# Truck and trailer rental facts 2026

- Canonical page: https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/truck-trailer-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

Truck and trailer rental businesses coordinate commercial accounts, availability, specifications, locations, drivers, handovers, inspections, extensions, maintenance, returns, and billing. The U.S. has 6,386 employer establishments in truck, utility-trailer, and RV rental and leasing, while the UK has 4.88 million licensed light-goods vehicles and 520,000 HGVs.

## Headline facts

- **6,386** — U.S. truck, utility trailer, and RV rental and leasing employer establishments in 2023. ([U.S. Census Bureau, 2023](https://data.census.gov/profile/532120_-_Truck%2C_utility_trailer%2C_and_RV_%28recreational_vehicle%29_rental_and_leasing?codeset=naics~532120))
- **4.88M** — Licensed light-goods vehicles in the UK in 2025. ([UK Department for Transport, 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-licensing-statistics-2025/vehicle-licensing-statistics-united-kingdom-2025))
- **520K** — Licensed heavy-goods vehicles in the UK in 2025. ([UK Department for Transport, 2025](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/vehicle-licensing-statistics-2025/vehicle-licensing-statistics-united-kingdom-2025))

## 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 532120 covers trucks, truck tractors, buses, semitrailers, utility trailers, and RVs rented or leased without drivers.

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. Ports, construction, manufacturing, relocation, agriculture, events, and seasonal demand support both commercial and consumer rental.

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 licensed fleet included 4.88 million light-goods vehicles and 520,000 HGVs in 2025.

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. Cross-border road and ferry networks create demand for clear location, driver, inspection, and return coordination.

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. Dense freight markets and international fleets make depot, substitution, maintenance, and commercial-account records important.

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. Long distances, construction, agriculture, logistics, and seasonal fleet peaks support truck and trailer hire across dispersed depots.

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. “Truck and trailer rental facts 2026.” Pipetidy Research, P101 LLC. Updated 2026-09-22. https://pipetidy.com/industry-facts/truck-trailer-rental-statistics