# Construction machinery rental facts 2026

- Canonical page: https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/construction-machinery-rental-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

Construction machinery rental businesses coordinate contractors, sites, availability, transport, inspections, off-hire dates, damage, service, and billing. Official classifications separate dry hire without an operator from operated plant, but both models create multi-step customer follow-up that benefits from a shared CRM record.

## Headline facts

- **532412** — U.S. NAICS code for construction, mining, and forestry machinery rental and leasing without operators. ([U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS](https://www.census.gov/naics/resources/archives/sect53.html))
- **109.3** — UK 2025 construction-machinery rental services price index, with 2015 equal to 100. ([Office for National Statistics, 2025](https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/hzw5/sppi))
- **6631** — ANZSIC class covering heavy machinery and scaffolding rental without operators. ([Australian Bureau of Statistics, Current classification](https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/classifications/australian-and-new-zealand-standard-industrial-classification-anzsic/2006-revision-2-0/detailed-classification/l/66/663/6631))

## 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. NAICS 532412 covers dry hire of bulldozers, earthmoving equipment, well-drilling machinery, cranes, and related assets.

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. Population growth, manufacturing projects, utilities, roads, storm recovery, and site work generate recurring contractor demand.

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. UK SIC 77320 covers construction and civil-engineering machinery rental without operators; its 2025 price index was 109.3 on a 2015 base.

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. Seasonality, infrastructure, forestry, and remote worksites increase the importance of planned transport and service handoffs.

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. Industrial and infrastructure corridors create cross-border contractor accounts and multi-depot equipment coordination.

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. ANZSIC 6631 explicitly covers construction machinery, heavy plant, and scaffolding rental without operators.

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. “Construction machinery rental facts 2026.” Pipetidy Research, P101 LLC. Updated 2026-09-22. https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/construction-machinery-rental-statistics