equipment sales, seasonal demand, financing or leasing, parts, workshop service, field repairs, and long customer lifecycles. The United States has 7,500 farm and garden machinery wholesaler establishments, while the EU had 8.8 million agricultural holdings in 2023—creating a wide, recurring relationship market.

## Headline facts

- **7,500** — U.S. farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant-wholesaler establishments in 2023. ([U.S. Census Bureau, 2023](https://data.census.gov/profile/423820_-_Farm_and_Garden_Machinery_and_Equipment_Merchant_Wholesalers?codeset=naics~423820))
- **8.8M** — Agricultural holdings in the EU in 2023. ([Eurostat, 2023](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/SEPDF/cache/73319.pdf))
- **17M ha** — UK utilised agricultural area in 2025. ([UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/agriculture-in-the-united-kingdom-2025/chapter-2-structure-of-industry))

## Regional context

### United States

All 50 states and the District of Columbia. The SBA counted 36.2 million U.S. small businesses in its 2025 profile release. The Census counted 7,500 machinery wholesaler establishments, while the USDA Census of Agriculture provides county-level farm and machinery data.

Source: [SBA Office of Advocacy, 2025](https://advocacy.sba.gov/2025/06/30/new-advocacy-report-shows-the-number-of-small-businesses-in-the-u-s-exceeds-36-million/)

### Southeast United States

Pipetidy's target states: Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Virginia. These seven states contain about 5.49 million small businesses and roughly 8.8 million small-business employees. Poultry, cattle, row crops, forestry, horticulture, and small farms create diverse equipment and service cycles.

Source: [SBA state profiles, 2025](https://advocacy.sba.gov/2025/06/30/2025-small-business-profiles-for-the-states-territories-and-nation/)

### United Kingdom

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The UK had about 114,000 VAT/PAYE-registered transport and storage businesses and 141,000 agriculture, forestry, and fishing businesses in 2025. The UK managed 17 million hectares of utilised agricultural area in 2025, with 3.0 million hectares in cereal crops.

Source: [Office for National Statistics, 2025](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2025)

### Northern Europe

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden for this factsheet series. Eurostat's structural business statistics cover detailed enterprise activity across EU and EFTA markets, including transport, storage, rental, repair, and trade. Large land areas, forestry, livestock, grain, and short field seasons place high value on preventive service and parts readiness.

Source: [Eurostat structural business statistics](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/structural-business-statistics)

### Central Europe

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, and Hungary for this factsheet series. Central Europe contains several of the EU's largest freight and industrial markets; Germany and Poland together produced almost 35% of EU road-freight tonne-kilometres in 2024. The region combines large commercial farms, dense dealer networks, and cross-border equipment and parts supply chains.

Source: [Eurostat road freight, 2025](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20250709-1)

### Australia & New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand, reported separately where official statistics differ. Australia had 261,109 transport, postal, and warehousing businesses in 2025-26; New Zealand transport, postal, and warehousing sales reached NZ$11.75 billion in the June 2026 quarter. Australia produced 60.2 million tonnes of winter crops in 2024-25; broadacre farming and New Zealand pastoral agriculture create strong seasonal service needs.

Source: [ABS and Stats NZ, 2026](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/business-indicators/counts-australian-businesses-including-entries-and-exits/latest-release)

## Methodology

Pipetidy Research selects primary government, statistical-agency, and publisher-original sources. Each figure retains its source period, geography, and classification; unlike measures are not combined into a synthetic global total.

## Limitations

Industry definitions differ by country and statistical system. Regional baselines describe the wider operating market and should not be read as a like-for-like market-size comparison or as evidence of Pipetidy customer outcomes.

## Suggested citation

Paul, Hudson. “Agricultural machinery sales, lease, and repair facts 2026.” Pipetidy Research, P101 LLC. Updated 2026-09-22. https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/agricultural-machinery-statistics